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The Hardware tab displays CPU utilization and memory usage for each node, and additional hardware information about appliances.

Note The Grid Manager is updated with each release and might not match the example screenshots on this page.

The Hardware tab is shown for all nodes.

Nodes page Hardware tab

To display a different time interval, select one of the controls above the chart or graph. You can display the information available for intervals of 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month. You can also set a custom interval, which allows you to specify date and time ranges.

To see details for CPU utilization and memory usage, position your cursor over each graph.

Nodes Page > Hardware >Memory Usage Details

If the node is an appliance node, this tab also includes a section with more information about the appliance hardware.

View information about appliance Storage Nodes

The Nodes page lists information about service health and all computational, disk device, and network resources for each appliance Storage Node. You can also see memory, storage hardware, controller firmware version, network resources, network interfaces, network addresses, and receive and transmit data.

Steps
  1. From the Nodes page, select an appliance Storage Node.

  2. Select Overview.

    The Node information section of the Overview tab displays summary information for the node, such as the node's name, type, ID, and connection state. The list of IP addresses includes the name of the interface for each address, as follows:

    • eth: The Grid Network, Admin Network, or Client Network.

    • hic: One of the physical 10, 25, or 100 GbE ports on the appliance. These ports can be bonded together and connected to the StorageGRID Grid Network (eth0) and Client Network (eth2).

    • mtc: One of the physical 1 GbE ports on the appliance. One or more mtc interfaces are bonded to form the StorageGRID Admin Network interface (eth1). You can leave other mtc interfaces available for temporary local connectivity for a technician in the data center.

      Nodes Page Overview Extended

      The Alerts section of the Overview tab displays any active alerts for the node.

  3. Select Hardware to see more information about the appliance.

    1. View the CPU Utilization and Memory graphs to determine the percentages of CPU and memory usage over time. To display a different time interval, select one of the controls above the chart or graph. You can display the information available for intervals of 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month. You can also set a custom interval, which allows you to specify date and time ranges.

      Hardware Graphs
    2. Scroll down to view the table of components for the appliance. This table contains information such as the model name of the appliance; controller names, serial numbers, and IP addresses; and the status of each component.

      Note Some fields, such as Compute controller BMC IP and Compute hardware, appear only for appliances with that feature.

      Components for the storage shelves, and expansion shelves if they are part of the installation, appear in a separate table below the appliance table.

      Nodes Page Hardware Tab for Appliance
      Field in the Appliance table Description

      Appliance model

      The model number for this StorageGRID appliance shown in SANtricity OS.

      Storage controller name

      The name for this StorageGRID appliance shown in SANtricity OS.

      Storage controller A management IP

      IP address for management port 1 on storage controller A. You use this IP to access SANtricity OS to troubleshoot storage issues.

      Storage controller B management IP

      IP address for management port 1 on storage controller B. You use this IP to access SANtricity OS to troubleshoot storage issues.

      Some appliance models don't have a storage controller B.

      Storage controller WWID

      The worldwide identifier of the storage controller shown in SANtricity OS.

      Storage appliance chassis serial number

      The chassis serial number of the appliance.

      Storage controller firmware version

      The version of the firmware on the storage controller for this appliance.

      Storage controller SANtricity OS version

      The SANtricity OS version of storage controller A.

      Storage controller NVSRAM version

      NVSRAM version of the storage controller as reported by SANtricity System Manager.

      For the SG6060 and SG6160, if there is an NVSRAM version mismatch between the two controllers, the version of controller A displays. If controller A is not installed or operational, the version of controller B displays.

      Storage hardware

      The overall status of the storage controller hardware. If SANtricity System Manager reports a status of Needs Attention for the storage hardware, the StorageGRID system also reports this value.

      If the status is "needs attention," first check the storage controller using SANtricity OS. Then, ensure that no other alerts exist that apply to the compute controller.

      Storage controller failed drive count

      The number of drives that aren't optimal.

      Storage controller A

      The status of storage controller A.

      Storage controller B

      The status of storage controller B. Some appliance models don't have a storage controller B.

      Storage controller power supply A

      The status of power supply A for the storage controller.

      Storage controller power supply B

      The status of power supply B for the storage controller.

      Storage data drive type

      The type of drives in the appliance, such as HDD (hard drive) or SSD (solid state drive).

      Storage data drive size

      The effective size of one data drive.

      For the SG6160, the size of the cache drive also displays.

      Note: For nodes with expansion shelves, use the Data drive size for each shelf instead. Effective drive size might differ by shelf.

      Storage RAID mode

      The RAID mode configured for the appliance.

      Storage connectivity

      The storage connectivity state.

      Overall power supply

      The status of all power supplies for the appliance.

      Compute controller BMC IP

      The IP address of the baseboard management controller (BMC) port in the compute controller. You use this IP to connect to the BMC interface to monitor and diagnose the appliance hardware.

      This field is not displayed for appliance models that don't contain a BMC.

      Compute controller serial number

      The serial number of the compute controller.

      Compute hardware

      The status of the compute controller hardware. This field is not displayed for appliance models that don't have separate compute hardware and storage hardware.

      Compute controller CPU temperature

      The temperature status of the compute controller's CPU.

      Compute controller chassis temperature

      The temperature status of the compute controller.

      Column in the Storage shelves table Description

      Shelf chassis serial number

      The serial number for the storage shelf chassis.

      Shelf ID

      The numeric identifier for the storage shelf.

      • 99: Storage controller shelf

      • 0: First expansion shelf

      • 1: Second expansion shelf

      Note: Expansion shelves apply only to the SG6060 and SG6160.

      Shelf status

      The overall status of the storage shelf.

      IOM status

      The status of the input/output modules (IOMs) in any expansion shelves. N/A if this is not an expansion shelf.

      Power supply status

      The overall status of the power supplies for the storage shelf.

      Drawer status

      The status of the drawers in the storage shelf. N/A if the shelf does not contain drawers.

      Fan status

      The overall status of the cooling fans in the storage shelf.

      Drive slots

      The total number of drive slots in the storage shelf.

      Data drives

      The number of drives in the storage shelf that are used for data storage.

      Data drive size

      The effective size of one data drive in the storage shelf.

      Cache drives

      The number of drives in the storage shelf that are used as cache.

      Cache drive size

      The size of the smallest cache drive in the storage shelf. Normally, cache drives are all the same size.

      Configuration status

      The configuration status of the storage shelf.

    3. Confirm that all statuses are "Nominal."

      If a status is not "Nominal," review any current alerts. You can also use SANtricity System Manager to learn more about some of these hardware values. See the instructions for installing and maintaining your appliance.

  4. Select Network to view information for each network.

    The Network Traffic graph provides a summary of overall network traffic.

    Nodes Page Network Traffic Graph
    1. Review the Network Interfaces section.

      Nodes Page Network Interfaces

      Use the following table with the values in the Speed column in the Network Interfaces table to determine whether the 10/25-GbE network ports on the appliance were configured to use active/backup mode or LACP mode.

      Note The values shown in the table assume all four links are used.
      Link mode Bond mode Individual HIC link speed (hic1, hic2, hic3, hic4) Expected Grid/Client Network speed (eth0,eth2)

      Aggregate

      LACP

      25

      100

      Fixed

      LACP

      25

      50

      Fixed

      Active/Backup

      25

      25

      Aggregate

      LACP

      10

      40

      Fixed

      LACP

      10

      20

      Fixed

      Active/Backup

      10

      10

      See Configure network links for more information about configuring the 10/25-GbE ports.

    2. Review the Network Communication section.

      The Receive and Transmit tables show how many bytes and packets have been received and sent across each network as well as other receive and transmit metrics.

      Nodes Page Network Comm
  5. Select Storage to view graphs that show the percentages of storage used over time for object data and object metadata, as well as information about disk devices, volumes, and object stores.

    Storage Used - Object Data
    Storage Used - Object Metadata
    1. Scroll down to view the amounts of available storage for each volume and object store.

      The Worldwide Name for each disk matches the volume world-wide identifier (WWID) that appears when you view standard volume properties in SANtricity OS (the management software connected to the appliance's storage controller).

      To help you interpret disk read and write statistics related to volume mount points, the first portion of the name shown in the Name column of the Disk Devices table (that is, sdc, sdd, sde, and so on) matches the value shown in the Device column of the Volumes table.

      Nodes Page Storage Tables

View information about appliance Admin Nodes and Gateway Nodes

The Nodes page lists information about service health and all computational, disk device, and network resources for each services appliance that is used as an Admin Node or a Gateway Node. You can also see memory, storage hardware, network resources, network interfaces, network addresses, and receive and transmit data.

Steps
  1. From the Nodes page, select an appliance Admin Node or an appliance Gateway Node.

  2. Select Overview.

    The Node information section of the Overview tab displays summary information for the node, such as the node's name, type, ID, and connection state. The list of IP addresses includes the name of the interface for each address, as follows:

    • adllb and adlli: Shown if active/backup bonding is used for the Admin Network interface

    • eth: The Grid Network, Admin Network, or Client Network.

    • hic: One of the physical 10, 25, or 100 GbE ports on the appliance. These ports can be bonded together and connected to the StorageGRID Grid Network (eth0) and Client Network (eth2).

    • mtc: One of the physical 1-GbE ports on the appliance. One or more mtc interfaces are bonded to form the Admin Network interface (eth1). You can leave other mtc interfaces available for temporary local connectivity for a technician in the data center.

      Nodes page Overview tab for services appliance

    The Alerts section of the Overview tab displays any active alerts for the node.

  3. Select Hardware to see more information about the appliance.

    1. View the CPU Utilization and Memory graphs to determine the percentages of CPU and memory usage over time. To display a different time interval, select one of the controls above the chart or graph. You can display the information available for intervals of 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month. You can also set a custom interval, which allows you to specify date and time ranges.

      Nodes page Hardware tab graphs for services appliance
    2. Scroll down to view the table of components for the appliance. This table contains information such as the model name, serial number, controller firmware version, and the status of each component.

      Nodes page Hardware tab for services appliance
      Field in the Appliance table Description

      Appliance model

      The model number for this StorageGRID appliance.

      Storage controller failed drive count

      The number of drives that aren't optimal.

      Storage data drive type

      The type of drives in the appliance, such as HDD (hard drive) or SSD (solid state drive).

      Storage data drive size

      The effective size of one data drive.

      Storage RAID mode

      The RAID mode for the appliance.

      Overall power supply

      The status of all power supplies in the appliance.

      Compute controller BMC IP

      The IP address of the baseboard management controller (BMC) port in the compute controller. You can use this IP to connect to the BMC interface to monitor and diagnose the appliance hardware.

      This field is not displayed for appliance models that don't contain a BMC.

      Compute controller serial number

      The serial number of the compute controller.

      Compute hardware

      The status of the compute controller hardware.

      Compute controller CPU temperature

      The temperature status of the compute controller's CPU.

      Compute controller chassis temperature

      The temperature status of the compute controller.

    3. Confirm that all statuses are "Nominal."

      If a status is not "Nominal," review any current alerts.

  4. Select Network to view information for each network.

    The Network Traffic graph provides a summary of overall network traffic.

    Nodes Page Network Traffic Graph
    1. Review the Network Interfaces section.

      Nodes Page Hardware Tab Network Services Appliance

      Use the following table with the values in the Speed column in the Network Interfaces table to determine whether the four 40/100-GbE network ports on the appliance were configured to use active/backup mode or LACP mode.

      Note The values shown in the table assume all four links are used.
      Link mode Bond mode Individual HIC link speed (hic1, hic2, hic3, hic4) Expected Grid/Client Network speed (eth0, eth2)

      Aggregate

      LACP

      100

      400

      Fixed

      LACP

      100

      200

      Fixed

      Active/Backup

      100

      100

      Aggregate

      LACP

      40

      160

      Fixed

      LACP

      40

      80

      Fixed

      Active/Backup

      40

      40

    2. Review the Network Communication section.

      The Receive and Transmit tables show how many bytes and packets have been received and sent across each network as well as other receive and transmission metrics.

      Nodes Page Network Comm
  5. Select Storage to view information about the disk devices and volumes on the services appliance.

    Nodes Page Storage Tab Services Appliance