Environmental status information

Command for displaying environmental status

You use the environment command to display information about the storage system environment. The exact types of information displayed depend on the command options.

For more information about the environment command, see the na_environment(1) man page.

Information provided by the environment command

The environment command displays the following types of information about the storage system environment:

Shelf status and temperature
Storage system component information
Storage system temperature
Devices attached to the storage system

You can query information about the following items:

Disk shelves
The storage system power supply
The storage system temperature

When the environment command is run

Data ONTAP runs the environment command under the following conditions:

Once every hour. In this case, no output is displayed or logged unless abnormal conditions exist.
Whenever an environment threshold in the storage system is crossed.
When you enter the command from the command line.
You run this command manually to monitor the storage system subsystems, especially when you suspect a problem and when reporting abnormal conditions to technical support.

All environment information

The environment status command with no options displays all storage system environment information.

Shelf environment status

The environment status shelf command displays the shelf environmental status for all shelves. The environment status shelf adapter command displays shelf information for shelves attached to a specific adapter.

Chassis environment status

The environment chassis command displays the environmental status of all chassis components.

Detailed chassis environment status

The environment chassis list-sensors command displays detailed information from all chassis sensors.

Command for monitoring UPS devices

You can add UPS devices to be monitored, enable or disable monitoring of UPS devices, or display the status of UPS devices. The ups status command displays the status of all UPS devices.

Specifying a UPS device to be monitored

To specifying a UPS device to be monitored by the storage system's environmental monitoring software, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: ups add [-c community] IP_address Use `-c` community if you want to specify the community for the UPS device. IP_address is the IP address of the UPS device.

Enabling or disabling monitoring of UPS devices

To enable or disable monitoring of one or more UPS devices, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	*ups {disable\|enable} [{all\|IP_address}]* IP_address is the IP address of a specific UPS device you want to disable or enable. Example The following command disables monitoring of all UPS devices. `ups disable all` Note The `ups enable all` command does not enable previously disabled UPS devices.

Step

Action

ups {disable|enable} [{all|IP_address}]

IP_address is the IP address of a specific UPS device you want to disable or enable.

Example

The following command disables monitoring of all UPS devices.

ups disable all

Note
The ups enable all command does not enable previously disabled UPS devices.