Attributes for Chassis lists some key attributes for Chassis.

Table 1. Attributes for Chassis

Attribute

Description

Allowed values

BackplaneUtilization

Percentage of bandwidth utilization for the Chassis backplane as reported by the instrumentation; for example:

3.0

Numeric (float)

DisplayName

Name, as shown in the Global Console, of this Chassis; for example:

CHASSIS-10.9.1.108

String

IsAnySystemResponsive

TRUE if any system packaged by this Chassis is responding to ICMP and ICMPv6 pings or SNMP polls or both.

Boolean:

TRUE, FALSE

Location

Specifies the position and address of this Chassis.

String

Name

Name, as known in the modeled topology, of this Chassis; for example:

CHASSIS-10.9.1.108

String

SerialNumber

Indicates the version of this Chassis.

String

Status

Reflects the current state of the Chassis as reported by the instrumentation:

  • OK indicates that this Chassis is operating normally.

  • MARGINAL indicates that this Chassis is partially operational.

  • CRITICAL indicates that this Chassis is not operational.

  • OTHER indicates that the status of this Chassis is other than OK, MARGINAL, or CRITICAL, or is an unrecognized SNMP error.

  • NOTPRESENT indicates that the MIB Status value for this Chassis is missing.

    IP Availability Manager sets a Chassis’ Status value to NOTPRESENT when receiving one of the following SNMP errors:

    SNMP_EXP_NOSUCHOBJECT

    SNMP_ERR_NOSUCHNAME

    SNMP_EXP_NOSUCHINSTANCE

    SNMP_EXP_ENDOFMIB

  • UNKNOWN is the default Status value before sending SNMP polls to this Chassis.

Enum:

  • OK

  • MARGINAL

  • CRITICAL

  • OTHER

  • NOTPRESENT

  • UNKNOWN

SystemName

Name of the system containing this Chassis.

String

Tag

Uniquely identifies this Chassis and serves as the Chassis’ key. The Tag property can contain information such as asset tag or serial number data.

String

IsManaged

Determines if an ICIM_ManagedSystemElement should be monitored by the management system. An unmanaged object do not have associated instrumentation. This attribute is readonly.

Boolean:

TRUE, FALSE