C H A P T E R  3

Physical and Logical Properties

The Sun Management Center console presents hardware information for the supported platforms using a common set of tables and fields. This chapter provides a summary of the classes and properties by table. Descriptions of those tables are included in the following sections:

The -- Value and Blank Values

In the tables described in this chapter, fields can have the value -- (double dash) or be blank in the following circumstances:

For example, a serial number is not available for many physical components. In this case, the Serial Number field of the corresponding table contains --. This can also occur with other common properties.

For example, the Additional Info field contains textual information only when an alarm condition exists.


System Properties

The System Information table provides a top-level view of the system hardware. TABLE 3-1 describes its properties.

TABLE 3-1 System Information Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Fixed value of System

Machine

CPU architecture (such as sun4v)

Platform

Platform type

Total Disks

Total of all hard disks managed directly through the platform

Total Memory

Total of all DIMM memory capacity

Total Tape Devices

Total of all tape devices managed directly through the platform

Total Processors

Total number of CPU processors

Hostname

System IP host name

Timestamp

Date and time that the Agent was started

OS Version

System OS version

OS Revision

OS revision

OBP Version

OpenBoottrademark PROM Version

Module Status

Module Status

 


Physical Component Properties

The tables in this section represent instances of physical components within the system.

Common Properties

All physical components (except the Locations table) share a common set of properties:


FIGURE 3-1 Physical Components Showing Location and Description Columns (Sun Fire V250 Shown)

Screen capture of the Sun Fire V250 physical components showing Location and Description columns.


The Operational Status property can take the values shown in TABLE 3-2.


TABLE 3-2 Operational Status Values

Value

Description

OK

The component is operating normally.

Error

The component has a detected error.

Degraded

The component is providing service, but operating in a degraded state.

Unknown

The current operational status is unknown.

Failure Predicted

The component is functioning correctly but a failure in the near future is predicted.

Starting

The component is starting up but is not yet online.

Stopping

The component is shutting down.

Service

The component is being configured, maintained, cleaned, or otherwise administered.

Stressed

The component is operating but needs attention. Examples of stressed states include overloaded, overheated, and so forth.

Non Recoverable

A nonrecoverable error has occurred.

No Contact

The current instance of the monitoring system has knowledge of this component but has never been able to establish communication with it.

Lost Comms

The component is known to exist and has been contacted successfully in the past, but is currently unreachable.

Stopped

The component is known to exist and has not failed, but is not operational and is unable to provide service to users. That is, the component has been purposely made nonoperational.

Not Present

The component is not present in the system. (Sun Fire T2000 only)

-- or empty value

See The -- Value and Blank Values for a description.


Fans

TABLE 3-3 describes the properties in the Fan table.


TABLE 3-3 Fan Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Model Name

Sun Microsystems model name

Operational Status

Current component state. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Part Number

Sun Microsystems or other part number

Version

Part version number

Serial Number

Part serial number

Manufacturer

Vendor name

HotSwappable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is hot-swappable[1]

Removable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is removable[2]


Power Supplies

TABLE 3-4 lists the properties in the Power Supplies table.


TABLE 3-4 Power Supply Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Model Name

Sun Microsystems model

Operational Status

Current component status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Part Number

Sun Microsystems or other part number

Version

Part version number

Serial Number

Part serial number

Manufacturer

Vendor name

HotSwappable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is hot-swappable

Removable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is removable


Expansion Cards

TABLE 3-5 identifies other expansion cards that have been attached to the system.


TABLE 3-5 Expansion Card Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Model Name

Sun Microsystems model

Operational Status

Current component status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Part Number

Sun Microsystems or other part number

Version

Part version number

Serial Number

Part serial number

Manufacturer

Vendor name

HotSwappable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is hot-swappable

Removable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is removable

Bus Type

Identifies card as PCI, cPCI, SCSI, and so forth


The Expansion Card table contains rows corresponding to PCI cards that are installed in your system. The hardware platform module can present a textual description of the card together with the SunSM Store optional component code and Sun Microsystems part number as values for the Description, Model Name, and Part Number properties, respectively.

Appendix A contains a list of cards for which this information is currently available. Additional cards will be added in subsequent updates of the software as they become available.

Cards for which the add-on software is not configured to provide this information, display the value -- for the Description, Model Name, and Part Number properties.

Memory Modules

TABLE 3-6 identifies physical memory components such as DIMMs.


TABLE 3-6 Memory Modules Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Model Name

Sun Microsystems model

Operational Status

Current component status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Part Number

Sun Microsystems or other part number

Version

Part version number

Serial Number

Part serial number

Manufacturer

Vendor name

HotSwappable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is hot-swappable

Removable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is removable

Size

DIMM size

Blank Label

The physical label associated with this component[3]

ECC Error Count

The number of ECC error counts recorded for this component


Other Physical Components

TABLE 3-7 is used for all physical components other than those already listed.


TABLE 3-7 Other Physical Components Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Model Name

Sun Microsystems model

Operational Status

Current component status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Part Number

Sun Microsystems or other part number

Version

Part version number

Serial Number

Part serial number

Manufacturer

Vendor name

HotSwappable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is hot swappable

Removable

Boolean: specifies whether the component is removable


Locations

TABLE 3-8 describes properties for locations, which represent slots into which components can be (hot) plugged.


TABLE 3-8 Locations Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Location Type

Specifies the type of component occupying the location

Occupancy

Permitted values are unknown, occupied, or empty



Logical Device Properties

Devices represent the logical devices. For example, a CPU module could contain one or more processors, hence the CPU module would be represented as a physical component, whereas the processors within it would be represented here as logical devices. The following tables enumerate the logical devices included in the common model.


FIGURE 3-2 Part of the Logical Device Table Showing Indicators (Sun Fire V250 Shown)

Screen capture showing part of the Sun Fire V250 Logical Device table, including name, location, and description columns.


Availability Property Values

Logical devices introduce an Availability property. The Availability values are:

Redundancy Status Property Values

Also introduced with logical devices is the Redundancy Status property. For devices that are part of a redundancy group, this indicates the current role played by this component. For example, a service processor might be operating in an active/standby pairing with another service processor. Similarly a network interface might be the primary or secondary member of a redundant network pair. Valid values for Redundancy Status are:

Processors

TABLE 3-9 describes the properties in the Processor table.


TABLE 3-9 Processor Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal device description

Operational Status

Current device status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Availability

The device availability. See Availability Property Values for possible values.

Redundancy Status

Device status as part of a redundancy group. See Redundancy Status Property Values for possible values.

Device ID

Numeric ID as used by various Solaris commands

Clock Frequency

Processor clock speed

Family

Processor family, for example, sparcv9

Data Cache Size

Primary data cache size

Instruction Cache Size

Primary instruction cache size

Level 2 Cache Size

Size of level 2 cache


Media Devices

TABLE 3-10 represents all media devices: disks, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, tapes, and so forth.


TABLE 3-10 Media Device Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal device description

Operational Status

Current device status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Availability

The device availability. See Availability Property Values for possible values.

Redundancy Status

Device status as part of a redundancy group. See Redundancy Status Property Values for possible values.

Physical Path

Media access device path under /dev/rdsk or /dev/rmt

Type

Disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Tape

Hard Error Count

The count of hard device errors, as available through iostat -e

Soft Error Count

As available through iostat -e

Transport Error Count

As available through iostat -e


Network Interfaces

TABLE 3-11 describes the properties in the Network Interface table.


TABLE 3-11 Network Interface Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal device description

Operational Status

Current device status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Availability

The device availability. See Availability Property Values for possible values.

Redundancy Status

Device status as part of a redundancy group. See Redundancy Status Property Values for possible values.

Device ID

Network device path under /devices

Speed

Speed in bps

Permanent Address

MAC address

Network Address

IP address

Symbolic Name

Symbolic network or hostname associated with this IP address

Input Error Count

Input error count as available through kstat

Output Error Count

Output error count as available through kstat


Indicators

TABLE 3-12 describes the properties in the Indicator table.


TABLE 3-12 Indicator Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Operational Status

Current device status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Indicator State

STEADY, OFF, ALTERNATING, or UNKNOWN

Expected State

STEADY, OFF, or ALTERNATING

Color

Indicator color


Other Devices

TABLE 3-13 is used for all logical devices other than those already listed.


TABLE 3-13 Other Device Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Operational Status

Current device status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting textual information for the current Operational Status

Availability

The device availability. See Availability Property Values for possible values.

Redundancy Status

Device status as part of a redundancy group. See Redundancy Status Property Values for possible values.

Device ID

Device path under /devices



Environmental Sensor Properties

Environmental sensors are modeled for fan speed (tachometer), temperature, current, and voltage. Two types of sensor are supported:


FIGURE 3-3 Numeric Voltage Sensors and Voltage Threshold Sensors Tables (Sun Fire V250 Shown)

Screen capture showing the Numeric Voltage Sensors and Voltage Threshold Sensors tables for the Sun Fire V250.


Numeric Sensors

TABLE 3-14 shows the properties for numeric sensors for temperature, voltage, current, and fan speed (tachometer).


TABLE 3-14 Numeric Sensor Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Operational Status

Current component status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting information for Operational Status

Current Reading

Current sensor reading

Units

Reading units

Lower Non Critical Threshold

Lower first warning threshold

Upper Non Critical Threshold

Upper first warning threshold

Lower Critical Threshold

Lower second warning threshold

Upper Critical Threshold

Upper second warning threshold

Lower Fatal Threshold

Lower final warning threshold

Upper Fatal Threshold

Upper final warning threshold


Non-Numeric Sensors

TABLE 3-15 shows the properties for non-numeric sensors for temperature, voltage, and current.


TABLE 3-15 Non-Numeric Sensor Table Properties

Property

Description

Name

Unique name

Location

Path to the device location

Description

Informal component description

Operational Status

Current component status. See TABLE 3-2 for possible values.

Additional Info

Supporting information for Operational Status

Current Reading

Current sensor reading

Normal Values

A list of values considered normal for this sensor



1 (TableFootnote) A component is hot-swappable if it can be replaced without shutting down the system.
2 (TableFootnote) A component is removable when the component itself is removable, rather than being contained in a removable group. For example, a fan in a fan tray might not individually be removable, although the fan tray itself might be removable. All field replaceable units (FRUs) are removable.
3 (TableFootnote) This string relates to the physical labeling of the memory location rather than the Solaris logical bank
numbering.