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Monitoring historical metrics

Lenovo XClarity Administrator regularly collects metrics data for managed ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile devices, so that you can analyze the current state of your environment.

Before you begin

Historical metrics are supported for only ThinkSystem servers (except SR635, SR645, SR655 and SR665).

Only SSDs in ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem servers (except SR635 and SR655) running XCC firmware released after April 2019 are supported.

Onboard SATA drivers are not supported.

NVMe drives must support the NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI) specification.

About this task

The following metrics are collected.

  • SSD Monitoring

    This report card includes the following statistics and graphs.

    • The total number of SSDs in the managed devices (based on the scope).

    • The number of SSDs that were analyzed

    • The number of SSDs that are not eligible for analysis

    • A circular graph that shows the number of devices with SSDs that have remaining life in a specific range.

      • Life remaining <= 10%. Number of SSDs with 10% or less life remaining

      • Life remaining 11 – 50%. Number of SSDs with 11 – 50% life remaining

      • Life remaining 51 – 100%. Number of SSDs more than 50% life remaining

  • System Utilization

    This report card includes the following statistics and graphs.

    • The current processor usage, as a percentage

    • The current memory usage, as a percentage

    • A line graph that shows the processor and memory usage over time

  • Power Consumption

    This report card includes the following statistics and graphs.

    • The current total power input for all power supplies, in watts

    • A line graph that shows the total power input over time

  • Device Temperature

    This report card includes the following statistics and graphs.

    • The current maximum temperature of the inlet air, in Celsius

    • A line graph that shows the maximum temperature over time

You can hover over each colored line in the circular graph, each point in the line graph, or number next to each metric to get more information about the metric. You can show or hide metrics in the graph by clicking the color icon in the legend. You can also click any linked number or option in the Settings icon (Show all icon in the upper right corner of the card to view a list of all devices that have metrics that fit the selected criteria.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to view the flow diagram for a specific activity.

  1. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Monitoring > Historical Metrics to display the Historical Metrics page with report cards for each metric type.
  2. Set the scope to all or a specific group of devices.