Interfaces

Interfaces

This section provides information about SAN interfaces, such as, FC ports, Ethernet ports, port groups, and so on.

FC Ports

Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports to view information about FC ports.

Viewing Inventory Information for FC Ports

Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Inventory tab to display the list of Fibre Chanel interfaces.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Inventory.

Field

Description

Status

Specifies the status of the interface.

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview.

Enclosure

Specifies the enclosure.

Device Name

Specifies the device name.

VSAN

Specifies the VSAN to which the interface belongs to.

Switch interface

Specified the interface name.

Type

Specifies the interface type.

Port WWN

Specifies the port world wide name (pWWN).

Speed

Specifies the interface speed.

FCID

Specifies the interface FCID.

Viewing Performance Information for FC Ports

Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Performance tab to view the performance of Fibre Chanel interfaces.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Performance. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options from the Show last day drop-down list. You can also filter for Host Ports and Storage Ports using Show Host Ports drop-down list.

To enable Performance, navigate to the Fabric window, choose the required fabric, and choose Actions > Configure Performance.

Field

Description

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview.

Name

Specifies the interface name. Click the chart icon in the Name column to view a graph of the traffic on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options.

VSAN

Specifies the VSAN to which the interface belongs to.

Switch interface

Specified the interface name.

Speed

Specifies the interface speed.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Avg %

Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak %

Specifies the peak utilization percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Rx + Tx

Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds.

Errors/Discards

In Avg

Specified the average of incoming errors or discards.

Out Avg

Specified the average of outgoing errors or discards.

In Peak

Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards.

Out Peak

Specified the peak of outgoing errors or discards.

Viewing Transceiver Information for FC Ports

Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Transceiver tab to view the transceivers in Fibre Chanel interfaces.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > Transceiver.

Field

Description

Enclosure

Specifies the enclosure name.

Device Alias

Displays the alias retrieved from the switch.

A device aliases is a user-friendly name for a port WWN. Device alias name can be specified when configuring features.

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview.

Port WWN

Specifies the port world wide name (pWWN).

Fcid

Specifies the associated interface FCID.

Switch interface

Specified the interface name.

Link Status

Displays the operational status of the link.

Vendor

Specifies the name of the vendor.

Serial Number

Specifies the serial number of the enclosure.

Model

Specifies the name of the model.

Firmware

The version of the firmware that is executed by this HBA.

Driver

The version of the driver that is executed by this HBA.

Additional Info

The information list corresponding to this HBA.

Viewing FC FICON Ports

Choose SAN > Interfaces > FC Ports > FICON to display the list of Fiber Channel FICON interfaces.

The following table describes the fields that appear on the FICON page. Use the Show last day drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Field

Description

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview.

Switch interface

Specifies the switch interface.

Description

Specifies the interface description.

FCID

Specifies the associated interface FCID.

Mode

Specifies the interface mode.

FICON ID

Specifies the FICON ID.

Connected To

Specifies where the interface is connected to.

VSAN

Specifies the VSAN to which the interface belongs to.

Speed

Specifies the interface speed.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Avg %

Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the maximum utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak %

Specifies the maximum utilization in percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Rx + Tx

Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds.

Errors/Discards

In Avg

Specifies the average of incoming errors or discards.

Out Avg

Specifies the average of outgoing errors or discards.

In Peak

Specifies the maximum number of incoming errors or discards.

Out Peak

Specifies the maximum number of outgoing errors or discards.

Viewing Performance Information for Ethernet Ports

Choose SAN > Interfaces > Ethernet tab to display the list of Ethernet interfaces.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Ethernet. Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Field

Description

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview.

Name

Specifies the interface name. Click the chart icon in the Name column to view a graph of the traffic on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options.

Description

Specifies the interface description.

Speed

Specifies the interface speed.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Avg %

Specifies the average percentage of receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak %

Specifies the peak utilization percentage of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Rx + Tx

Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds.

Errors/Discards

In Avg

Specified the average of incoming errors or discards.

Out Avg

Specified the average of outgoing errors or discards.

In Peak

Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards.

Out Peak

Specified the peak of outgoing errors or discards.

Viewing Performance Information for Port Groups

Choose SAN > Interfaces > Port Groups tab to display the list of port groups.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Port Groups. Use the Show last 24 hours menu drop-down list to filter the view by 24 Hours, Week, Month, and Year.

Field

Description

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview.

Port Group Name

Specifies the port group name. Click the name to display the port group members.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Rx + Tx

Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds.

Errors/Discards

In Avg

Specified the average of incoming errors or discards.

In Peak

Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards.

Last Updated

Specifies when the information was last updated.

Port Group Member

Choose SAN > Interfaces > Port Groups and click a port group name to view the port group members.

The following table describes the fields that appear on Port Group Member.

Field

Description

Port Group Member

Specifies the port group member. Click the chart icon to view a graph of the traffic for the port group member according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options.

Speed

Specifies the speed for the port group member.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Rx + Tx

Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds.

Errors/Discards

In Avg

Specified the average of incoming errors or discards.

In Peak

Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards.

Last Updated

Specifies when the information was last updated.

Viewing Performance Information for Optics

Choose SAN > Interfaces > Optics tab to display the list of optics.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Optics.

Field

Description

Fabric

Specifies the fabric name. Click the fabric name to display the fabric status on the right-side of the page. Click the Launch icon on the top-right side of the pane to see Fabric Overview. For information on Fabric Overview, see Fabric Overview.

Switch

Specifies the switch name.

Interface

Specifies the interface name. Click the chart icon in the Interface column to view a graph of the optics parameters on that device according to the selected timeline. You can filter the data using the Day, Week, Month, and Year options.

Temperature (C)

Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum temperature.

Current (mA)

Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum current.

OpRxPower (dBm)

Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum optic Rx power.

OpTxPower (dBm)

Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum optic Tx power.

Voltage (V)

Specifies the average, minimum, and maximum voltage.

To view the optic metric information of devices that are connected to all the FC ports from the Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Web UI, perform the following steps:

  1. Choose SAN > Interfaces > Optics.

    The Optics window is displayed.

  2. You can sort the table using Filter by attributes field to enable filtering by Fabric, Switch, Interface, Temperature, Current, Power, and Voltage.

  3. You can use Show last day drop-down to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

  4. Click a fabric name to display the fabric health status on the right-side of the page.

  5. Click the Launch icon on fabric window to navigate to the fabric overview page.

Custom Port Groups

Choose SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups tab to view and create custom port groups.

The following table describes the fields that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups.

Field

Description

Group Name

Specifies the port group name. Click the name to view the performance and configure the port group. For more information, see Viewing Performance of Custom Port Groups and Configuring Custom Port Groups.

Devices

Specifies the number of devices.

Interfaces

Specifies the number of interfaces.

The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups.

Action Item

Description

Create Port Group

Select a port group from the table, choose Create Port Group, provide a port group name, and click Save & Exit to create a custom port group.

Edit port group

Select a port group from the table and choose Edit port group to edit port group.

Delete

Select a port group from the table and choose Delete to delete the port group.

Viewing Performance of Custom Port Groups

Choose SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups and click a port group name to view the performance of the port group.

The following table describes the fields that appear on the Performance tab of Custom Port Groups.

Field

Description

Device

Specifies the device name.

Connected To

Specifies where the interface is connected to.

Speed

Specifies the interface speed.

Rx/Tx

Avg

Specifies the average receiving or transmitting speed.

Peak

Specifies the peak utilization of the receiving or transmitting speed.

Rx + Tx

Specifies the sum of Rx and Tx speeds.

Errors/Discards

Avg

Specified the average of incoming errors or discards.

Peak

Specified the peak of incoming errors or discards.

Last Updated

Specifies when the information was last updated.

Use the Show last day menu drop-down list to filter the view by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Configuring Custom Port Groups

Choose SAN > Interfaces > Custom Port Groups, click a port group name, and click the Configuration tab to configure the custom port group.

The following table describes the fields that appear on the Configuration tab of Custom Port Groups.

Field

Description

Device

Specifies the device name. Click the device name to display the device status on the right-side of the page.

Connected To

Specifies where the interface is connected to.

Description

Specifies the interface description.

The following table describes the action items, in the Actions menu drop-down list, that appear on the Configuration tab.

Action Item

Description

Add Interfaces

Choose Add Interfaces to add interfaces to the port group. In the Add Interfaces window, select a device and click Next Step - Add Interfaces. Select the interfaces that you want to add to the port group and click Save & Exit.

Delete

Select a port group from the table and choose Delete to delete the port group.