[UNKNOWN]: Request error: No network adapter or interface data returned for API URL '/redfish/v1/Systems/***/NetworkInterfaces'

[lgmu]

Hi!

happy new year! We have a problem with a Cisco BE6H-M5-K9, this does not seem to have any built-in network adapters but instead PCIe ones.

This results in
[UNKNOWN]: Request error: No network adapter or interface data returned for API URL '/redfish/v1/Systems/***/NetworkInterfaces'

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/api/4_1/b_Cisco_IMC_REST_API_guide_4_1/b_Cisco_IMC_api_3x60_chapter_010.html#Cisco_Reference.dita_4ba53264-f0ca-4152-bcbb-15b8a195c221

When you follow this guide, you end up with something like this:

"PCIeDevices":  [{
                        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/1"
                }, {
                        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/MRAID"
                }, {
                        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/L"
                }],
        "Model":        "BE6H-M5-K9",
        "PCIeFunctions":        [{
                        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/1/PCIeFunctions/0"
                }, {
                        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/MRAID/PCIeFunctions/0"
                }, {
                        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/L/PCIeFunctions/0"
                }],
                
...

{
        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/1",
        "@odata.type":  "#PCIeDevice.v1_4_0.PCIeDevice",
        "@odata.context":       "/redfish/v1/$metadata#PCIeDevice.PCIeDevice",
        "PCIeFunctions":        {
                "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/1/PCIeFunctions"
        },
        "Links":        {
                "Chassis":      [{
                                "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Chassis/1"
                        }],
                "PCIeFunctions":        [{
                                "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/1/PCIeFunctions/0"
                        }],
                "[email protected]":    1
        },
        "Name": "Intel i350 Quad Port 1Gb Adapter",
        "Description":  "This gives information of PCIeDevices on the system",
        "Id":   "1"
}

...

{
        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/1/PCIeFunctions/0",
        "@odata.type":  "#PCIeFunction.v1_2_3.PCIeFunction",
        "@odata.context":       "/redfish/v1/$metadata#PCIeFunction.PCIeFunction",
        "Links":        {
                "PCIeDevice":   {
                        "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/PCIeDevices/1"
                },
                "EthernetInterfaces":   [{
                                "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/EthernetInterfaces/1.3"
                        }, {
                                "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/EthernetInterfaces/1.4"
                        }, {
                                "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/EthernetInterfaces/1.1"
                        }, {
                                "@odata.id":    "/redfish/v1/Systems/***/EthernetInterfaces/1.2"
                        }],
                "[email protected]":       4,
                "StorageControllers":   [],
                "Drives":       [],
                "[email protected]":       0,
                "[email protected]":   0,
                "NetworkDeviceFunctions":       [],
                "[email protected]":   0
        },
        "SubsystemId":  "0x00b9",
        "SubsystemVendorId":    "0x1137",
        "Description":  "This gives information of PCIeFunctions on the system",
        "Id":   "1",
        "Name": "Intel i350 Quad Port 1Gb Adapter",
        "DeviceId":     "0x1521",
        "VendorId":     "0x8086"
}

But this does not contain any status/health information at all so I'm not sure how to work with this, do you have any ideas?

Thanks!

[bb-Ricardo]

Hi,

It looks like Cisco did not implement the Network cards and interfaces for some server types. Only found this: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/api/4_1/b_Cisco_IMC_REST_API_guide_4_1/b_Cisco_IMC_api_3x60_chapter_010.html#Cisco_Reference.dita_eb054f96-2de7-46fb-b146-95ac7207bc06

[bb-Ricardo]

Hey @lgmu,

what do you think should we do with this issue? There is not much I can do as the CIMC does not provide any further information.

[lgmu]

Hey,

I'm not sure but the "false positive" message isn't ideal for us.
Maybe we just have to exclude this mode for those hosts

[bb-Ricardo]

Well, thinking about it. I could add a --ingore-unavailable-resources flag and report these as OK. What do you think?

[lgmu]

That would be great!

[bb-Ricardo]

I just pushed a commit to next-release branch. would you be able to test this?

[lgmu]

Thanks! I'll try to find time to test it this week

[lgmu]

[OK]: Request issue: No network adapter or interface data returned for API URL '/redfish/v1/Systems/***/NetworkInterfaces'

Works great!

[bb-Ricardo]

Thank you for testing it.