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Card Redundancy Group Form

[This is the Context-Sensitive Help topic for the Card Redundancy Group form.]

Card Redundancy Groups are configured to provide one-to-one redundancy protection against processor card failure.

The Card Redundancy Group form provides details about the Card Redundancy Group you selected. The following table describes the fields included on the Card Redundancy Group form. This topic includes the following sections:

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Basic Attributes
Attribute Description
Name

Name assigned to the Card Redundancy Group. NNMi uses the Node Name followed by a slash and then the name that is specific to the Device Vendor:

Card Redundancy Group Naming Conventions
Device Vendor Naming Convention
Cisco

<nodename>/Supervisor Engine Group

Only cards classified as Management Modules are considered for Card Redundancy Groups.
 ProCurve

<nodename>/Management Module Group

Only cards classified as Management Modules are considered for Card Redundancy Groups.
Status

Overall status for the current Card Redundancy Group. NNMi follows the ISO standard for status classification.

Possible values are:

  No Status

  Normal

  Disabled

  Unknown

  Warning

  Minor

  Major

  Critical

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Status Last Modified The date and time when the Status value was last modified.

Redundant Components Tab

Card Redundancy Groups are configured to provide redundancy protection against processor card failures.

The Card Redundancy Group Form provides details about the selected Card Redundancy Group.

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Redundant Group Member Cards
Attribute Description
Redundant Cards

Table of all of the Physical Component: Cards that are members of this Card Redundancy Group. Use this table to access information about each card associated with the selected Card Redundancy Group.

Double-click the row representing a Card. The Card Form displays all details about the selected Card.

Only parent cards can be members of this group, child cards are not permitted to participate in Card Redundancy Groups.

Incidents Tab

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Card Redundancy Groups are configured to provide redundancy protection against processor card failures.

The Card Redundancy Group Form provides details about the selected Card Redundancy Group.

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Incidents Associated with Cards in this Redundancy Group
Attribute Description
Incidents

Table of the Incidents associated with the selected Card Redundancy Group.

These Incidents are sorted by creation time so that you can view the Incidents in chronological order. Use this table to determine which Incidents are still open for the selected Card Redundancy Group.

Double-click the row representing an Incident. The Incident Form displays all details about the selected incident.

See Incident Form for more details about the incident attributes that appear in the incident table's column headings.

Status Tab

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Card Redundancy Groups are configured to provide redundancy protection against processor card failures.

The Card Redundancy Group Form provides details about the selected Card Redundancy Group.

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Card Redundancy Group Status History Table
Attribute Description
Status History

List of up to the last 30 changes in the status for the Card Redundancy Group. This table is useful for obtaining a summary of the Card Redundancy Group Status so that you can better determine any patterns in behavior and activity.

Double-click the row representing a Status History. The Card Redundancy Group Status History Form displays all details about the selected Status.

History Form

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Card Redundancy Group Status is derived from SNMP polling results for both cards in the Card Redundancy Group, as well as any conclusions. For information about how the current Status was determined, see the Card Redundancy Group Form: Conclusions Tab. Status reflects the most serious outstanding conclusion. See Watch Status Colors for more information about possible status values.

Status Attributes
Attribute Description
Status

Overall status for the current Card Redundancy Group. NNMi follows the ISO standard for status classification. Possible values are:

  No Status

  Normal (one Active card and one Standby card)

  Disabled

  Unknown

  Warning

  Minor

  Major

  Critical

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Status Last Modified Date and time indicating when the Status was last set.

Conclusions Tab

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Card Redundancy Groups are configured to provide redundancy protection against processor card failures.

The Card Redundancy Group Form provides details about the selected Card Redundancy Group.

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Outstanding Status Conclusion Values
Attribute Description
Outstanding Status Conclusions

The dynamically generated list of summary statuses for the Card Redundancy Group that contributed to the current overall Status of the selected Card Redundancy Group. Status is set by the Causal Engine.

Each Conclusion listed is outstanding and contributes to the current overall Status.

This table is useful for obtaining a quick summary of the problem description for the current Card Redundancy Group that led up to the Card Redundancy Group's most current Status.

The Status value is correlated based on the most critical Conclusions.

Double-click the row representing a Conclusion. The Conclusion form displays all details about the selected Conclusion.

The following table describes the possible Conclusions that might appear for a Card Redundancy Group object.

A Y in the Incident? column indicates that the conclusion results in an incident.

Critical Status Conclusions

Conclusion Description Status Incident?
CrgMultiplePrimary NNMi has identified multiple Primary Cards (for example, Card Active) in the Card Redundancy Group. This typically indicates the communication between the cards in the group is malfunctioning. Critical Y
CrgNoPrimary

NNMi is unable to identify a Primary Card (for example, Card Active) in the Card Redundancy Group. This typically indicates one of the following:

  • One card, or both the Primary and Secondary Cards, are down.
  • NNMi has identified only Secondary cards (for example Standby cards) in the group.
  • Communication between cards in the group is malfunctioning.
Critical Y

Warning Status Conclusions

Conclusion Description Status Incident?
CrgNoSecondary A Card Redundancy Group does not have a secondary member. Neither card has a cardStandbyStatus equal to Standby. A properly functioning Card Redundancy Group should have one operational Primary Card and one operational Secondary Card. Warning Y

Unknown Status Conclusions

Conclusion Description Status Incident?
CrgUnmanagable

The SNMP Agent on the node hosting the Card Redundancy Group is not responding to SNMP queries.

Unknown N

Normal Status Conclusions

Conclusion Description Status Incident?
CrgFailback The initial Primary Card is now active. This conclusion can occur only when a failover has occurred and then the Card Redundancy Group has returned to its previous state. Normal N
CrgNormal The Card Redundancy Group is operating normally. It has one card operating as the Primary Card and the other acting as the Secondary Card. Normal N
CrgFailover The Primary Card (for example, Card Active) has moved from one card to the other in a Card Redundancy Group. The Card Redundancy Group is routing packets properly. Normal Y