Object Hierarchy and View Details

When you expand a managed server object, you can view details about the contents of the server. The following sections detail the available objects on a managed server and provide information about the statistical information available in the views for each object. This topic contains the following sections:


Object Hierarchy

The following table shows the hierarchy of available objects on a managed server along with their associated icons. For more information about the available views associated with an object, follow the corresponding link.

Category Container Sub-category Containers Object Containers Objects

Devices icon Devices

Processors icon Processors

 

Processor icon Processor

 

D~ø196 (176 of 408) * Printers

 

Printers icon Printers

 

Adapters icon Adapters

LAN Adapters icon LAN Adapters

Adapter icon Adapter

 

 

Disk Adapter icon Disk Adapters

Adapter icon Adapter

 

Storage Devices icon Storage Devices

 

Storage Device icon Storage Device

 

Other Devices iconOther Devices

 

Keyboard icon Keyboard

Mouse icon Mouse

 

Ports icon Ports

 

Parallel Port icon Parallel Port

Serial Port icon Serial Port

Operating System icon Operating System

Kernel icon Kernel

Threads iconThreads

Thread icon Thread

 

 

Interrupts iconInterrupts

Interrupt icon Interrupt

 

 

Memory iconMemory

Memory icon Memory

 

 

Address Spaces iconAddress Spaces

Address Space icon Address Space

 

Network iconNetwork

Interfaces iconInterfaces

Interface icon Interface

 

 

Connections iconConnections

Connection icon Connection

 

Users iconUsers

 

User icon User

 

Installed Software iconInstalled Software

 

Software icon Software

 

NLMs iconNLM

 

NLM icon NLM

Services icon Services

File icon File

Volumes iconVolumes

Volume icon Volume

 

Print icon Print

Queues iconQueues

Queue icon Queue


Object View Details

The following sections provide details about the statistical information available in each object view:


Processors

Viewing processor speed helps you analyze and balance loads across servers. Viewing processor utilization data helps you detect problems with utilization and determine when server load is light enough to schedule tasks such as server backups. The server operating system (OS) automatically determines the CPU speed and is reported based on the OS data.

Processor speed is a major determinant of server performance. Therefore, it is important to know the processor speed of your servers when analyzing server load and balancing load across multiple servers. For example, one server might be handling twice as many users as another, but if the processor is twice as fast, the load might still be distributed correctly.

You should maintain a baseline of processor utilization for a server so that you can recognize when a server's processor utilization is higher than normal.

You can display the following views of information about the processors on your managed servers:


Processors Summary View

You can access the Summary View for the Processors object container after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Processors. This view displays the following information for each processor object in the container:

The following statistics are displayed only if the processor is online:


Processor Summary View

You can select the Summary View for an individual processor after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Processors > processor #x. This view displays the following information:

The following statistics are displayed only if the processor is online.


Processors Trend View

You can access the Trend View for the Processors object container after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Processors. This view displays the following graph for each processor:


Storage Devices

You can get detailed information about the disk drives in a managed server, including disk size in megabytes, disk types, block size, and so on.

You can also view partition information for each disk drive. Partition information is especially informative because you can determine whether a partition is fault tolerant and whether the hard disk is losing data integrity.

Fault tolerance of a NetWare partition is part of the detailed information provided by ZfS server management. To determine whether a hard disk is losing data integrity, examine the redirected area. A number in the redirected area indicates the number of data blocks that have been redirected to the Hot Fix Redirection Area to maintain data integrity. The higher the redirected area number, the more faulty blocks there are on the hard disk. A redirected area growing over a period of time indicates a hard disk going bad.

On a NetWare server managed by the Management Agent for NetWare or a Windows NT server managed by the ZfS management agent, the Agent automatically gathers trend data on CPU usage, memory usage, and network interface traffic. In ZfS, you can view current trend data, or historical trend data by hour, day, month, or year. Monitoring trend data helps you with tasks such as setting alarm thresholds, determining who is using the server and when the server is used heavily, troubleshooting problems, balancing loads across multiple servers, and planning resources.

You can display the following views of information about the storage devices on your managed servers:


Storage Devices Summary View

You can select the Summary View for the Storage Devices container object after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Storage Devices. This view provides the following information for each storage device on the server:


Storage Device Summary View

You can display the Summary View for an individual storage device by expanding the following server objects: Devices > Storage Devices > storage_device_x. This view displays the following information:


Storage Devices Trend View

You can select the Storage Devices Trend View after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Storage Devices. This view provides the following information:


Adapters

You can get detailed information about the network and disk adapters in a managed server, including I/O port, memory address, and interrupt configuration.

You can use this data to detect configuration problems such as the same address or interrupt is configured for two boards inside the server, or for a board and a component of the server's hardware. No two boards can use the same I/O port, memory address, and interrupt.

Problems with LAN adapters cause network problems, such as servers and workstations not being able to communicate. You can use the data collected on the LAN adapter to determine whether the frame type used by a network board is bound to a supported protocol. (A single network board might be bound to several protocols.) You can immediately tell whether a problem is due to something as simple as using the wrong frame type on the workstation (for example, an Ethernet_II frame type on the server and the Ethernet_802.2 frame type on the workstation).

You can display the following views of information about the adapters on your managed servers:


Adapters Summary View

You can select the Adapters Summary View after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Adapters > adapter_x. This view provides the following information:


Adapters Trend View

You can select the Adapters Trend View after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Adapters > adapter_ x. This view provides the following graphs:


Threads

You can display information for all threads currently running on a managed server. A thread is recognized as an independent unit of execution.

You can display the following view of information about the threads on your managed servers:


Threads Summary View

You can select the Threads Summary View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Threads. This view provides the following information:


Interrupts

You can display information for the registered interrupts on a managed server. On a multiprocessing system, interrupt information is displayed for all processors combined and individually for each online processor.

You can display the following views of information about the interrupts on your managed servers:


Interrupts Summary View

You can select the Interrupts Summary View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Interrupts. This view provides the following information:


Interrupts Service Routines View

The Interrupts Service Routines View provides information about the memory address spaces defined on the server.

NetWare runs in the OS address space (kernel), along with LAN drivers, storage device drivers, MONITOR, and network management agents (NMAs). OS address space is backed by physical memory.

All other address spaces are user space (ring 3) and are backed by virtual memory. Applications running in user space cannot cause the server to abend if the address space faults.

You can select the Service Routines View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Interrupts. This view provides the following information:


Memory

You can display the following views of information about the memory on your managed servers:


Memory Summary View

You can select the Memory Summary View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Memory. This view provides the following information:

The Memory Summary View also provides a pie chart depicting memory usage on the system.


Memory Trend View

You can select the Memory Trend View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Memory. This view provides the following graphs:


Disk Cache View

This view displays utilization for disk cache memory. Use cache utilization statistics to determine when you need to install more RAM for cache. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Memory. It provides the following information:


Virtual Memory View

This view displays information about the virtual memory system. Use these statistics to monitor the efficiency of server memory usage. If these values are fairly stable over time and if server performance is satisfactory, the server has adequate memory for its load. For example, if the value of Page faults increases, this indicates that the server performance is degrading. Conversely, if the Free swap pages value increases, it is an indication of better server performance.

You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Memory. It provides the following information:


Address Spaces

NetWare runs in the OS address space (kernel) along with LAN drivers, storage device drives, MONITOR, and network management agents (NMAs). OS address space is backed by physical memory.

All other address spaces are user space (ring 3) and are backed by virtual memory. Applications running in user space cannot cause the server to abend if the address space faults.

You can display the following view of information about address spaces on your managed servers:


Address Spaces Summary View

You can select the Address Spaces Summary View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Kernel > Address Spaces. This view provides the following information:


Network

You can display the following view of information about the network activity on your managed server:


Network Trend View

You can access the Trend View for the Network object container after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Network. This view displays the following graph for each network adapter:


Interfaces

You can display the following view of information about the network interfaces on your managed server:


Interfaces Summary View

You can access the Summary View for the Network object container after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Network > Interfaces.

This view displays the following information:


Interfaces Statistics View

You can access the Statistics View for the Network object container after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Network > Interfaces.

This view displays the following information:

The Clear Counters button in this view resets the values only on the Management Console and not on the Server. This is done to enable the user to get the current data from the server.


Connections

You can display the following views of information about the connections on your managed server:


Connections Summary View

The Connections Summary View displays information and statistics for the connections on the selected server. For example, this view displays the number of files currently being accessed by the server and by other clients. Certain files, such as hidden files that support eDirectory, are always open. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Network > Connections > connection_x.

This view provides the following information:


Connections Trend View

You can select the Connections Trend View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Network > Connections > connection_x. This view provides the following graphs:


Open Files View

The Connection Open Files View displays information and statistics for the connection on the server. For example, this view displays the number of files currently being accessed by the server and by other clients. Certain files, such as hidden files that support eDirectory, are always open. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Network > Connections > connection_x. This view provides the following information:


Users

You can display the following views of information about the users on a selected server:


Users Summary View

The Users Summary View provides information about the users who access the selected server. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Users. This view provides the following information about each user:


Users Trend View

The Users Trend View provides information about the users who access the selected server. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Users. This view provides the following graph:


Installed Software

You can display the following view of information about the software that is installed on a selected server:


Installed Software Summary View

The Installed Software Summary View provides information about the software installed on the selected server. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > Installed Software. This view provides the following information:


NLM

You can display the following views of information about the NLM software on a managed server:


NLM Summary View

The NLM Summary View provides information about a selected NLM. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > NLMs > nlm_x. This view provides the following information:


Resource Tag View

You can select the NLM Resource Tag View after expanding the following server objects: Operating System > NLMs > nlm_x. This view provides the following information:


Volumes

NetWare server disk storage space is divided into volumes. You can view various data about the volumes mounted on a server, such as size, free space, how the volumes are distributed across disks, and which users are using the space. For individual volumes you can view data on configuration, open files, segments, and usage. The available views of data include:


Volume Summary View

The Volume Summary View provides details about a single volume. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Services > File > Volumes > volume_x. This view provides the following information:


Volume Trend View

You can select the Volume Trend View after expanding the following server objects: Services > File > Volumes > volume_x. This view provides the following graph:


Open Files View

The Volume Open Files View displays a table of all open files on the volume. If it is opened by more than one connection, multiple entries for the same file will appear in the table. You can select the Open Files View after expanding the following server objects: Services > File > Volumes > volume_x. This view provides the following information:


Volume Segment View

The Volume Segment View provides information about the segments on a volume. You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Services > File > Volume > volume_x. As long as the Volume Segment View is displayed, the server is polled for data and the view is constantly updated with real-time information. This view provides the following information about each segment on the selected volume:


Volume Usage View

The Volume Usage View provides information about the amount of volume space in use per user. As long as the Volume Usage View is displayed, the server is polled for data and the view is constantly updated with real-time information.You can select this view after expanding the following server objects: Services > File > Volumes > volume_x. This view provides the following information per volume user:


Queues

You can display the following views of information about the NLM software on a managed server:


Queues Summary View

The Queues Summary View provides the following information about the print queues on the managed server:


Queue Summary View

The Queue Summary View provides the following information about the print jobs in the selected queue:


Queue Trend View

The Queues Trend View provides the following graph for each queue on the managed server:


Printers

You can get the detailed information about the printers installed in a managed server, including printer name, port, driver and description, status, error conditions, etc. You can display the following views of information about the processors on your managed servers:


Printer Console View

You can access the Console View for the Printers object container after expanding the following server objects: Devices > Printers. This view displays the following information for each printer object in the container:


Printer Summary View

You can display the Summary View for an individual printer by expanding the following server objects: Devices > Printer > printer_x. This view displays the following information:


Other Devices

From this view, you can get other devices like the keyboard and the mouse installed on a managed server.


Other Devices on Console View

This displays other devices like the keyboard and the mouse.

The information about the keyboard includes:

The information about the mouse includes:


Ports

From this view, you can install serial ports and parallel ports on a managed server.


Ports Console View

This displays information about the serial ports such as COM ports and parallel ports such as LPT ports. The information about the ports includes:



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