Host Template: Infrastructure - Cisco UCS - Blade

Overview Copied

Monitor your Cisco UCS Blade server with metrics for overall health, usage information and a detailed summary of faults.

This Host Template includes the following Service Checks:

Service Check Name Description Default Thresholds (Metric: Warning, Critical) UOM
UCS - Blade - Adaptors Information on the adaptors connected to this Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Admin Power Admin power of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Admin State Admin State of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Association State Association State of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Checkpoint Latest checkpoint of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Connection Path Connection Path of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Connection State Connection State of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Discovery State Discovery State of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Faults Fault information for the Blade Server

blade_critical_faults: ​N/A,0

blade_major_faults: ​N/A,0

blade_minor_faults: ​0,N/A

blade_warning_faults: ​0,N/A

blade_info_faults: ​N/A,N/A

blade_cleared_faults: ​N/A,N/A

N/A
UCS - Blade - HBAs Number of HBAs for the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Local Storage Health Health information for the Local Storage on this Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Local Storage Usage Usage information for the Local Storage on this Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Managing Instance Managing Instance of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Memory Unit Health Information on the Memory Units connected to this Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - NICs Number of NICs for the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Operability Operability of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Operational State Operational State of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Operational State Qualifier Operational State Qualifier of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Power State Power State of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Presence Presence of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Processor Health Information on the Processors connected to this Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Processor Usage Processor usage of the Blade

cpu_usage: ​N/A,N/A

cores_enabled: ​N/A,1:

N/A
UCS - Blade - Revision Revision number of the Blade N/A N/A
UCS - Blade - Threads Number of Threads of the Blade N/A N/A

Note

See details about Monitoring Plugin thresholds here.

Usage Instructions Copied

Please review the overall Infrastructure - Cisco UCS Opspack documentation for details on prerequisites, known issues, and other necessary configurations that apply to all Host Templates in the Opspack.

Add this Host Template Copied

Add the Infrastructure - Cisco UCS - Blade Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host. If the resource you’re monitoring has no hostname or public IP, then open the Advanced settings pane and change Host Check Command to Always assumed to be UP.

Note

For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Add and configure Variables Copied

The Service Checks in this Host Template use the following variables, and they will be added to your Opsview Monitor instance alongside the Host Template:

Note

For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Variables to Hosts.

Apply Changes Copied

Apply Changes and the system will now be monitored:

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Available Variables Copied

UCS_CREDENTIALS Copied

The Value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the arguments with your credentials.

Plugin Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
N/A (Opsview UI Only) Value UCS Credentials The credentials for your Cisco UCS
--api-server-url Arg1 UCS API Server URL The server URL for your Cisco UCS Manager or CIMC Supervisor
--username Arg2 UCS Username The username for your Cisco UCS user
--password Arg3 UCS Password The password for your Cisco UCS user

UCS_BLADE_NAME Copied

Plugin Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--blade-name Value UCS Blade DN Name of the Blade to monitor

UCS_FAULT_SETTINGS Copied

The Value is not used and therefore can be set to anything. Override the arguments with your settings. The fault severity must be one of; ‘critical’, ‘major’, ‘minor’, ‘warning’, ‘info’, ‘cleared’ (default: ‘major’). The fault limit, limits the number of faults displayed (default: ‘10’). Leave this blank to display all faults.

Plugin Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
N/A (Opsview UI Only) Value UCS Fault Settings Optional configuration options for fault service checks
--fault-severity Arg1 UCS Fault Severity The minimum severity level of faults to display
--fault-limit Arg2 UCS Fault Limit The maximum number of faults to display

SSL Certificates: UCS_CERTIFICATES Copied

Opsview Cloud

For Opsview Cloud customers, please contact ITRS Support for assistance with setting up certificate files, as they require Orchestrator access.

Additionally, you can use the UCS_CERTIFICATES variable to pass in your SSL certificates for use when connecting to the service provider to gather metrics:

Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--ca-path Arg1 CA Certificate Path Path to the CA Certificate
--client-cert Arg2 Client Certificate Path Path to the Client Certificate
--client-key Arg3 Client Key Path Path to the Client Key

Plugin help Copied

Plugin: check_cisco_ucs

Secure Args

This plugin uses the Secure Args feature for argument passing.

For mode-specific help, run the plugin with the -h -m <mode> flags. This will list the required and optional Variable Arguments for that mode. The appropriate mode for each Service Check is listed here:

Service Check Name Mode
UCS - Blade - Adaptors UCS.Blade.Adaptors
UCS - Blade - Admin Power UCS.Blade.Admin.Power
UCS - Blade - Admin State UCS.Blade.Admin.State
UCS - Blade - Association State UCS.Blade.Association
UCS - Blade - Checkpoint UCS.Blade.Checkpoint
UCS - Blade - Connection Path UCS.Blade.Conn.Path
UCS - Blade - Connection State UCS.Blade.Conn.State
UCS - Blade - Discovery State UCS.Blade.Discovery
UCS - Blade - Faults UCS.Blade.Faults
UCS - Blade - HBAs UCS.Blade.HBA
UCS - Blade - Local Storage Health UCS.Blade.Storage.Health
UCS - Blade - Local Storage Usage UCS.Blade.Storage.Usage
UCS - Blade - Managing Instance UCS.Blade.Managing.Inst
UCS - Blade - Memory Unit Health UCS.Blade.Memory.Units
UCS - Blade - NICs UCS.Blade.NIC
UCS - Blade - Operability UCS.Blade.Operability
UCS - Blade - Operational State UCS.Blade.Oper.State
UCS - Blade - Operational State Qualifier UCS.Blade.Oper.Qual
UCS - Blade - Power State UCS.Blade.Power
UCS - Blade - Presence UCS.Blade.Presence
UCS - Blade - Processor Health UCS.Blade.Processor.Health
UCS - Blade - Processor Usage UCS.Blade.Processor.Usage
UCS - Blade - Revision UCS.Blade.Revision
UCS - Blade - Threads UCS.Blade.Threads
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