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

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

Service Processor States

The internal farm state as maintained by the Service Processor is only visible to you through the Service Processor command-line interface. These internal states help you monitor the progress of a farm through the various stages of automated activation, updates, and decommissioning. These internal states help you troubleshoot problems if necessary. These states are described in Table 1–1.

Note –

See the N1 Provisioning Server 3.1, Blades Edition, System Administration Guide to learn how to access this information through the command-line interface. Some of these states do not typically occur during the normal farm lifecycle and are used for special administrative purposes only.

Table 1–1 Internal SP State


Service Processor State	Control Center State	Description
`CREATED`	Design	The farm has just been created but not submitted for activation.
`NEW_CONFIG`	Design	Same as `CREATED` in terms of farm resource changes, but the Service Processor has now taken over the farm.
`ALLOCATED`	Design	Resources are allocated to the farm in the database.
`WIRED`	Design, Active	Physical devices are connected according to the farm topology.
`DISPATCHED`	Design, Active	A Service Processor 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 stage is part of both the initial activation process and the farm update process.
`ACTIVE`	Active	The farm is active and running.
`IDLE`	Active	A Service Processor does not own the farm. The farm might be active as before. No communication between farm devices and the Service Processor is allowed.
`STANDBY`	Standby	The farm is on standby. IP addresses and disks are still associated with the farm.
`SHUTDOWN`	Active (pending standby or inactive)	The farm devices are shut down.
`UNWIRED`	Active (pending standby or inactive)	Physical devices are detached from the farm.
`DEACTIVATED`	Deactivated	The farm is deactivated and all resources are freed.
`UPDATED`	Active	The farm has been updated.