On an ObservedFsmStage object -- one individual stage/step inside that Observed-object FSM task -- cucsObserveObservedFsmStageOrder is a Gauge32 counter/value representing this stage's position in the ordered sequence of steps the FSM task must execute. An admin monitors this number because it quantifies the internal progress or configuration of that specific ObservedFsmStage instance's operation, which is otherwise invisible outside UCS Manager's own FSM engine. For example, a rising or stalled value on cucsObserveObservedFsmStageOrder tells the admin whether the ObservedFsmStage instance's task is actively making progress or has stopped moving forward.