Monitoring System Status in Real Time

The Dashboard provides a consolidated, real-time view of the system’s operational status. It allows administrators to quickly check hardware health, network configuration, active sessions, and power metrics without navigating through multiple pages. This chapter describes each section of the Dashboard as presented in the BMC web interface.

Viewing the Virtual Front Panel & Current Users

Virtual Front Panel

The Virtual Front Panel section mirrors key front-panel indicators and summarizes the current platform status:

• Power – Current power state of the system.

• Status – Overall system health or alert state.

• Chassis – Presence or health status of the chassis.

Click the refresh icon to update the displayed values.

Current & Users

The Current Users section lists accounts that are currently logged in to the BMC. For each active session, it displays:

• Username: The logged-in account.

• Type: The access method (for example, Web (HTTPS)).

• IP Address: The client source IP.

Click the refresh icon to update the list. Use this section to monitor concurrent sessions and review who is actively connected to the BMC.

Reviewing System and Network Details

Date & Time

The Date & Time area shows the current BMC system date and time in GMT+00:00 format. This timestamp is used across logs and events.

Click the refresh icon to update the displayed time.

System Information

The System Information panel displays key BMC and system details, including:

• BMC Uptime

• Active BMC Firmware Build Time

• Active BMC FW Revision

• BIOS ID

• BMC Chipset

• FAN Table Version

Click the refresh icon to update the details.

Network Information

The Network Information section shows the current network configuration for both Shared NIC and Dedicated NIC, including:

• IP address

• Gateway

• Subnet Mask

• IPv6 Static/Dynamic Address

• MAC Address

Click the refresh icon to refresh the data.

System Event Log

The System Event Log section shows recent hardware and system events reported by the BMC. It helps administrators quickly review system activity and identify abnormal conditions.

Each log entry includes the following details:

• Event ID

• Time Stamp

• Sensor Name / Controller

• Severity – Critical, Warning, or Information

• Sensor Type / Description

Click the refresh icon to update the log.

Monitoring Thermal, Fan, and Power status

Temperature

The Temperature section lists temperature sensor readings with:

• Healthy status: For example, OK or Warning.

• Name: Sensor name (for example, AmbientTemp, DTS CPU1).

Click the refresh icon to update the readings.

Voltage

The Voltage section shows live voltage readings for different power rails. Voltage values outside the normal range may indicate a fault or unstable power delivery.

Shows the operational speed (RPM) and health state of installed system fans.

Power Statistics

The Power Statistics panel displays the current power consumption (in watts) for each subsystem. If no data is available, the interface shows the message “No items available.”

Click the refresh icon to update the power readings.

Power Telemetry

The Power Telemetry panel provides telemetry readings for selected device categories. The available fields include:

• Register Index

• Register Address

• Energy Counter (MJ)

• Time Stamp (ms)

Click the refresh icon to update the telemetry data.

Accessing Screen Preview and Virtual Media

Screen Preview

The Screen Preview panel provides a real-time preview of the host system’s console output.

Virtual Media

The Virtual Media panel displays the status of virtual media devices (Device 1 to Device 5) and indicates whether disk emulation is enabled.

Click the refresh icon to update the device list.