Switch > Overview > Hardware

In the switch dashboard, the Hardware tab displays information related to power supplies, fans, utilization, and temperature.

The Hardware tab displays the following sections:

• Hardware
• Power Supplies
• Fans
• CPU
• Memory
• Temperature
• Switch > Overview > Hardware
• Actions

Viewing the Overview > Hardware Tab

To navigate to the Hardware tab in the Switch dashboard, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to one of the options under Groups, Labels, or Sites. For all devices, set the filter to Global. Ensure that the filter selected contains at least one active switch.

   The dashboard context for the selected filter is displayed.

2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.

   A list of switches is displayed in the List view.

3. Click a switch listed under Device Name.

   The dashboard context for the specific switch is displayed.

4. Under Manage, click Overview > Hardware .

   The Hardware tab is displayed.

5. To exit the Switch dashboard, click the back arrow on the filter.

   You can change the time range for the Routing tab by clicking the time range filter and selecting one of the available options: 3 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, or 3 months.

Hardware

The Hardware table displays the overall hardware summary:

• ID—Identity of the hardware.
• Name—Name of the device.
• Power Supplies
  • Total—Total number of power supplies.
  • Up—Number of power supplies in Up state.
  • Down—Number of power supplies in Down state.
• Fans
  • Total—Total number of fans.
  • Up—Number of fans in Up state.
  • Down—Number of fans in Down state.
• Utilization
  • CPU—Current CPU utilization percentage.
  • Memory—Current memory utilization percentage.
• Temperature
  • Current—Current temperature. This column is available only for AOS-Switches.
  • Min—Minimum temperature. This column is available only for AOS-Switches.
  • Max—Maximum temperature. This column is available only for AOS-Switches.
  • Sensors—Number of sensors present in the switch. The number inside the brackets show the number of sensors whose status is high. This column is available only for AOS-CX switches.

Figure 1  Hardware table details for AOS-Switch

Figure 2  Hardware table details for AOS-CX switch

Power Supplies

The Power Supplies table displays the following details:

• Name—Name of the power supply.
• Status—Current status of the power supply.

Fans

The Fans table displays the following details:

• Name —Name of the fan.
• Status—Current status of the fan.

CPU

The CPU section displays the current CPU utilization percentage and trend chart for the duration specified in the time range filter. Hover your mouse over the trend chart to view the CPU utilization at a particular time.

Memory

The Memory section displays the current memory utilization percentage and trend chart for the duration specified in the time range filter. Hover your mouse over the trend chart to view the memory utilization at a particular time.

Temperature

The Temperature section displays the current, minimum, and maximum temperature and trend chart for the duration specified in the time range filter. Hover over the trend chart to view the temperature at a particular time.

Figure 3  Temperature

Thermals

The Thermals table displays the following details of each of the sensors that are present in the AOS-CX switches:

• Name—Name of the component where the sensor is present.
• Status—Current status of the fan.
• Current—Current temperature of the component.
• Min—Minimum temperature of the component.
• Max—Maximum temperature of the component.

Expand each of the rows to display the fan status, location of the fan, current, minimum, and maximum temperatures, and a temperature trend chart. Hover over the trend chart to view the temperature at a particular time.

Figure 4  Thermals

Actions

The Actions tab displays the various options available for remote administration of the switch. The following options are available:

• Reboot—Reboots the switch. See Rebooting Switches.
• Tech Support—Allows the administrators to generate a tech support dump for troubleshooting the device. See Troubleshooting Aruba Switches.
• Console—Opens the remote console for a CLI session through SSH. Ensure that you allow SSH over port 443. The default user ID is admin, but you can edit and customize the user ID. This custom user ID must be mapped to the device. See Opening Remote Console for Switch.