Viewing information and health status of fans, Viewing ikvm information and health status – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Viewing Information and Health Status For Individual IOM

To view health status of the individual IOMs, in the CMC Web interface, do any of the following:

1.

Go to Chassis Overview → Properties → Health .
The Chassis Health page is displayed. The lower section of Chassis Graphics depicts the rear view of the chassis
and contains the health status for the IOMs. IOM health status is indicated by the overlay of the IOM subgraphic.
Move the cursor to hover over the individual IOM subgraphic. The text hint provides additional information on that
IOM. Click the IOM subgraphic to view the IOM information on the right.

2.

Go to Chassis Overview and expand I/O Module Overview in the system tree. All the IOMs (1–6) appear in the

expanded list. Click the IOM (slot) you want to view.
The I/O Module Status page (separate from the overall I/O Module Status page) specific to the IOM slot is
displayed. For more information, see the

CMC Online Help

.

Viewing Information and Health Status of Fans

CMC, which controls fan speeds, automatically increases or decreases fan speeds based on system wide events. CMC
generates an alert and increases the fan speeds when the following events occur:

CMC ambient temperature threshold is exceeded.

A fan fails.

A fan is removed from the chassis.

NOTE: During updates of CMC or iDRAC firmware on a server, some or all of the fan units in the chassis spin at
100%. This is normal.

To view the health status of the fans, in the CMC Web interface, do any of the following:

1.

Go to Chassis Overview → Properties → Health .
The Chassis Health page is displayed. The lower section of chassis graphics provides the rear view of the chassis
and contains the health status of the fan. Fan health status is indicated by the overlay of the fan subgraphic. Move
the cursor over the fan subgraphic. The text hint provides additional information on the fan. Click the fan
subgraphic to view the fan information on the right.

2.

Go to Chassis Overview → Fans → Properties .
The Fans Status page provides the status and speed measurements in revolutions per minute, or RPMs, of the fans
in the chassis. There can be one or more fans.

NOTE: In the event of a communication failure between CMC and the fan unit, CMC cannot obtain or display
health status for the fan unit.

For more information, see the

CMC Online Help

.

Viewing iKVM Information and Health Status

The local access KVM module for the Dell M1000e server chassis is called the Avocent Integrated KVM Switch Module,
or iKVM.
To view the health status of the iKVMs associated with the chassis, do any of the following:

1.

Go to Chassis Overview → Properties → Health .
The Chassis Health page is displayed. The lower section of chassis graphics provides the rear view of the chassis
and contains the health status of the iKVM. iKVM health status is indicated by the overlay of the iKVM subgraphic.

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