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Dell APEX AIOps Infrastructure Observability: A Detailed Review
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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
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Switch System Details – Inventory

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Switch System Details – Inventory

  • The Inventory tab differs slightly between Connectrix and PowerSwitch. For Connectrix, it contains various switch attributes at the top half of the screen, including the serial number, model, location, site, firmware, management IP address, and contract information. It also highlights if a model had reached End of Life (EOL) or End of Service Life (EOSL) and identifies if recommended firmware updates are available. The bottom half of the window contains the following tabs: Fabrics, Partitions, Zones, Attached Devices, Virtual Machines, Components, and Licenses.

      Inventory tab for Connectrix switch showing various attributes such as contract and service plan information, firmware version, model end of life information, site, and location information.

    The top half of the Inventory tab for PowerSwitch includes the service tag, serial number, model, operating-system type, location, site, BIOS or software versions, management IP address, and contract information. The bottom half of the page has the Components and Attached Devices (Ethernet Ports) tabs.

     Inventory tab for PowerSwitch device showing contract and service plan information, BIOS and software versions, serial number, site, and location information.

    Fabrics

    The Fabrics tab (Connectrix only) provides the following information about the fabrics in which the switch participates:

    • Principal Switch WWN – Worldwide name of the principal switch in the fabric.
    • Principal Switch IP – The IP address of the principal switch in the fabric.
    • Partition ID
    • B-Series: 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.
    • MDS: This field shows the VSAN ID.
    • Total Switches – Total number of switches participating in the fabric that this VF or VSAN or switch is a member of. This number is a hyperlink which, when selected, displays a window listing all switches in the fabric.
    • Total End Devices – Total number of N_Ports participating in the fabric that this VF or VSAN or switch is a member of.
    • Monitored Switches – Total number of switches participating in the fabric that are also monitored by Observability.
    • Used % – Percentage of ports in this fabric that are in use.

     Fabrics tab for Connectrix switch listing principal switch for the associated fabrics.

    VSAN/VFabric

    The VSAN tab (Connectrix MDS) and VFabric tab (Connectrix B-Series) provides information about VSANs and Virtual Fabrics.

    • Partition ID
    • B-Series: If Virtual Fabrics (VF) is enabled, this field displays the VF ID for each VF defined on the switch. If not enabled, this field is set to 128.
    • MDS: This field shows the VSAN ID.
    • Switch Name – Switch name as defined by the end user. If no switch name is set, this field displays the switch serial number.
    • Management IP – IP address of the switch.
    • Number of switches – Total number of switches participating in the fabric that this VF or VSAN or switch is a member of.
    • Total end devices – Total number of N_Ports participating in the fabric that this VF or VSAN or switch is a member of.
    • End devices, this switch only – Total number of N_Ports that are members of this VF or VSAN and are also directly attached to this switch.

     FVabric tab for Connectrix switch showing switch information for devices in each virtual fabric.

    Zones

    The Zones tab (Connectrix only) lists out zoning information for the zones in the active configuration.

    • Active Configuration – Name of the enabled zoning configuration.
    • Zone Name – Name of the zone.
    • Symbolic Name – Symbolic name of a zone member (only shown if zone member is logged into the switch).
    • Member Name – Name of the zone member. This is typically the WWPN of the attached device but could also be the WWPN of the switch port or the WWNN of the attached device. It could also be in the “Domain, Port” format or “switch wwn, port” format.
    • Alias – User-defined alias associated with the zone member.
    • Is Logged In – Identifies if the end device is a member of a zone and logged into the fabric.
    • Interface – Identifies the interface on the switch where the end device is logged in.
    • Partition ID
    • B-series: 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.
    • MDS: This field shows the VSAN ID.

     Zones tab showing active configuration, zone names, member names, aliases, and ports for each zone member.

    Attached Devices (Connectrix)

    The Attached Devices tab lists out various information for devices that are physically attached to the switch.

    • WWPN – Worldwide Port Name of the attached device
    • Symbolic Name – Symbolic name of the attached device (only shown if the zone member is logged into the switch).
    • Zoned – Identifies if the attached device is a member of the zone that is present in the active configuration.
    • Interface – Identifies the interface on the switch where the end device is logged in.
    • Speed (Gbps) – Speed that the attached device negotiated with the switch during the login process.
    • Partition ID
    • B-series: If Virtual Fabrics (VF) is enabled, this field displays the VF ID for each VF defined on the switch. If not enabled, this field is set to 128.
    • MDS: This field shows the VSAN ID.

     Attached devices tab for Connectrix showing WWPN, symbolic name, zoning status, interface, speed and partition ID for each attached device.

    Attached Devices (Ethernet Ports) (PowerSwitch)

    The Attached Devices tab for PowerSwitch lists each of the devices attached to the Ethernet ports of the switch.

    Attached devices tab for PowerSwitch showing local port ID, remote hostname, remote port ID, remote chassis ID, and remote management IP addresses for each attached device.

    • Local Port ID – The Port ID of the switch.
    • Remote Hostname – Hostname of the attached device.
    • Remote Port ID – Port ID of the attached device.
    • Remote Chassis ID – Chassis ID of the attached device.
    • Remote Management IPv4 – Management IPv4 address of the attached device.
    • Remote Management IPv6 – Management IPv6 address of the attached device.

    Virtual Machines

    The Virtual Machines tab (Connectrix only) shows virtual machines residing on ESXi servers that are connected to the switch.

    • Name – Name of the virtual machine.
    • Network Address – IP address of the virtual machine.
    • Operating System – Operating system installed on the virtual machine.
    • vCenter – Hostname of vCenter managing the virtual machine.
    • ESXi – Hostname of ESXi server hosting the virtual machine.
    • Cluster – Name of ESXi Cluster hosting the virtual machine.

     Virtual machines tab for a connectrix switch listing information for each virtual machine on ESXi servers attached to this switch.

    Components

    The Components tab lists out the system hardware for both Connectrix and PowerSwitch.

    • Type – The type of component installed in the chassis.
    • Slot/Unit – Location of the component in the chassis.
    • State – For optics, this field provides the strength of the optical signal being received. For other hardware components, this field provides the operational state of the component.
    • Part Number – Part number of the component.
    • Serial Number – Serial number of the component.
    • EOSL Date (Connectrix only) – Identifies components with upcoming End of Life (EOL) and End of Support Life (EOSL) dates.

     Components tab for Connectrix switch listing each component, slot/unit number, state, part number, serial number, and end of service life date.