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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. If you no longer need a bare metal server, you can delete it.

The detail page shows

  • statistics, metrics, and health on 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 (e.g., bare metal servers, virtual machines) created for your organization.
Instances
  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 permissions.
Instances (showing bare metal server 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's metrics, health, and running status. The section also shows the name you have chosen for the bare metal server followed by the environment, OS, 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 section shows details specific to the bare metal server including a replication of the current status and OS type and version. This section also shows the actual name of the bare metal server given by the system and any IP addresses assigned to the bare metal server.
     
  • To view more details, click on one of the following tabs:
      
Tab Description
Summary The Edge Services portal 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 operating system (OS) image selected, as well as 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. Once 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.