Displaying system information

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

To filter or search for a particular system that you require, go through the following steps:
  • Click the Define Filter Define Filter icon. The Filter window is displayed.
  • Specify the rules to filter the systems and click Filter. A list of filtered systems is displayed.
The All Systems table displays the following information:
  • Name - Displays the name of the system that is discovered.
  • 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.
  • SNMP Status - Identifies if the registered systems have SNMP connectivity to ESA.
    • The Healthy icon indicates that the SNMP connectivity between ESA and the remote system is active and ESA can receive SNMP traps from the system.
    • The Unhealthy icon indicates that the SNMP connectivity between ESA and the remote system is not active and ESA cannot receive SNMP traps from the system.
      Note: If the registered systems do not use SNMP traps to report problems, the SNMP Status column is not visible.
  • Endpoint Name - Displays the hostname of the target MVS system that is specified when you register a system.
  • Locations - Displays the location of each system that is discovered.
    Location Column
    The System Info dialog also shows the 'Location' information along-with other fields.
    System Info
    Click the link in the Location field. The location, primary contact, and secondary contact details are displayed in a dialog box as follows.
    Location Details dialog
  • 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
    MVS MVS Systems
    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.
  • Managed By - Displays the parent system name by which the current system is managed.
Note: IBM® Elastic Storage Server (ESS) is a high-performance, GPFS™ network storage disk solution. For more information on ESS devices, refer http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYSP8/sts_welcome.html.

Viewing system information

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.

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 System Information.
  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.
  7. Select the registered systems' check-boxes and click Export Systems to CSV to export the details (System Health, SNMP Status, and others) of the selected systems.

System Information

The System Info page is displayed 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.
  • HMC Controlled - Displays if the device is controlled by HMC or not. For example, Yes or No.
  • 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.
  • Solution Machine Type - Displays the machine type of the hardware or software solution of the system or partition that is being monitored by the 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 the 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 the Electronic Service Agent. For example, AB12345.
    Note: The Solution information details (Type or Model or Serial) are displayed only if you provide the respective details through Rest API.
  • For OpenBMC systems, the Update Password field is displayed. You might get an email notification that the current password of the OpenBMC is changed, then you can update the OpenBMC system password from this page. 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.
  • Endpoint Name - Displays the hostname of the target MVS system that is specified when you register a system.