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Viewing details for a bare metal server

Use the Edge Services portal to view details for bare metal servers provisioned for your organization. If you need to make changes to the information shown, you can edit the details for the bare metal server. You can stop, start, or restart a bare metal server. If you no longer need a bare metal server, you can delete it.

The detail page shows

  • statistics, metrics, and health of the provisioned instance
  • information specific to the provisioned instance
  • bare metal server information that correlates to the chosen provisioned instance such as location, server name, type, cloud, and IP addresses

To view details for a bare metal server:

  1. Click Provisioning, then click Instances.

    The Edge Services portal shows the instances created for your organization.
Edge Service Manager instances view
  1. Click the row for the bare metal server you want to work with.

    The Edge Services portal shows details for the bare metal server you selected. Details vary based on the type of instance and your assigned role.
Bare metal details

The details page provides the following information about the provisioning and configuration of your bare metal server:

  • The Instance section provides a graphical view of the bare metal server metrics, health, and running status. The section also shows the name you have assigned for the bare metal server, the environment, OS (operating system), and the plan selected for the bare metal server. To take actions on the bare metal server you can do the following:

Note: The ACTIONS menu is not functional for bare metal servers. Do not use this menu.

  • The Info section shows details selected during provisioning including the groups and clouds assigned to the bare metal server, OS configuration information, power schedule and storage information, and pricing and provision time.
     
  • The Custom Options and VMS sections show details specific to the bare metal server including a replication of the current status, OS type, and version. This section also shows the actual name of the bare metal server assigned by the system and IP addresses assigned to the bare metal server.
     
  • To view more details, click on one of the following tabs:
      
Tab Description
Summary Shows a graphical view of the metrics if the agent is installed.
Storage Provides statistics on the storage aspects of the instance including the number of disks, IOPS (number of inputs/outputs per second), and the type of storage.
Network

Provides detailed information on the network performance such as:

  • peak bandwidth
  • average bandwidth
  • peak packets received
  • average received
  • peak packets transmitted
  • average transmit of packets
Environment Describes the instance based on the OS image selected and the IP assigned to the bare metal server.
History Displays a historical view of activities associated with the bare metal server.
Console Provides a remote console window showing the activity on the bare metal server. After the bare metal server is provisioned, the console is connected and gives the user access to their bare metal server.

Log out of the console to terminate the connection.
Network Storage Provides information about the network location and servers connected to the network.