Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for IBM xSeries through Lenovo's IMM management card. It supplements the active monitoring of the Lenovo IMM connector by parsing the Event Log. This allows older IBM xSeries systems to be fully monitored via their IMM.

hardware^[2] lenovo^[3]

Target

Typical platform: Lenovo

Operating system: Out-Of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: Lenovo IMM's SNMP Service

Technology and protocols: SNMP

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t management -c +LenovoIMMEventTable --snmp v2c --community public

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: management
        connectors: [ +LenovoIMMEventTable ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          snmp:
            version: v2c # Read documentation for v1, v2c and v3
            community: public # or probably something more secure

Connector Activation Criteria

The Lenovo IMM Event Monitoring (SNMP) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• An SNMP Get-Next on the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.51.3.2.1.1.1 must return a value in the same subtree

Metrics