Switch Network Management Context-sensitive Helps

This file contains the context-sensitive help for the Switch Network Manager application. Context-sensitive help is accessed with the ? button in a dialog box. These helps will also display in the dialog help (accessed with the Help button in a dialog box). Many helps are used more than once.


Adapter: The value of the selected adapter in the server.


Adapter PS: Adapter Part Serial. A sub-string from the adapter VPD.


Server MTMS: The machine, type, model, and serial number (MTMS) of the server.


Device Status: The current status of the selected adapter or switch chip.


Frame: A number that identifies the frame. Together with the cage identifier, it determines the physical location of a server, switch board, riser card, or any other part, for example, an FRU (Field Replaceable Unit).


Cage: A number that identifies the cage. Together with the frame identifier, it determines the physical location of a server, switch board, riser card, or any other part, for example, an FRU (Field Replaceable Unit).


Network: A number that identifies the network. A network contains servers with switch adapters connected to a switch port, and the switch boards that have their ports connected to these servers.


Plane: A number that identifies a plane. A plane is an island where all the same plane end-points can communicate with each other but not with another plane end-point. A server can have two adapters, each connected to a different plane, but different switches that are not connected between them. Values range from 0-3.


Physical ID: A number assigned to every end-point. This physical ID (PID) is unique within the network.


ERE Status: Error register data. It shows the particular error of the switch chip or device.


Port: A number that identifies the port. This is a number of 0 or 1 for an adapter that has two ports or a number between 0 and 7 for a switch chip that has eight ports.


Chip: The chip number on the switch board. Values are 0-7.


Riser PS: Riser Part Serial. A sub-string from the adapter VPD.


Board PS: Board Part Serial. A sub-string from the adapter VPD.


Chassis MTMS: The machine, type, model, and serial number (MTMS) of the switch board.


Link Status: The current link status of the selected port.

Description of status values

Riser: A number that identifies the riser card. A riser card is a Field Replaceable Unit (FRU). A switch board has two ports, each connected to a riser card, and the riser card has two ports connected to the adapter ports. The riser provides the cable support. (On a switch-to-switch link, you can have fiber optic links, which have a different riser than the copper links.)


Slot Riser Port: The number given on the switch back-plane. Because each riser has two ports, and there are 32 ports on a switch (16 switch-to-switch and 16 switch-to-end-point), the slot can be 0 to 16 and the port is 0 or 1.


Cable Type: Can be 3m copper, 10m copper, or fiber optic.


MTMS: The machine, type, model, and serial number (MTMS) of the server or chassis.


Up/Total: The number of links that are available and active out of the total number for the server.


Port Status: The current status of the selected port.


Power: The state that the switch power is in. The values are Off and On.


IP Address: The IP address associated with each Hardware Management Console (HMC) in the switched cluster.


Host Name: The host name of each Hardware Management Console (HMC) managing the switched network.


Uptime: The length of time, in days, hours, and minutes, that the Hardware Management Console (HMC) has been configured to manage one or more networks.


SNM Version: The version of the switch manager running on the local Hardware Management Console (HMC).


Network: Displays the numbers that represent the logical configuration of the networks. The number of lines of output is determined by the number of combinations of networks and planes.

For example, a value of 1 represents a Single Plane network type. A value of 2 represents a Dual Plane network type. In a Single Plane network, every adapter link is connected to the same plane. In a Dual Plane network, each adapter connected to one plane has a partner adapter connected to the other plane. This provides more connection points for the adapters.


Topology: The topology of the system. Because SNM explores the system and selects the most usable topology, this view allows you to see whether the system selected the topology for which it was wired.


Endpoints Up: The number of adapter connections, out of the optimal number of ports that are available on the fabric, that are working.


Switch Links Up: The number of of links that are active on the fabric.


Invoke Time: Displays the time when the application source code started this trace entry.


Network: Displays the logical number of the fabric associated with this trace entry.


Slot: A number that identifies the slot. Together with the frame identifier, it determines the physical location of a server, switch board, riser card, or any other part, for example, an FRU (Field Replaceable Unit).


Sw. TOD: Displays the switch time of day when this event occurred on the fabric.


File Ver.: Displays the version of the source file that invoked this trace entry.


Detail Level: Displays different data, spending on the trace entry. It can be the MTMS of the switch board associated with this trace entry, the routine name associated with this trace entry, or not used.


Plane: Displays the logical number of the plane associated with this trace entry.


BPA TS: Displays the time that the event was observed by the bulk power assembly (BPA).


Line No.: Displays the line number in the source file where the trace call was made.


App. Name: Displays the name of the application that invoked this trace entry.


Type: Displays the type of hardware where the event occurred as parsed from the unit location code.


Port: Displays the ports on the adapter that are associated with this trace entry as parsed from the unit location code. This value can be 0 or 1 for an adapter and 0 through 7 for a switch chip.


Host Name: Displays the host name of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) that is reporting the trace entry.


Message: Displays a text message provided by the person who issued the trace entry.


MTMS: The machine, type, model, and serial number (MTMS) of the switch board or server.


Log Time: Displays the time that the trace entry was logged on the Hardware Management Console (HMC).


File Name: Displays the name of the source file that invoked this trace entry.


Raw Data (Hex): Displays a hexadecimal dump of the information that the trace entry contains.


1.8V Voltage: 1.8 measured voltage.


1.8V Current: 1.8 measured current.


3.3V Voltage: 3.3 measured voltage.


3.3V Current: 3.3 measured current.


Internal DCA Temp.: The measured temperature, in degrees Celsius, of each of the two distributed converter assemblies.


Switch Chip Temp.: The temperature, in degrees Celsius, of the sensors on the switch board.


Physical Location.: The physical location in the server of the selected adapter.


Route Table Status Values: The values for the Route Table Status.


Path Table Status Values: The values for the Path Table Status.


Multicast Table Status Values: The values for the Multicast Table Status (from the Switch Topology View).