Linux IPMI (ipmitool)

Supported Platforms^[1] Connectors Directory^[2]

Description

This connector provides environmental information on several IPMI-enabled servers in-band and out-of-band (temperatures, fans, etc.).

This connector supersedes:

IpmiTool^[3]

community^[4] hardware^[5] linux^[6]

Source^[7]

Target

Typical platform: IPMI^[8]

Operating system: Linux

Prerequisites

Leverages: IPMI

Technology and protocols: Commands

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +LinuxIpmiTool --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +LinuxIpmiTool ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The Linux IPMI (ipmitool) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

The command below succeeds on the monitored host
- Command: PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sfw/bin;export PATH;ipmitool -I open bmc info
- Output contains: IPMI Version (regex)

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
battery	`hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="battery", state="present"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `model`
blade	`hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="present"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `model` `name` `serial_number`
cpu	`hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `model` `vendor`
enclosure	`hw.enclosure.energy` `hw.enclosure.power` `hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}`	`id` `info` `model` `serial_number` `vendor`
fan	`hw.fan.speed` `hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.critical"}` `hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.degraded"}` `hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `sensor_location`
led	`hw.status{hw.type="led", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="led", state="present"}`	`color` `hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `name`
memory	`hw.memory.limit` `hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `model` `name` `serial_number` `vendor`
other_device	`hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}`	`additional_label` `device_type` `hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info`
physical_disk	`hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `info` `model` `serial_number` `vendor`
power_supply	`hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded\|failed\|ok"}` `hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}`	`id` `name` `sensor_location`
temperature	`hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"}` `hw.temperature` `hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"}` `hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `name` `sensor_location`
voltage	`hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="present"}` `hw.voltage` `hw.voltage.limit{limit_type="high.critical"}` `hw.voltage.limit{limit_type="low.critical"}`	`hw.parent.id` `hw.parent.type` `id` `name` `sensor_location`

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