eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by DellSwStatusTest

Dell Switch M-series allows connecting up to six Dell Force10 MXL switches using QSFP+ (40Gb) ports to create a single stack unit. In the stack unit so created, a single switch acts as a Master and controls other switches thereby allowing users to manage and configure the member switches and ports using a single IP address. This IP address is copied from the Master to the Standby when the Standby is created. If for any reason the Master fails and the Standby takes over as the Master, the IP address of the stack unit will remain the same, thus allowing continuous management of the stack unit. Fatal failure of the switches due to erratic power flutuations or physical damage can render the stack unit unavailable/inoperable. This in turn, causes difficulties in managing the network connections. To avoid such issues, administrators should continuously monitor the stack units at regular intervals. This is where the DellSwStatusTest aids the administrators!

Using this test, administrators can be able to determine the current switch status of each stack unit in the Dell Switch M-Series

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Status Indicates the current switch status of this stack unit.   The values reported by this measure and its numeric equivalents are mentioned in the table below:

State Numeric value
Ok 1
Not supported 2
Code mismatch 3
Config mismatch 4
Unit down 5
Not present 6

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current switch status of the stack unit. The graph of this measure however, represents the switch status of the stack unit using the numeric equivalents only - 1 to 6.