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Dell CMC (Dell Chassis Management Controller) Enterprise

Description

This connector provides environmental information (temperatures, fans and power supplies) for Dell Blade servers through the Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC).

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Target

Typical platform: Dell M1000E

Operating system: Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC)

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t management -c +DellCMC --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

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

Connector Activation Criteria

The Dell CMC (Dell Chassis Management Controller) 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: getsysinfo
    • Output contains: CMC Information: (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
  • name
blade
  • hw.power_state{hw.type="blade", state="off|on|suspended"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="blade", state="present"}
  • blade_name
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • model
  • name
disk_controller
  • hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • model
  • name
enclosure
  • hw.enclosure.energy
  • hw.enclosure.power
  • hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}
  • id
  • model
  • name
  • serial_number
  • type
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
  • name
  • sensor_location
logical_disk
  • hw.logical_disk.limit
  • hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
  • raid_level
other_device
  • hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="other_device", state="present"}
  • device_type
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
physical_disk
  • hw.physical_disk.size
  • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="predicted_failure"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
  • serial_number
  • vendor
power_supply
  • hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}
  • hw.parent.id
  • hw.parent.type
  • id
  • name
temperature
  • hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • 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
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