Displaying system information

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The All Systems pane displays all the systems that are discovered by the IBM® Electronic Service Agent™

Before you begin

By default, the system on which ESA is installed is automatically discovered and is displayed in the list. You can also view the System Health, ESA Status, Endpoint Type, and Familyof the discovered devices.

About this task

The All Systems table displays the following information:
  • Name - Displays the name of the system that is discovered.
    • To filter or search for a particular system that you require, enter the initial letters of the system in the Search field. A list of filtered systems is displayed.
    • Click the system name to view the information of the system.
  • System Health - Determines the health of the discovered device. Click the health of a system to view the problems of the particular system.
    • The Healthy icon indicates that the discovered system is working fine.
    • The Unhealthy icon indicates that the discovered system has some problems.
  • ESA Status - Identifies if ESA can reach the system.
    • The Healthy icon indicates that the discovered system is reachable.
    • The Unhealthy icon indicates that the discovered system is not reachable.
  • Endpoint Type - Displays the type of target system. For example, AIX, Linux, IVM, IBM® Elastic Storage Server (ESS), BMC, or OpenBMC devices. The following are the various device types that ESA supports:
    Table 1. ESS Devices
    Device type Icon
    BMC BMC
    OpenBMC OpenBMC
    AIX AIX
    Linux Linux
    IVM IVM
    ESS Application Application
    Disk Disk
    Disk Enclosure Disk Enclosure
    Management Server Management Server
    Node Node
    Physical Server Physical Server
    Virtual Server Virtual Server
    Other Others
  • Family - Displays the family name to which the endpoint system belongs.. For example, IBM Power System E870.

Procedure

  1. Click Main menu from left navigation.
  2. Click All Systems tab.
  3. Click Refresh to view the updated list of systems that are discovered.
  4. Click System Info to view the information of the selected system. For detailed system information, see Results.
  5. Click View Problems to view the problems of the selected system. For all problems or detailed problem information, see Displaying problem information
  6. Click Delete System to delete the respective system.

Results

The System Info pane displays with the following information:
  • Name - Displays the host name of the system. For example, llmjuno65b.
  • Machine Type - Displays the machine type of the system. For example, 8246.
  • Machine Model - Displays the model of the system. For example, L2D.
  • Serial Number - Displays the serial number of the system. For example, 06BD4CA.
  • Family - Displays the family name to which the endpoint system belongs.. For example, IBM Power System E870.
  • Manufacturer - Displays the manufacturer of the system. For example, IBM.
  • Operating System - Displays the operating system that is running on the system. For example, SUSE Linux Enterprise.
  • OS Type - Displays the type of operating system. For example, Linux.
  • OS Version - Displays the version of the operation system that is running on the system. For example, 6.5.
  • OS Additional version - Displays the kernel version of the operation system that is running on the system. For example, 3.10.0-862.el7.ppc64le
  • IP Address - Displays all the IP addresses that are configured to the host system. For example, 9.57.20.114
  • Firmware - Displays the firmware version that is installed on the system. For example, FW770.20 (AL770_068) (t) FW770.20 (AL770_068) (P).
  • ESA Status - Displays the status of the system, if it is reachable or not. For example, Online or Offline.
  • System ID - Displays the unique identifier of the system. For example, 11741de0963ad0f4bc.
  • Entity ID - Displays the entity ID of the system. Entity ID is the unique name of the system that is used to identify the system in the database. For example, EPS/COLC08331739.
  • HMC Controlled - Displays if the device is controlled by HMC or not. For example, Yes or No.
  • Solution Machine Type - Displays the machine type of the hardware or software solution of the system or partition that is being monitored by Electronic Service Agent. For example, 8123.
  • Solution Machine Model - Displays the machine model of the hardware or software solution of the system or partition that is being monitored by Electronic Service Agent. For example, 44C.
  • Solution Machine Serial - Displays the machine serial number of the hardware or software solution of the system or partition that is being monitored by Electronic Service Agent. For example, AB12345.
    Note: The Solution information details (Type / Model / Serial) are displayed only if you have provided the respective details through Rest API.
  • For OpenBMC systems, the Update Password field is displayed. You may get an email notification that the current password of the OpenBMC is changed, then you can update the OpenBMC system password from this panel. Enter the New password and click Verify & Update. ESA verifies the connectivity to the OpenBMC system with the new password and updates it. If the password is valid, you get a message - Password has been successfully updated!. Else, you get a message - Failed to connect to the OpenBMC system with the given password.
  • Endpoint Type - Displays the target system type. For example, Linux Primary.