Internal States (N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Control Center Management Guide)

N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, Control Center Management Guide

Internal States

The internal farm state as maintained by the SP is only visible to you through the SP command-line interface. You must understand these internal states as they help you monitor the progress of a farm through the various stages of automated activation, updates, and decommissioning, as well as troubleshooting problems. Internal states are represented as integers. The valid internal state values are described in the following table:

Table 6–1 Valid Internal State Values


Internal State	Internal State Value	External State	Meaning
CREATED	0	New	The farm has just been created but not submitted for activation.
NEW_CONFIG	10	New	Same as `CREATED` in terms of farm resource changes, but the SP has now taken over the farm.
ALLOCATED	20	New	Resources are allocated to the farm in the database.
WIRED	30	New	Physical devices are connected according to the farm topology.
DISPATCHED	40	New	An SP server owns the farm. Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and Network Interface Card (NIC) are set up for the farm. Farm monitoring is also registered or in the process of registering at this stage if applicable. This action is part of both the initial activation process and the farm update process.
ACTIVE	50	Active	The farm is active and running.
IDLE	60	Active	Reserved for Sun Microsystems.
STANDBY	70	Standby	The farm is on standby. IP addresses are still associated with the farm.
SHUTDOWN	90	Active (pending standby or inactive)	The farm devices are shut down.
UNWIRED	100	Active (pending standby or inactive)	Physical devices are detached from the farm.
DEACTIVATED	110	Inactive	The farm is deactivated and all resources are freed.
UPDATED	120	Active	The farm has been updated.

Use the command farm -l to list information about a farm. Used as is, farm –l lists information about all farms. Used with a farm ID (a unique string assigned when the farm is created), farm –l farm_ID lists information for a specific farm. The output looks like the following:

FARM_ID
 FARM_NAME  CUSTOMER  STATE   ISTATE  ERROR  OWNER
123      testx      Customerx       ACTIVE  ACTIVE  0      SM:cp1

As shown in this example, both the farm's external and internal states are listed. Also, the internal state has been translated from a numerical value to a text string.