Viewing the status of devices in a resource group

You can view the status of all managed devices in a resource group.

About this task

The following status icons are used to indicate the overall health of all devices the resource group. The overall health of the group indicates the device with the highest severity in the group.
  • Critical icon (Critical status icon)
  • Warning icon (Warning status icon)
  • Normal icon (Normal status icon)

Procedure

Complete the following steps to view the status of devices in a resource group.

  1. From the Lenovo XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Dashboard. The dashboard page is displayed with an overview and status of all managed devices and other resources, including resource groups.

    Illustrates the component status summaries on the dashboard.
  2. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Hardware > Resource Groups. The All Resource Groups page is displayed.

    The All Resource Groups page lists each resource group, including the name of the group, the number of managed devices that are in the group, and the status of the device with the highest severity in the group.


    Illustrates the thumbnails for each rack on the All Racks page.
    From this page, you can perform the following actions:
    • Create a new resource group (see Creating a dynamic resource group and Creating a static resource group)

    • Edit group membership by selecting a group and clicking the Edit icon (Edit icon).

    • Edit group properties by selecting the group and clicking All Actions > Edit properties.

    • Remove a resource group by selecting a group and clicking the Delete icon (Delete icon).

      Note: Removing a group only removes the group definition. It does not affect the devices in the group.
    • Export detailed information about all devices in one or more resource groups to a CSV file clicking the Export icon (Export properties icon).

  3. From the All Resource Groups page, click the name in the Groups column to display the list of devices in that group.

    Illustrates an graphical view of a filled rack in the Rack View page.
    From this page, you can perform the following actions:
    • Add or remove devices in a static resource group by clicking the Edit icon (Edit icon).

    • Display detailed information about a specific device in the resource group by clicking the device name in the Device Name column.

    • Export detailed information about all devices in one or more resource groups to a CSV file clicking the Export icon (Export properties icon).