The Blade Rack Layer

This layer focuses on the rack blades within an enclosure. Besides reporting the current status of each rack blade, this layer reveals the following:

• The current condition of each power enclosure supported by the rack blades;
• Issues experienced by every power supply unit in each rack blade
• The current state and condition of the network connector

Figure 1 : The tests mapped to the Blade Rack layer

The tests associated with this layer are detailed in the following sections:

• Rack Blade Details Test
• Rack Net Connector Details
• Enclosure Power Details
• Rack Power Supply Details Test