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Cisco UCS - Rack

Requires Opsview Cloud or Opsview Monitor 6.4

This Host Template is part of the Cisco Ucs Monitoring Opspack

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Host Template: Infrastructure - Cisco UCS - Rack

Monitor your Cisco UCS Rack 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 (Warning, Critical) UOM
UCS - Rack - Admin Power Admin power for the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Admin State Admin state for the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Association State Association state of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Availability Availability of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Boards Information on the boards on the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Board Controllers Information on the board controllers on the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Checkpoint Latest checkpoint of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Connection Path Connection path of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Connection State Connection state of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Discovery State Discovery state of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Faults Fault information for the Rack server rack_critical_faults=,0
rack_major_faults=,0
rack_minor_faults=0,
rack_warning_faults=0,
rack_info_faults=,
rack_cleared_faults=,
N/A
UCS - Rack - HBAs Number of HBAs for the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Local Storage Health Health information for the Local Storage on the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Local Storage Usage Usage information for the local storage on the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Managing Instance Managing instance of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Memory Unit Health Information on the memory units on the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Memory Usage Memory usage of the Rack memory_usage=70,90 N/A
UCS - Rack - NICs Number of NICs for the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Operability Operability of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Operational State Operational State of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Operational State Qualifier Operational State Qualifier of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Power State Power state of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Presence Presence of the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Processor Health Information on the processors on the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Processor Usage Processor usage of the Rack cpu_usage=,
cores_enabled=,1:
N/A
UCS - Rack - PSUs Information on the PSUs on the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Service Profile Service profile associated with the Rack N/A N/A
UCS - Rack - Threads Number of threads on the Rack N/A N/A

Usage Instructions

Step 1: Add this Host Template

Add the Infrastructure - Cisco UCS - Rack 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.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Step 2: Add and configure variables required for this Host Template

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

UCS_CREDENTIALS

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

Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--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_RACK_NAME

Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--rack-name Value UCS Rack Name Name of the Rack to monitor

UCS_FAULT_SETTINGS

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.

Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--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

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Variables to Hosts.

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 - Rack - Admin Power UCS.Rack.Admin.Power
UCS - Rack - Admin State UCS.Rack.Admin.State
UCS - Rack - Association State UCS.Rack.Association
UCS - Rack - Availability UCS.Rack.Availability
UCS - Rack - Boards UCS.Rack.Boards
UCS - Rack - Board Controllers UCS.Rack.Board.Controllers
UCS - Rack - Checkpoint UCS.Rack.Checkpoint
UCS - Rack - Connection Path UCS.Rack.Conn.Path
UCS - Rack - Connection State UCS.Rack.Conn.State
UCS - Rack - Discovery State UCS.Rack.Discovery
UCS - Rack - Faults UCS.Rack.Faults
UCS - Rack - HBAs UCS.Rack.HBA
UCS - Rack - Local Storage Health UCS.Rack.Storage.Health
UCS - Rack - Local Storage Usage UCS.Rack.Storage.Usage
UCS - Rack - Managing Instance UCS.Rack.Managing.Inst
UCS - Rack - Memory Unit Health UCS.Rack.Memory.Units
UCS - Rack - Memory Usage UCS.Rack.Memory.Usage
UCS - Rack - NICs UCS.Rack.NIC
UCS - Rack - Operability UCS.Rack.Operability
UCS - Rack - Operational State UCS.Rack.Oper.State
UCS - Rack - Operational State Qualifier UCS.Rack.Oper.Qual
UCS - Rack - Power State UCS.Rack.Power
UCS - Rack - Presence UCS.Rack.Presence
UCS - Rack - Processor Health UCS.Rack.Processor.Health
UCS - Rack - Processor Usage UCS.Rack.Processor.Usage
UCS - Rack - PSUs UCS.Rack.PSU
UCS - Rack - Service Profile UCS.Rack.Service.Profile
UCS - Rack - Threads UCS.Rack.Threads

SSL Certificates

Additionally, if ssl verification is required, you can use the following variable to pass in your SSL certificates for use when connecting to the service provider to gather metrics:

UCS_CERTIFICATES

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

Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
--ca-path Arg1 CA Certificate Path Path to the CA Certificate. Optional, only required if server verification is needed
--client-cert Arg2 Client Certificate Path Path to the Client Certificate. Optional, only required if client verification is needed
--client-key Arg3 Client Key Path Path to the Client Key. Optional, only required if client verification is needed

Step 3: Apply changes and the system will now be monitored

Cisco UCS Rack Output