Concept Guide
Alerts
The Alerts section of the Dashboard page displays alerts from the I/O Aggregator device. Dell Blade I/O
Manager polls the device every 60 seconds for new alerts.
This section has two subsections:
• Active Alerts — Lists total alerts by category: Critical, Warning, Informational
• Recently Logged Activity — Lists the three most recent alerts.
You can click View All to go to the Logs and Alerts page for more details on alerts.
Port Details
The Port Details tab of the Dashboard page displays the following details about each port on the I/O
Aggregator device:
• Port — Port number.
• Link Status — Status of the link: Up or Down.
• Link Speed — Link speed of the port when it is up in M or G.
• Administrative State — Displays Enabled or Disabled. The port can only link up if connected to
another enabled port.
• VLANs — Displays the VLAN number to which the port belongs.
• LAG — Link Aggregation Group number to which the port is configured to be part.
NOTE: To view the actual LAG status of a port, go to the Link Aggregation (LAG) section of the
Switching Layer-2 page.
To filter the list by internal or external ports only, make the appropriate selection from the Filter By menu.
Stack Summary
For I/O Aggregator devices in stack mode, the Stack Summary tab displays details about all devices in the
stack and their interface details.
This tab has two sections: Stack Information and Stacked Ports.
The Stack Information section displays the following information:
• Unit — The stack unit number: 0 to 5.
• Unit Type — The stack unit type: Master, Standby, or Member.
• Status — The state of the stack unit.
• Required Type — The type of I/O Aggregator device.
• Firmware Version — Version of Operating System on stack unit.
• Number of IOA Ports — You can click View Details to jump to the Stack Port Summary tab.
The Stacked Ports section displays the following information:
• Topology — Topology of connected stack ports: ring, daisy chain, or standalone.
• Interface — Port ID of connected stack port on this unit.
• Connection — Port ID of other unit’s stack port to which this one connects.
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