1. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group1 Monitoring of the DAQ2 system

2. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group2 Monitoring tools 1. RCMS/LVL0 interface Has been covered by Hannes 2. aDAQMon Overview screen to see at a glance the CMS running configuration and rates. 3. DAQView Most comprehensive monitoring tool for issues with data flow. Here you can monitor the data from FEDs to BUs. 4. Elastic Search / Filter Farm monitoring (File Merging) Shows the progress of file merging before being sent to T0. Important monitor of transfer system. Also shows the state of the Filter farm. 5. CPM controller Central Partition Manager for the TCDS system. Good place to see rates, state of detector inputs, etc. 6. HotSpot Central display for sentinel messages for errors from all processes.

3. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group3 aDAQmon – DAQ Summary History of HLT activity http://cmsonline.cern.ch/daqStatusSCX/DAQstatusGre.html Data taking history DAQ flow DAQ sub-system configuration Status bar gives a quick overview of the DAQ

4. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group4 Main systems (LHC, DCS,...) status FED-RU data stream FED RU configuration Box color: Sub-Sys ID RU/BU box color: CPU 0 100% FED IN FED OUT RU bandwidth plot BU bandwidth plot # Ev. in BU BU RAM disk % BU OUT disk % DAQ Sub-Sys configuration RU/BU box RED frame: flash data not updated Event storage summary

5. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group5 DAQView

6. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group6 DAQView Status & navigation FED Builder FEROL/FMM Event Builder RU/EVM FFF Appliances BU & FU FFF Appliances BU & FU Age of monitor data

7. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group7 DAQView - Navigation Stop refreshing page Switch pages between FEDbuilder, FFF, and all You only need cDAQ Start DAQView if it is not running Current run Duration and start time of run (or last restart of DAQView) Last update of page must be current! If it is stale, you need to restart DAQView

8. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group8 DAQView – FED builder TTC partition name & no. Current TTS state of partition %warning, %busy in TTS partition FEROL PC (link to hyperdaq page) FED information (see next page) min/max # fragments received by FEROL. Highlighted in yellow if different to trigger. Min is only displayed if not equal to max. FED builder name Confused? Try the table help button!

9. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group9 DAQView – FEROL and FMM Entries are of form  FRL_geoslot: FEDSourceID or  FRL_geoslot: FEDSourceID1, FEDSourceID2 or  FEDSourceID For a pseudo-FED (=TTS link only, but no data is read out by DAQ) Additional info may be displayed next to the FEDSourceID (from left to right)  Percentage of time during which FED was in Warning ( ) or Busy ( ) during the last 3 seconds (if non-zero)  Current state of TTS if other than Ready  FEDSourceID (expected) 601 Grey if FRL input not enabled (FMM not enabled in case of pseudo-FED) Highlighted in color of current TTS state if other than Ready  Percentage of time with DAQ backpressure during last update interval (5s) if non-zero  Warnings Received source ID different to expected FED or SLINK CRC errors Number of fragments received by FRL if no data is flowing and this FRL is lagging “behind” Use this to judge whether a FED is creating dead-time because of a FED problem or because of DAQ-backpressure W:9.9%B:0.2% W <6.9% #FCRC=69 9605

10. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group10 DAQView – RU/EVM Information EVM/RU host (link to hyperdaq page) First row is TCDS / EVM Rate (kHz) # fragments built by RU/EVM since start of run # incomplete fragments >> 1 indicates a problem on the RU Throughput (MB/s) Super-fragment size (kB) # events currently in RU >>1 indicates problem in IB # events requested by BU normal EVM >> 1 && RUs < 100 Each row is one FEDbuilder Shaded values mean FEDbuilder is not in readout

11. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group11 DAQView – FFF/BU BU host (link to hyperdaq page) Rate per BU (kHz) Throughput (MB/s) Event size (kB) Confused? Try the table help button! Events built since start of run # events being built Resource information (see next page) # files written # LS for which there is a file Current LS number Each line is one Appliance

12. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group12 DAQView – BU Resources BU resources are used for requesting events  Each resource corresponds to multiple events Less resources mean less event requests to EVM  Load balancing between independent appliances  Backpressure mechanism if FFF/HLT cannot keep up Each BU has a number of resources (#resources) Resources can be blocked (#blocked)  RAM disk becomes full  Not enough FU CPU cores are available to process data  FU processing lags behind Resources for which no event data has been received are counted under #requests  If #requests > 0, the BU is able to accept new events

13. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group13 DAQView – Running, or not? LVL0: DAQ is running No, rate is 0 kHz None of the HF FEDs has sent any events No fragments in RU Many events requested No data flow as HF has not sent any data  Talk to HF expert

14. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group14 DAQView – Who Blocks the Run? ECAL is 100% in Warning Rate is 0 kHz FED 602 is in warning and last event is 9605 There’s backpressure from DAQ RU waits for data from FED 59 FED 59 has not sent any data FED 59 is the culprit  Talk to Tracker expert

15. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group15 DAQView – DAQ backpressure ECAL is 50% in Warning There’s backpressure from DAQ Very few events requested by BUs All BUs are “blocked” or “throttled” RAM disk is full All resources blocked RAM disk is nearly full 25/32 resources blocked No FU cores available All resources blocked Only a few FU cores available 26/32 resources are blocked FFF is blocked  Try to figure out what is wrong (and call DAQ oncall) The rate is 10 kHz

16. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group16 F3 Monitor

17. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group17 Storage & Transfer System 17 Aggregate files (event data, DQM histograms & metadata) as they appear Micro-merger on each FU aggregates the data from all processes on the FU Mini-merger on the BU aggregates the data from all FUs Mega-merger(s) aggregate the data from all BUs Data and meta-data are aggregated per luminosity section Each luminosity section and stream treated independently If previous step has completed successfully, input data can be deleted

18. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group18 F3 Monitor http://cmsdaq0/daqfff/ecd/ http://cmsdaq0/daqfff/ecd/ Nice demo available at http://cmsdaq0/daqfff/ecd/doc/presentation/http://cmsdaq0/daqfff/ecd/doc/presentation/ List of recent runs Access old runs Active run Both boxes must be green Time chart of HLT activity Confused? Try the guide! Stream rates vs LS Stream names (click to hide them) Completeness of data Alert DAQ oncall when multiple boxes are not green (this situation is okay)

19. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group19 Central Partition Manager

20. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group20 TCDS Combines the pre-LS1:  Trigger Control System (TCS) The conductor of all CMS triggering and data-taking  Trigger Timing and Control (TTC) The distributor of clock, L1As, and synchronisation signals  Trigger Throttling System (TTS) The feedback of readiness states from FEDs to TCS Many-legged creature:  The ‘head’ is the Central Partition Manager (controlled by central DAQ)  Many different legs (i.e., partitions) across the different subsystems (controlled by the subsystems)

21. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group21 TCDSCentral tcds-control-central.cms:2000/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2000/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100

22. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group22 TCDSCentral tcds-control-central.cms:2000/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2000/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 TTC machine interface applications Provide the connection between the LHC RF and timing signals and CMS.

23. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group23 TCDSCentral tcds-control-central.cms:2000/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2000/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 Central Partition Manager (CPM) Drives CMS. Controls triggers, calibration sequence, timing and synchronisation, … This application should tell you what and how many triggers are flowing, or why not.

24. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group24 CPMController tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 Running state shows if triggers are flowing or why not: Stopped Running Blocked by TTS Blocked by DAQ backpressure etc. Hardware status tab

25. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group25 CPMController tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 Running state: Stopped Running Blocked by TTS Blocked by DAQ backpressure etc. shows what can/will block triggers TTS and trigger blockers tab

26. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group26 CPMController tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 Running state: Stopped Running Blocked by TTS Blocked by DAQ backpressure etc. This shows which partition is not TTS-READY TTS and trigger blockers tab

27. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group27 CPMController tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 This tab shows: - What rate of triggers are flowing, per type - What rate of triggers are being suppressed, per type - What the deadtime is, per source - How much time each partition spends in TTS not-READY (at the bottom) Rates and deadtimes tab

28. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group28 CPMController tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 tcds-control-central.cms:2050/urn:xdaq-application:lid=100 Add random triggers Input sources

29. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group29 HotSpot Make sure that it updates (pulsates) Check regularly for Errors or Fatal by clicking on corresponding button

30. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group30 HotSpot Click on error Analyze the error and take appropriate action You can use HTML to copy it into the elog Acknowledge understood errors

31. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group31 Handsaw Running in a terminal on the shifter console  You need an account in the online cluster to start it Scrolling display of error messages from DAQ  All messages (and more) are in HotSpot or LVL0  Handsaw is often quicker to find the most relevant message

32. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group32 What to do if it does not work Don’t panic! Keep cool.  Not always easy, especially during stable beams  Think before clicking!  GUIs are sometimes slow in reacting. Be patient… Look for error messages (LVL0, HotSpot, Handsaw) Look at DAQView for anything suspicious  Figure out what subsystem is causing problems  Be aware that one subsystem might get backpressure from DAQ due to other issues Talk to the shift leader and other shifters  They might be aware of problems affecting DAQ  E.g. if a subsystem lost power, DAQ will go into error (you might be the first to realize it!) If you are unsure or stuck, don’t hesitate to call the DAQ oncall anytime (76600)

33. DAQ2 Shift TutorialcDAQ group33 Documentation and Resources DAQ2 shifters guide twiki page  https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/ShiftPourNuls2014 https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/ShiftPourNuls2014 The left bar of the DAQ2 shifters guide has many valuable links: DAQ shifter bulletin board: read before every shift. DAQ shifter hypernews: subscribe to this! All DAQ shift related announcements are sent here DAQ ELOG: Link to DAQ area of the ELOG DAQ Shift Tutorial: link to slides from shift tutorial Glossary of DAQ Terms: definition of all the DAQ acronyms. Expert on call: link to DAQ DOC area of shift tool Expert List: link to list of DAQ and HLT experts DAQ shift schedule: link to DAQ shifters area of shift tool P5 shuttle: link to shuttle schedule