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PRTG Manual: SNMP Cisco UCS System Health Sensor

The SNMP Cisco UCS System Health sensor monitors the system health of a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) device via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

SNMP Cisco UCS System Health Sensor

For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

Dutch: SNMP Cisco UCS Systeemstatus
French: Cisco UCS état du système (SNMP)
German: SNMP Cisco UCS Systemzustand
Japanese: SNMP Cisco UCS システムの正常性
Portuguese: Funcionamento do sistema Cisco UCS (SNMP)
Russian: Работоспособность системы SNMP Cisco UCS
Simplified Chinese: SNMP Cisco UCS 系统健康状况
Spanish: Salud de sistema Cisco UCS (SNMP)

Remarks

This sensor supports IPv6.

This sensor has a medium performance impact.

This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.

Basic Sensor Settings

Setting	Description
Sensor Name	Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets. If the name contains angle brackets (<>), PRTG replaces them with braces ({}) for security reasons. For more information, see the Knowledge Base: What security features does PRTG include?
Parent Tags	The tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe. This setting is for your information only. You cannot change it.
Tags	Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited. It is not possible to enter tags with a leading plus (+) or minus (-) sign, nor tags with parentheses (()) or angle brackets (<>). For performance reasons, it can take some minutes until you can filter for new tags that you added. The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor: snmpciscosystemhealthsensor systemhealth ucssystemhealth ucs
Priority	Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority () to the highest priority ().

Sensor Display

Setting	Description
Primary Channel	Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor. You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.
Graph Type	Define how different channels are shown for this sensor: Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel. Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic. You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).
Stack Unit	This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Setting

Description

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:

Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Inherited Settings

By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.

For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.

Scanning Interval

For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.

Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window

You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.

Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window

For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window.

Access Rights

For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.

Channel Unit Configuration

Which channel units are available depends on the sensor type and the available parameters. If no configurable channels are available, this field shows No configurable channels.

Channel Unit Configuration

For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Channel Unit Configuration.

Channel List

Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

Channel	Description
Critical Faults Count	The number of critical faults (that are not yet acknowledged in the UCS logs) This channel has a default limit Upper error limit: 0.5
Downtime	In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status
Fan Failure Predicted	The predicted fan failure status Up status: No, Not Available Down status: Yes
Fan Module Failure Predicted	The predicted fan module failure status Up status: No, Not Available Down status: Yes
Fan Module Performance	The fan module performance status Up status: Ok Warning status: Lower Non Critical, Upper Non Critical Down status: Lower Critical, Lower Non Recoverable, Upper Critical, Upper Non Recoverable Unknown status: Not Supported, Unknown
Fan Module Thermal	The fan module thermal status Up status: Ok Warning status: Lower Non Critical, Upper Non Critical Down status: Lower Critical, Lower Non Recoverable, Upper Critical, Upper Non Recoverable Unknown status: Not Supported, Unknown
Fan Modules Inoperable	The number of operable fan modules This channel has a default limit Upper warning limit: 0.5
Fan Modules Operable	The number of inoperable fan modules
Fan Performance	The fan performance Up status: Ok Warning status: Lower Non Critical, Upper Non Critical Down status: Lower Critical, Lower Non Recoverable, Upper Critical, Upper Non Recoverable Unknown status: Not Supported, Unknown
Fan Thermal	The fan thermal status Up status: Ok Warning status: Lower Non Critical, Upper Non Critical Down status: Lower Critical, Lower Non Recoverable, Upper Critical, Upper Non Recoverable Unknown status: Not Supported, Unknown
Fans Inoperable	The number of inoperable fan modules This channel has a default limit Upper warning limit: 0.5
Fans Operable	The number of operable fan modules This channel is the primary channel by default.
Major Faults Count	The number of major faults (that are not yet acknowledged in the UCS logs) This channel has a default limit Upper error limit: 0.5
Minor Faults Count	The number of minor faults (that are not yet acknowledged in the UCS logs) This channel has a default limit Upper warning limit: 0.5
Power Supplies Inoperable	The number of inoperable power supplies This channel has a default limit Upper warning limit: 0.5
Power Supplies Operable	The number of operable power supplies
Power Supply Failure Predicted	The predicted power supply failure status Up status: No, Not Available Down status: Yes
Power Supply Performance	The power supply performance status Up status: Ok Warning status: Lower Non Critical, Upper Non Critical Down status: Lower Critical, Lower Non Recoverable, Upper Critical, Upper Non Recoverable Unknown status: Not Supported, Unknown
Power Supply Thermal	The power supply thermal status Up status: Ok Warning status: Lower Non Critical, Upper Non Critical Down status: Lower Critical, Lower Non Recoverable, Upper Critical, Upper Non Recoverable Unknown status: Not Supported, Unknown
Power Supply Voltage	The power supply voltage status Up status: Ok Warning status: Lower Non Critical, Upper Non Critical Down status: Lower Critical, Lower Non Recoverable, Upper Critical, Upper Non Recoverable Unknown status: Not Supported, Unknown
Warning Count	The number of warnings (that are not yet acknowledged in the UCS logs) This channel has a default limit Upper warning limit: 0.5

KNOWLEDGE BASE

What security features does PRTG include?

https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/61108

My SNMP sensors don’t work. What can I do?

https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/46863

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