Very few devices are capable of reporting these stats, though. Some Mellanox NICs can, some Ampere server CPUs can.
Why isn't there tooling to view/check the link budgets/eye diagrams on (for example)...
Dirty contacts on memory modules, improperly seated CPUs, wrong CPU cooler mounting pressure, defective transmitters/receivers, etc. could maybe be detected before they become an actual problem.
I'm guessing that monitoring such parameters could catch reliability issues early, allowing operators to swap hardware before it completely dies, possibly corrupting data in the process (or causing packet loss on network links).
Thoughts? Have you seen such tooling?
I'm guessing that monitoring such parameters could catch reliability issues early, allowing operators to swap hardware before it completely dies, possibly corrupting data in the process (or causing packet loss on network links).
Thoughts? Have you seen such tooling?
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