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New Cisco UCS firmware brings possibility to have notification about F1705 Alerts – Rank VLS.

In latest version of Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for VMware vSphere HTML Client (Version 3.0(6)) we could add Custom fault addition for proactive HA monitoring. How to do it?

Cisco UCS / Proactive HA Registration / Fault monitoring details / Add / ADDDC_Memory_Rank_VLS

Cisco UCS / Proactive HA Registration / vCenter server credentials / Register

Cisco UCS / Proactive HA Registration / Register

How Could I check it? Edit Proactive HA / Providers

It is better use Name “ADDDC_Memory_Rank_VLS” without spaces. On my picture I used “My F1705 Alerts”

Adding Custom Alert is only possible with unregistered Cisco UCS Provider, it is better to do it immediatly after Cisco UCS Manager Plugin instalation.

Now I can deceided If I will block F1705 or NOT. I personaly preffer to have F1705 Alert under Proactive HA. Then I only restart Blades with F1705. During reboot Hard-PPR permanently remaps accesses from a designated faulty row to a designated spare row.

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Proactive HA is working in VCSA 6.7 with Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for VMware vSphere HTML Client (beta Version 3.0(2))

I wrote in previous blog latest Cisco UCS Manager Plugin is working with vCenter 6.7 U3b.

Install Cisco UCS Manager Plugin

Install Cisco UCS Manager Plugin for VMware vSphere HTML Client (beta Version 3.0(2))
User guide is here: UCSM_Plugin_VMware_vSphere_Web_Client_User_Guide_3_x.pdf

vSphere Web Client – Enable Proactive HA

From vSphere Web Client -> Cluster Properties -> Configure -> vSphere Availability -> Proactive HA is Turned OFF – Click on Edit. You can notice vSphere Proactive HA is disabled by default.

Automation Level – Determine whether host quarantine or maintenance mode and VM migrations are recommendations or automatic.
- Manual – vCenter Server suggests migration recommendations for virtual machines.
- Automated – Virtual machines are migrated to healthy hosts and degraded hosts are entered into quarantine or maintenance mode depending on the configured Proactive HA automation level.

Remediation – Determine what happens to partially degraded hosts.
- Quarantine mode – for all failures. Balances performance and availability, by avoiding the usage of partially degraded hosts provided that virtual machine performance is unaffected.
- Mixed mode – Quarantine mode for moderate and Maintenance mode for severe failure (Mixed). Balances performance and availability, by avoiding the usage of moderately degraded hosts provided that virtual machine performance is unaffected. Ensures that virtual machines do not run on severely failed hosts.
- Maintenance mode – for all failures. Ensures that virtual machines do not run on partially failed hosts.

Select Cisco UCS Provider – NOT Block Failure Conditions

How is Proactive HA working?

With settings Automatic Level – Automated and Remediation – Mixed Mode after HW Failure. Proactive HA is Entering Host Into Quarantine Mode and Migrate all VMs from ESXi with HW Failure:

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Add F1705 Alert to Cisco UCS Manager Plugin