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Dell APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability: A Detailed Review
Executive summary APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability overview Home page Monitor Manage Optimize Reports Cybersecurity Storage System Details Block Object Details File Object Details Storage Group Details (PowerMax/VMAX systems) Node details PowerStore appliance details Quota details Hyperconverged infrastructure systems details Host details Connectrix and PowerSwitch Details
Introduction
Switch System Details – Health
Switch System Details – Inventory
Licenses
Switch System Details – Capacity
Switch System Details – Performance
Switch Port Details – Performance
Switch Port Details – Optics
Server details Infrastructure Observability administration Data protection details Appendix A: Enabling Infrastructure Observability at the system Converged Systems details Appendix B: APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability security VMware Details Custom Tags Mobile application Appendix C: Data collection frequencies and samples Appendix D: Report Browser metrics

Switch System Details – Capacity

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Switch System Details – Capacity

  • The Capacity tab for a switch provides port usage details for both Connectrix and PowerSwitch. The upper left portion of the view shows a breakdown of the ports on the switch broken down by Online, Offline, and Error status. The Ports by Type bar charts show a filtered list of ports broken down by port type. For Connectrix, the Nodes Attached bar charts show a breakdown of attached nodes by Host Ports, Storage Ports, and Switch ports. The bottom of the page displays a filtered list of ports based on the filters selected in the top half of the page. The following columns are displayed at the bottom of the page:

    • Interface – Location of the port, shown as slot/port number. For Connectrix, it is also a hyperlink which directs user to port performance charts.
    • Alias/Description – Switch port alias, if defined.
    • State – Status of the switch port.
    • Licensed – Shows whether the port is licensed, not licensed, or N/A for directors.
    • Protocol – Protocol configured for the switch port.
    • Switch Port Type – Logical configuration of the switch port. Possible values include F_PORT, N_PORT, E_PORT, Unknown, or Disabled for FC ports. Set to Unknown for Ethernet ports.
    • Port Mode (PowerSwitch only) – Logical configuration of the interface, such as Access or Trunk.
    • Trunks (B-Series)/Simple Channel (MDS) – Value of trunk or port channel if the physical port is being aggregated.
    • Partition ID (Connectrix only)
    • Brocade: If Virtual Fabrics (VF) are enabled, this field displays the VF ID for each VF defined on the switch. If not enabled, this field is set to 128.
    • Cisco: This field shows the VSAN ID. 
    • Attached Node Type (Connectrix only) – Describes the device attached to the switch port.
    • Attached Device (Connectrix only) – Worldwide name of the attached device.

    Capacity tab for Connectrix:

     Capacity tab for Connectrix switch showing all ports, port status, ports by type, and connected nodes by type.

    Capacity tab for PowerSwitch:

     Capacity tab for PowerSwitch device showing each port, alias, state, protocol, and port mode.