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Dell DRAC/MC (Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis) Enterprise

Description

This connector provides environmental information (temperatures, fans and power supplies) on Dell Blade servers through the Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC).

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Target

Typical platform: Dell PowerEdge

Operating system: Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis (DRAC/MC)

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 +DellDRACMC --ssh -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: management
        connectors: [ +DellDRACMC ] # 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 DRAC/MC (Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis) 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: RAC (regex)

Metrics

Type Collected Metrics Specific Attributes
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.type
  • id
  • model
  • name
  • serial_number
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.type
  • id
  • name
  • sensor_location
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.type
  • id
  • name
power_supply
  • hw.power_supply.limit
  • hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}
  • 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.type
  • id
  • name
  • sensor_location
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