Cisco SFS Product Family Chassis Manager User Guide, Release 2.9.0
Chassis Tasks

Table Of Contents

Chassis Tasks

Viewing Cards on a Chassis

Viewing Card Summary Information

Viewing Card Properties

Viewing the Card Inventory

Configuring the Administrative Status of a Card

Viewing Internal Gateway Ports

Viewing Physical Ports on a Chassis

Viewing All Ports

Viewing Port Properties

Viewing Port Bridging Properties

Viewing Port Statistics

Configuring Ports

Configuring a Port Name

Enabling or Disabling a Port

Configuring Autonegotiation on a Port

Configuring Port Speed

Clearing InfiniBand Port Counters

Viewing Power Supply Status

Viewing Power Supply Summary Information

Viewing Power Supply Properties

Viewing Fan Status

Viewing Fan Summary Information

Viewing Fan Properties

Viewing Temperature Sensor Status

Viewing the Backplane Information

Viewing Management Ports on a Chassis

Setting the Partition for the InfiniBand Management Port


Chassis Tasks


These topics describe the Chassis display tasks:

Viewing Cards on a Chassis

Viewing Internal Gateway Ports

Viewing Physical Ports on a Chassis

Configuring Ports

Viewing Power Supply Status

Viewing Fan Status

Viewing Temperature Sensor Status

Viewing the Backplane Information

Viewing Management Ports on a Chassis

Setting the Partition for the InfiniBand Management Port

Viewing Cards on a Chassis

These topics describe how to view information about cards in the chassis and set the up/down administrative status of a card:

Viewing Card Summary Information

Viewing Card Properties

Viewing the Card Inventory

Configuring the Administrative Status of a Card

Viewing Card Summary Information

To view the cards on your chassis, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Cards branch.

A table that includes all cards on the chassis appears in the View frame. Table 3-1 describes the fields in the Cards table.

Table 3-1 Cards Table Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Slot

Number of the chassis slot in which the card resides.

Type

Type of the card.

Current Status

Displays up if the card can currently run traffic; otherwise, displays down.

Operational State

Displays the general condition of the interface card. The general condition may appear as any of the following:

unknown

normal

bootFailed

tooHot

booting

checkingBootImage

wrongBootImage

rebooting

standby

recoveryImage

A condition of unknown indicates an unsupported interface card. To address this condition, replace the card with a supported card.

The operational state of a card must appear as normal for the current status of the card to appear as up.

A wrongBootImage condition indicates that the active system image on the interface card does not match the active system image on the controller. All cards must run the same active system image as the controller card.

A bootFailed condition indicates that the active system image on the card was incompletely or incorrectly loaded. If the other interface cards come up successfully, reset the individual card. Otherwise, reboot your entire device.

The tooHot condition indicates that the card is overheating. Expand Chassis and select the Fans branch to see if your fans have failed.

The booting condition indicates that the card has not finished loading the necessary image data for the internal configuration.

Boot Stage

Boot Stage appears as one of the following:

recovery

ipl

ppcboot

fpga

pic

ib

rootfs

kernel

exe

done

none

Boot Status

Boot Status may appear as any of the following:

upgrading

success

failed

badVersion

badCrc

memoryError

outOfSpace

programmingError

hardwareError

fileNotFound

inProgress

none


Step 3 (Optional) Click Refresh to update the attributes in the display.


Viewing Card Properties

To view card properties, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Cards branch.

A Cards table that includes all cards in the chassis appears. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button of the card with properties you want to view.

Step 4 Click Properties.

A Card Properties window opens. Table 3-2 describes the fields in the Card Properties window.

Table 3-2 Card Properties Window Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Slot ID

Number of the chassis slot in which the card resides.

Type

Type of the card.

Admin Status

Displays the up and down radio buttons. Click a radio button, and then click Apply to change the administrative status and bring up or bring down the port.

Current Status

Displays up if the card can currently run traffic; otherwise, displays down.

Operational State

Displays the general condition of the interface card. The general condition may be any of the following:

unknown

normal

wrong-image

bootFailed

tooHot

booting

A condition of unknown indicates an unsupported interface card. To address this condition, replace the card with a supported card.

The operational state of a card must appear as normal for the current status of the card to appear as up.

A wrong-image condition indicates that the active system image on the interface card does not match the active system image on the controller. All cards must run the same active system image as the controller card to function.

A bootFailed condition indicates that the active system image on the card was incompletely or incorrectly loaded. If the other interface cards come up successfully, reset the individual card. Otherwise, reboot your entire device.

If your card overheats, the tooHot condition appears in the show card command output. Enter the show fan command to check if your fans have failed.

The booting condition indicates that the card has not finished loading necessary image data for internal configuration.

Boot Stage

Boot Stage appears as one of the following:

recovery

ipl

ppcboot

fpga

pic

ib

rootfs

kernel

exe

done

none

Boot Status field

Boot Status may appear as any of the following:

upgrading

success

failed

badVersion

badCrc

memoryError

outOfSpace

programmingError

hardwareError

fileNotFound

inProgress

none

Serial Number

Factory-assigned product serial number of the card.

PCA Serial Number

Printed circuit assembly (PCA) serial number of the card.

PCA Assembly Number

Printed circuit assembly (PCA) number of the card.

FRU Number

Field-replaceable unit (FRU) number of the card.

Product Version ID

The ID number of the version of the card.

Action
(select cards only)

Radio buttons list actions that you can apply to the card.

Result
(select cards only)

Result that occurs when you choose an action from the Action field and click Apply.



Viewing the Card Inventory

To view the memory and image information on a card, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Cards branch.

The Cards table appears.

Step 3 Click the radio button next to the card with inventory you want to view.

Step 4 Click Inventory.

The Card Inventory window opens. Table 3-3 describes the fields in this window.

Table 3-3 Card Inventory Window Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Slot ID

Slot on the server switch in which the card resides.

Used Memory

Used memory on the card, in kilobytes.

Free Memory

Available memory on the device, in kilobytes.

Used Disk Space

Used disk space on the card, in kilobytes.

Free Disk Space

Available disk space on the device, in kilobytes.

Current Image Source

Image that the card runs.

Image Source for Next Reboot

Image that the card runs when you reboot.

Image One

First image stored on the card.

Image Two

Second image stored on the card.

CPU Description

Description of the CPU on the card.

PIC Firmware Revision
(select cards)

Current PIC firmware version that the card runs.

FPGA Firmware Revision
(select cards)

Current FPGA firmware version that the card runs.

IB Firmware Revision

Version of InfiniBand firmware on the card.

For platforms designed with the InfiniScale III switch chip (7000 and 7008 platforms), the Chassis Manager displays the device ID and version number of the InfiniBand chip for each card. For platforms using the original InfiniScale switch chip (3001 and 3012 platforms), no parenthetical text appears. The Cisco SFS 3001 and Cisco SFS 3012 chassis run original InfiniScale switch chips. The Cisco SFS 7000 and Cisco SFS 7008 chassis run later versions.

Card Uptime

How long, in seconds, the card has been running.

Close

Closes the Card Inventory window.

Help

Opens the online help.



Configuring the Administrative Status of a Card

With Chassis Manager, you can bring up or shut down any card on your chassis. To configure the administrative status of a card, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Cards branch.

A table of the cards in the chassis appears. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button of the card that you want to configure.

Step 4 Click Properties.

A Card Properties window opens.

Step 5 In the Admin Status field, click the up or down radio button, and then click Apply.


Viewing Internal Gateway Ports

Each Fibre Channel gateway and Ethernet gateway uses two internal ports to pass traffic through your device.


Note Not all hardware platforms provide this option.


To view gateway port details, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Cards branch.

A Cards table that includes all cards in the chassis appears. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button to the left of the card with gateway (internal) ports you want to view.

Step 4 From the Show Options drop-down menu, choose Show Gateway Ports.

The Gateway Ports table opens in the View frame. For a description of the fields in the Gateway Ports table, see Table 3-4.

Table 3-4 Gateway Ports Table Field Descriptions

Field
Description

GW Port

Port number, in slot#/port# format.

Name

Port name.

Type

Port type.



Viewing Physical Ports on a Chassis

These topics describe how to view ports on a chassis:

Viewing All Ports

Viewing Port Properties

Viewing Port Bridging Properties

Viewing Port Statistics

Viewing All Ports

To view the physical ports on your device, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

A table that includes all ports on the chassis appears in the View frame. Table 3-5 describes the fields in the Ports table.

Table 3-5 Ports Display Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Port

Slot#/port# identifier of the port.

Name

User-configured port name.

Type

Displays the type of the port. Type names begin with fc to indicate Fibre Channel, en to indicate Ethernet, and ib to indicate InfiniBand.

Admin Status

Displays up when you bring up the port; otherwise, displays down.

Oper Status

Indicates whether or not the port is ready for use.

MTU

Maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the port, in bytes.


Step 3 (Optional) Click Refresh to update the attributes in the display.


Viewing Port Properties

To view port properties, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

A Ports table that includes all ports in the chassis appears. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button of the port with properties you want to view.

Step 4 Click Properties.

The Port Properties window opens. Each type of port displays different properties in this window.


Note Available port types vary by hardware platform.


Table 3-6 describes the fields in the Port Properties window of an Ethernet port.

Table 3-6 Ethernet Port Properties Window Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Port

Port number in slot#/port# notation.

Name

Port name that you can edit and apply to the port.

Type

Type of the port.

Admin Status

Configures the administrative status of the port with up and down radio buttons.

Oper Status

Indicates whether or not the port is ready for use.

Auto Negotiation Supported

Displays true if the port supports auto-negotiation.

Auto Negotiation

The Enable check box enables or disables auto-negotiation on the port.

Set Port Speed

Radio buttons that let you configure the speed of the port.

Current Speed

Displays the speed of the port.

Set Port Duplex

(Ethernet Gateway ports) Radio buttons configure duplex setting of the port.

Current Duplex

(Ethernet Gateway ports) Indicates whether the port runs in full duplex mode or half duplex mode.

MTU field

Displays the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the port in bytes.

MAC Address

(Ethernet Gateway ports) Flushes the address resolution protocol table.

Last Changed On

Time and date of the last time that the port was configured.

Action

(Ethernet Gateway ports) Flushes the address resolution protocol table.

Result

(Ethernet Gateway ports) Displays result of the action in the Action field.


Table 3-7 describes the fields in the Port Properties window of a Fibre Channel port.

Table 3-7 Fibre Channel Port Properties Window Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Port

Port number in slot#/port# notation.

Name

Port name that you can edit and apply to the port.

Type

Displays the type of the port.

Admin Status

Up and down radio buttons that configure the administrative status of the port.

Oper Status

Displays up to indicate that the port is physically ready for use, otherwise displays down.

Auto Negotiation Supported

Displays true if the port supports autonegotiation.

Auto Negotiation

The Enable check box enables or disables autonegotiation on the port.

Set Port Speed

1G and 2G radio buttons configure the port speed.

Current Speed

Displays the speed of the port.

Current Connection Type

Type of connection that the server switch dynamically discovered for this port.

MTU

Maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the port, in bytes.

WWNN

World-wide node name (WWNN) of your device.

WWPN

World-wide port name (WWPN) of the port.

FC ID

Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) identifier of the port.

Last Changed On

Time and date of the last time that a user configured the port.


Table 3-8 describes the fields in the Port Properties window of an InfiniBand port.

Table 3-8 InfiniBand Port Properties Window Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Port

Port number in slot#/port# notation.

Name

Port name that you can edit and apply to the port.

Type

Type of the port.

Admin Status

Up and down radio buttons configure the administrative status of the port.

Oper Status

Displays up to indicate that the port is physically ready for use; otherwise, displays down.

Auto Negotiation Supported

Displays true if the port supports autonegotiation.

Auto Negotiation

Enable check box enables or disables autonegotiation on the port.

Set Port Speed

Drop down menu configures the link capacity of the port in terms of its link width (1x, 4x, or 12x) and its lane speed (SDR or DDR). Valid options are 1x-SDR (2.5 Gbps), 4x-SDR (10 Gbps), 12x-SDR (30 Gbps), 1x-DDR (5 Gbps), 4x-DDR (20 Gbps), 12x-DDR (60 Gbps).

Note For an InfiniBand port connected with an SDR cable or any cable longer than 8 feet, you must manually configure the port to support SDR only.

Current Speed

Link capacity of the port.

Physical State

Physical state of the port.

Clear Counters

Check box allows you to clear the counters for the InfiniBand port.

MTU

Maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the port in bytes.

Last Changed On

Time and date of the last time that a user configured the port.



Viewing Port Bridging Properties

To view the bridge to which a port belongs, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

A Ports table appears that includes all ports in the chassis. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button next to the port with bridging properties you want to view.

Step 4 Choose Show Bridging from the Show Options drop-down menu.

The Port Bridging table appears in the View frame. Table 3-9 describes the fields in this table.

Table 3-9 Port Bridging Table Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Port

Port that you chose from the Ports table.

Vlan

Virtual LAN (VLAN) of the bridge to which the port belongs.

Bridge ID

Bridge ID of the bridge to which the port belongs.



Viewing Port Statistics

To view port statistics, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

The Ports table appears in the View frame.

Step 3 Click the radio button next to the port with statistics you want to view.

Step 4 Choose Show Port Statistics from the Show Options drop-down menu.

The Port Statistics display appears in the View frame. Table 3-10 describes the fields in this display.

Table 3-10 Port Statistics Display Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Port

Port number, as assigned by the subnet manager.

Name

Administratively assigned port name.

In Octets

Cumulative number of octets that arrived at the port, including framing characters.

In Unicast Packets

Cumulative number of incoming packets destined for a single port.

In Multicast Packets

Cumulative number of incoming packets destined for the ports of a multicast group.

In Broadcast Packets

Cumulative number of incoming packets destined for all ports on the fabric.

In Discards

Cumulative number of inbound packets that the port discarded for a reason other than a packet error (lack of buffer space).

In Errors

Number of inbound packets with errors that the port discarded.

In Unknown Protocols

For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of packets received through the interface that were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces that support protocol multiplexing, the number of transmission units received through the interface that were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol. For any interface that does not support protocol multiplexing, this counter is always 0.

Out Octets

Total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters.

Out Unicast Packets

Total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be transmitted and were not addressed to a multicast or broadcast address at this sublayer, including those packets that were discarded or not sent.

Out Multicast Packets

Total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be transmitted and were addressed to a multicast address at this sublayer, including those packets that were discarded or not sent. For a MAC layer protocol, this includes both Group and Functional addresses.

Out Broadcast Packets

Total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be transmitted and were addressed to a broadcast address at this sub-layer, including those packets that were discarded or not sent.

Out Discards

Number of outbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their transmission. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free buffer space.

Out Errors

For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that could not be transmitted because of errors.



Configuring Ports

Chassis Manager provides different configuration options for each type of port. The options available to each port will appear in the Port Properties window.

These topics describe how to configure port properties:

Configuring a Port Name

Enabling or Disabling a Port

Configuring Autonegotiation on a Port

Configuring Port Speed

Clearing InfiniBand Port Counters

Configuring a Port Name

To configure the administrative name of a port, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

The Ports table appears in the View frame. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button of the port to which you want to assign a name.

Step 4 Click Properties.

The Port Properties window opens.

Step 5 In the Name field of the Port Properties window, enter a name for the port, and then click Apply.

Step 6 Click Close to close the Port Properties window.


Enabling or Disabling a Port

To enable or disable a port, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

The Ports table appears in the View frame. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button of the port you want to enable or disable.

Step 4 Click Properties.

The Port Properties window opens.

Step 5 In the Admin Status field of the Port Properties window, click the up (enable) or down (disable) radio button, and then click Apply.

Step 6 Click Close to close the Port Properties window.


Configuring Autonegotiation on a Port

To enable or disable auto-negotiation on a port, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

The Ports table appears in the View frame. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button of the port for which you want to enable or disable autonegotiation.

Step 4 Click Properties.

The Port Properties window opens.

Step 5 In the Auto Negotiation field of the Port Properties window, check the Enable check box to enable it, or uncheck the check box to disable it, and then click Apply.

Step 6 Click Close to close the Port Properties window.


Configuring Port Speed


Note You must disable autonegotiation before configuring the port speed.

For an InfiniBand port connected with an SDR cable or any cable longer than 8 feet, you must manually configure the port to support SDR only.


To configure the speed of a port, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Ports branch.

The Ports table appears in the View frame. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 3 Click the radio button of the port for which you want to configure the speed.

Step 4 Click Properties.

The Port Properties window opens.

Step 5 In the Auto Negotiation field, uncheck the Enable check box (if necessary) to disable autonegotiation.

Step 6 In the Set Port Speed field of the Port Properties window, select a speed as follows:

For an Ethernet or Fibre Channel port, click a radio button to select a speed.

For an InfiniBand port, select a speed from the drop-down menu.

Step 7 Click Apply.

Step 8 Click Close to close the Port Properties window.


Clearing InfiniBand Port Counters

To clear InfiniBand port counters, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame, and select the Ports branch.

The Ports table appears in the View frame. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry.

Step 2 Click the radio button of the port for which you want to clear the counters.

Step 3 Click Properties.

The Port Properties window opens.

Step 4 Check the Clear Counters check box.

Step 5 Click Apply, and then click Close.


See Table 3-10 for descriptions of the counters cleared by this procedure.

Viewing Power Supply Status

These topics describe how to view information about power supplies:

Viewing Power Supply Summary Information

Viewing Power Supply Properties

Viewing Power Supply Summary Information

To view the status of the power supplies on your device, follow these steps:


Note Not all hardware platforms include power supply information. In such cases, the Power Supplies branch does not appear.



Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Power Supplies branch.

The Power Supplies table appears in the View frame. Table 3-11 describes the fields in the Power Supplies table.

Table 3-11 Power Supply Table Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

PS ID

Numeric identifier of the power supply. For more information about the power supplies in your device, see the hardware installation guide for your server switch.

Type

Type of power (AC or DC).

Admin Status

Displays up if you have activated your power supply or down (on select chassis) if you have disabled your power supply.

Current Status

Displays up to indicate that your power supply functions and currently supplies power to your device. Displays down for faulty power supplies.

Utilization

Percentage of total power supply resources in use.

Voltage

Voltage of the power supply.



Viewing Power Supply Properties

To view the properties of the power supplies on your device, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Power Supplies branch.

The Power Supplies table appears in the View frame.

Step 3 Click the radio button next to the power supply with properties you want to view.

Step 4 Click Properties.

The Power Supply Properties window opens. Table 3-12 describes the fields in the Power Supplies Properties table.

Table 3-12 Power Supply Property Window Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

PS ID

Numeric identifier of the power supply. For more information about the power supplies in your device, see the hardware installation guide for your server switch.

Type

Type of power (AC or DC).

Current Status

Displays up to indicate that your power supply functions and currently supplies power to your device. Displays down for faulty power supplies.

Utilization

Percentage of total power supply resources in use.

Voltage

Voltage of the power supply.

Product Serial Num

Product serial number of the power supply.

PCA Serial Num

PCA serial number of the power supply.

PCA Assembly Num

PCA assembly number of the power supply.

FRU Num

FRU number of the power supply.

Product Version ID

Version of the power supply.



Viewing Fan Status

These topics describe how to view the fan status:

Viewing Fan Summary Information

Viewing Fan Properties

Viewing Fan Summary Information

To view the status of the fans on your device, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Fans branch.

The Fans table appears in the View frame. Table 3-13 describes the fields in the Fans table.

Table 3-13 Fan Table Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Fan ID

Numeric identifier of the fan or blower module. For more information, see the hardware installation guide for your server switch.

Current Status

Displays up if the fan functions properly; otherwise, displays down.

Speed (%)

Speed of the fan in percentage of maximum speed.



Viewing Fan Properties

To view the properties of the fans on your device, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Fans branch.

The Fans table appears in the View frame.

Step 3 Click the radio button next to the fan with properties you want to view.

Step 4 Click Properties.

The Fan Properties window opens in the View frame. Table 3-14 describes the fields in the Fan Properties table.

Table 3-14 Fan Properties Window Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Fan ID

Numeric identifier of the fan. For more detail, see the fan documentation.

Current Status

Displays up if the fan functions properly; otherwise, displays down.

Speed

Speed of the fan in the percentage of maximum speed.

Product Serial Num

Product serial number of the fan.

PCA Serial Num

PCA serial number of the fan.

PCA Assembly Num

PCA assembly number of the fan.

FRU Num

FRU number of the fan.

Product Version ID

The ID number of the version of the fan.



Viewing Temperature Sensor Status

To view the status of the power supplies on your device, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Sensors branch.

The Sensors table appears in the View frame. Table 3-15 describes the fields in the Sensors table.

Table 3-15 Sensors Table Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Slot ID

Numeric identifier of the slot in which the temperature sensor resides. For more information on the slots in your device, see your hardware documentation.

Sensor ID

Numeric identifier of the temperature sensor.

Current Status

Displays up for functional sensors and down for faulty sensors.

Operational Code (Oper Code)

Operational code of the sensor. This field displays normal, tempAlert, currAlert, or voltAlert.

Current Temp (select chassis)

Current temperature of the chassis.

Alarm Temp (select chassis)

Chassis temperature that triggers an alarm.

Shutdown Temp (select chassis)

Chassis temperature that triggers a shutdown.



Viewing the Backplane Information

To view backplane information, follow these steps:


Note This feature is not available on all hardware platforms.



Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Select the Backplane branch.

The Backplane display appears in the View frame. Table 3-16 describes the fields in this display.

Table 3-16 Backplane Display Field Descriptions

Field
Description

Serial Number

Factory-assigned product serial number.

PCA Serial Number

Printed circuit assembly (PCA) serial number.

PCA Assembly Number

Printed circuit assembly (PCA) assembly number.

FRU Num

Field-replaceable unit (FRU) number.

Chassis ID

GUID of the chassis.

Base MAC Address

24-bit base MAC address of this chassis.

Chassis GUID

GUID of the chassis.

Product Version ID

Version of the backplane.



Viewing Management Ports on a Chassis

To view the configurations of management ports on your device, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame.

Step 2 Expand Management Ports in the Tree frame.

Step 3 Expand either the Serial, Ethernet, or InfiniBand branch to view the attributes of that management port. See Table 3-17, Table 3-18, and Table 3-19.

Table 3-17 describes the fields in the Serial Management Ports display.

Table 3-17 Serial Management Ports Display Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Baud Rate

Transmission speed to which you must configure your serial connection.

Data Bits

Data bits value to which you must configure your serial connection.

Stop Bits

Stop bits setting to which you must configure your serial connection.

Parity

Parity setting to which you must configure your serial connection.


Table 3-18 describes the fields in the Ethernet Management Ports display.

Table 3-18 Ethernet Management Ports Display Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

MAC Address

Media access control (MAC) address of the Ethernet Management Port.

Enable Auto Negotiation

Displays true if you have enabled auto-negotiation and false if you have disabled auto-negotiation.

Administrative Port Status

Displays down if you have shut down the port and up if you brought up the port.

Current Port Status

Displays up if the port runs successfully and down if the port cannot run traffic for physical, logical, or administrative reasons.

IP Address

IP address of the Ethernet Management port.

Net Mask

Subnet mask of the Ethernet Management port.

Gateway

Default IP gateway of the Ethernet Management port.

Address Option

Configured Management Port address option.


Table 3-19 describes the fields in the InfiniBand Management Ports display.

Table 3-19 InfiniBand Management Ports Display Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Administrative Port Status

Displays down if you have shut down the port and up if you brought up the port.

Current Port Status

Displays up if the port runs successfully and down if the port cannot run traffic for physical, logical, or administrative reasons.

IP Address

IP address of the InfiniBand Management port.

Net Mask

Subnet mask of the InfiniBand Management port.

Gateway

Default IP gateway of the InfiniBand Management port.

Address Option

Address option of the InfiniBand management port.

MTU

Maximum transmission unit of the InfiniBand management port.

PKey

Partition used by the InfiniBand management port. See the "Setting the Partition for the InfiniBand Management Port" section.



Setting the Partition for the InfiniBand Management Port

In case IPoIB multicast joins are disabled on the default partition, you can change the inband IPoIB management partition to a partition that allows IPoIB multicast joins.

To change the inband IPoIB management partition, follow these steps:


Step 1 Expand Chassis in the Tree frame, and the expand Management Ports.

Step 2 Select InfiniBand.

The InfiniBand Management Ports window appears.

Step 3 In the PKey field, enter the partition key you want to use for the inband IPoIB partition.

Step 4 Click Apply.