Chassis

Use the Chassis tab from switches page to administer and monitor the configuration and status information that is collected about the chassis in your storage environment.

IBM Storage Insights subscribers: If you're using the free version of IBM Storage Insights, some of the columns that are listed might not be available.

Information about Chassis

A Chassis is a physical container or hardware in which all the switches are defined. Each chassis can be logically partitioned as more than one switch.
Tip: Customize the information that is collected about the chassis by adding or editing properties.

More detailed information than that provided in the hover help text is provided here for the following columns:

Acknowledged
The issue was resolved or the user decided that the issue did not need to be investigated.
Condition
The overall condition of the chassis is determined by the most critical status of any one of the chassis internal resources.
Connected Ports
The number of ports that are connected to hosts, switches, storage systems, or unmanaged resources.
Tip: Click the link in the Ports column to find out more about the connected ports.
Custom tag 1, 2, and 3 Edit icon
The user-defined text that you can add to provide more information about the chassis. You can include this additional information or use the custom tags to filter the information that you want to share with your colleagues in reports.
Data Collection
The aggregated status for the collection of asset, configuration, and performance metadata. Two separate jobs are run to collect the metadata:
  • A probe is scheduled to run daily by default, and can be scheduled to run at intervals from one to 14 days between probes.
  • A performance monitor is run every 5 minutes to collect performance metadata.
Because separate jobs are run to collect the metadata, both collection jobs must be successful to get a Running status.

Depending on the issue with collecting metadata, the following values are shown:

Degraded
Asset and configuration metadata or performance metadata is being collected, but the metadata might not be up-to-date or warning messages were generated when the metadata was being collected.
Failed
Asset and configuration metadata or performance metadata, or both can't be collected. The issue is being investigated and you'll be notified when the data collection service is resumed.
Not Connected
Asset and configuration metadata or performance metadata, or both can't be collected. If the data collection service isn't resumed, try these self-help options:
  • Check that your chassis is online and that your network is up and running.
  • Check that your firewall rules allow your Data Collector server(s) outbound access over HTTPS port 443 to the IBM Storage Insights service.
  • Check that the server where the data collector was installed is online.
  • Restart the data collector.
  • Refresh your browser.
Not Monitored
Asset, configuration, and performance metadata can't be collected from the chassis because the connection details were not provided.
If a data collector is deployed and you want to monitor the chassis, click Resources > Switches, and then select Chassis tab and click Actions > Configure Data Collection.
Support: Subscribers are notified by email when issues with collecting metadata are detected. If an issue with collecting metadata persists, you can connect with experts and other users on the IBM® Community website. For other support options, see Looking for help.
Fabric
The name or a count of the fabrics associated with the switches configured on a chassis. When one fabric name is displayed, clicking the name will open the properties of the fabric. When multiple fabrics are detected, clicking the count will open a table listing the fabrics. If the name of a fabric is not defined the WWN of the fabric is displayed.
IP Address
The IP address of the chassis which can be in IPv4 or IPv6 format.
Last Successful Monitor
The last time that the performance information was refreshed.
Last Successful Probe
The most recent date and time when data was collected about a chassis.
Links

The number of inter-switch links (ISLs) on the chassis. This value is the sum of all ISLs in all trunks between this chassis and all the connected chassis.

Location Edit icon
The location of the chassis, which can be defined after you add the chassis for monitoring.
Name Edit icon
The name of the chassis or the name that was defined by the user after the chassis was added for monitoring.
Performance Monitor Status
The status of the most recent run of a performance monitor. Use this value to quickly identify a performance monitor that failed or generated warning messages during processing. The following statuses might be displayed:
  • Starting: The performance monitor is starting.
  • Running: The performance monitor is running.
  • Running with problems: The performance monitor is running, but encountered warning conditions during processing. Check the log to view the warning messages.
  • Stopping: The performance monitor is stopping.
  • Completed: The performance monitor completed data collection.
  • Completed with warnings: The performance monitor completed, but encountered warning conditions during processing. Check the log to view the warning messages.
  • Failed: The performance monitor encountered error conditions during processing and is no longer running. Check the log of a performance monitor to view its error messages.
  • Canceled: The performance monitor was stopped and is no longer collecting performance data.
  • Not running: The performance monitor is not running.
  • Disabled: The performance monitor never ran. To start a probe, complete these steps:
    1. From the Resources menu, click Switches and select Chassis tab.
    2. Select and right-click the chassis.
    3. Click Configure Data Collection and provide the IP address and credentials for the chassis.
    4. Click Connect.
Ports
The number of ports on the chassis.
Tip: Click the link to find out more about the ports, the storage resources it connects to, and its links.
Probe Status
The probe is run to collect asset and configuration information about your chassis. If one of the following values is shown, you might need to investigate or take remedial action:
  • Failed: The asset and configuration information was not collected.
  • Warning: Warning conditions were encountered when asset and configuration information was collected.
  • Never probed: The asset and configuration information was not collected because the resource or device is offline.
Vendor
The name of the vendor or manufacturer of the chassis.
WWN
The worldwide name (WWN) of the chassis, which is a 64-bit unsigned name identifier that is unique.
Firmware
The firmware version of the microcode on the chassis.
Mode
Mode is a configuration setting that is defined on the chassis. Mode can be either native or NPV.
Model
Manufacturer provides the model name of chassis.
Serial number
A number or alphanumeric identifier that is given by manufacturer to each chassis.
System UUID
A unique identifier that assigned to the chassis when it is added to IBM Storage Insights.