Platform Monitor Probe Types

Updated on 30 May 2024
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Overview

The Platform Monitor provides real-time visibility by probing various hardware components on the board and monitoring multiple system resources. Probes are used to collect data from various sub-systems in order to determine the correct functional behavior of each sub-system. When a sub-system is out of spec, you will be alerted of system issues.

The Platform Monitor is available via CLI and standard network configuration/management protocols. Each probe has its own set of unique rules and data sets.

Probe Types

CPU Probe

The CPU probe collects the following data:

CPU usage in percentage
CPU load average percentage

Memory Probe

The Memory probe collects:

Memory usage in percentage

File System Probe

The File System probe collects the percentage of space that is used by the following mounted storage points:

/tmp
/etc/accedian
/etc/accedian/history

Chassis Fan Probe

The Chassis Fan probe collects the following data for each fan:

Fan ID
Status (Present / Not Present)
Speed (rpm)

Power Supply Unit Probe

The Power Supply Unit probe collects the following data for the two power supplies available in the device:

Voltage (Volts)
Fan speed (rpm)
Temperature (Celsius)
Power (Watt)
Current (Amp)

Temperature Probe

The Temperature probe collects the following data:

FPGA temperature (Celsius)
ASIC temperature (Celsius)
CPU temperature (Celsius)
PHY temperature (Celsius)
Fresh Air temperature (Celsius)
Hot Air temperature (Celsius)
PCB (ASIC - FPGA) temperature (Celsius)
PCB (CPU) temperature (Celsius)

Transceiver Probe

The Transceiver probe supports the following SFP transceiver types:

1G SFP
10G SFP+
100G QSFP28

The Transceiver probe collects the following data:

Parameter	Description	1G SFP	10G SFP+	100G QSFP28
Transceiver Type	Type of the optical transceiver	✓	✓	✓
Connector Type	Type of the fiber connector required by the optical transceiver	✓	✓	✓
Wavelength	Wavelength of the optical transceiver	✓	✓	✓
Encoding	Code for high speed serial encoding algorithm	✓	✓	✓
Signaling Rate	Nominal signaling rate	✓	✓	✓
Transfer Distance	Transmission distance of the optical transceiver.	✓	✓	✓
Options	The options implemented in the transceiver	✓	✓	✓
Vendor Name	Name of the vendor	✓	✓	✓
Vendor OUI	The vendor organizationally unique identifier field	✓	✓	✓
Vendor PN	The vendor part number	✓	✓	✓
Vendor Rev	The vendor revision number	✓	✓	✓
Vendor SN	The vendor serial number	✓	✓	✓
Date Code	Vendor’s manufacturing date code	✓	✓	✓

The Transceiver probe collects the following real-time diagnostics data:

Parameter	Description	1G SFP	10G SFP+	100G QSFP28
Temperature	The temperature, in Celsius and Fahrenheit.	✓	✓	✓
Voltage	The voltage, in Volts.	✓	✓	✓
Bias current	The magnitude of the laser bias power setting current, in milliamperes. The laser bias provides direct modulation of laser diodes and modulates currents.	✓	✓	✓ Lane <1 - 4>
TX Power	The laser transmit power, in milliwatts (mW) and decibels referred to 1.0 mW (dBm).	✓	✓	✓ Lane <1 - 4>
RX Power	The laser receiver power, in milliwatts (mW) and decibels referred to 1.0 mW (dBm).	✓	✓	✓ Lane <1 - 4>

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