Monitoring management nodes

Use management nodes to monitor details about the system.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Hardware administration role with permission to View all hardware resources (Read-only) to perform these steps.

Procedure

  1. Click Hardware > Management Nodes.
  2. Select the management node that you want to monitor.
  3. View the management node details.
    Details include:
    Events
    Provides the count of Error and Warning events. Click the number to the right of the event type to view the details of each recorded event.
    Jobs
    Provides the count of Pending and Started jobs. Click the number to the right of the job type to view the details of each queued or running job.
    Type
    Displays the management node type.
    Status
    Indicates the availability of the management node.
    Power status
    Indicates whether the management node is powered on or off.
    Energy information
    Displays the Input power range and Average input measurements.
    Location
    Displays information about the physical location of the management node. Click a rack component to view the Infrastructure Map (Graphics View).
    IP address
    Displays the IP address of the management node.
    Virtualization System Management
    Displays the version of the Virtualization System Manager.
    Management Node Information
    Displays the software version of the management node. Expand this section to view the machine type, architecture, and firmware level.
    Temperature
    Indicates the Ambient temperature and Maximum ambient temperature of the management node.
    Health statistics
    Indicates the overall Health status of the management node.
    Physical cores
    Displays the collective use percentage of the management node's physical cores. Expand this section to view the CPU Allocation and Utilization graph and CPU details.
    Physical memory
    Displays the collective use percentage of the management node's physical memory. Expand this section to view the Memory Allocation and Utilization graph and physical memory details.
    LEDs
    Displays the LED statuses of the management node. Expand this section to view the state of each node component.

    The details that are listed in this window match the information that is displayed in the Infrastructure Map pane.

  4. To review the management node events, from the Events field, click View details and click the event that you want to review.
  5. To review the management node jobs, from the Jobs field, click View details and click the job that you want to review.