Video use case: Cisco UCS

Randy Ulvenes

In a large data center, there are typically hundreds of Cisco UCS chassis and blades. The Penalty Box dashboard, showcased in this use case, acts as a penalty box, specifically displaying any UCS chassis experiencing one or more alarms, facilitating swift issue identification.

USE CASE DETAILS

This dashboard presents all Cisco UCS chassis under alarm conditions, whether originating from the chassis itself or its blades. The LED indicator penalty box visually indicates these alarms. When you select any of these alarms, further details are available, including operational information for both UCS chassis and blades.

Aditionally, on this dashboard, we find:

- A list of alarms.
- UCS System: Displays the system name, the serial number, and the chassis model.
- Blade 1 and Blade 2: Provides utilization statistics for each blade, with the option to view trend graphs for parameters such as overall utilization, CPU utilization, I/O utilization, and memory utilization.
- The two components at the bottom provide aggregate utilization data for both blades within the chassis.