Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 08:01:33AM -0700, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
>
>> I've wanted to do the same and think the _used_ systems that were
>> provided have IPMI but I've never taken the time to figure out what I
>> need to do it. Looked at a couple of articles but they tended to be
>> manufacturer specific.
>>
>> You got any suggestions on reading/how to/etc. for setting up IPMI that
>> are generic? Hardware and software needed?
>
> IPMI typically have dedicated or shared NICs, and can be configured
> to a specific IP address. They can be accessed via browser (Java
> needed), command line (ipmitool) or monitored via SNMP, e.g. via
> Nagios plugins or such. This allows monitoring hardware health
> including many aspects of the system, including ambient temperatures
> and allows e.g. external watchdogs to reset the system when
> measurement probe detects it's unresponsive.
It has been awhile since I _really_ looked at the boxes but I seem to
remember a third RJ45 plug and there are only two NICs. So I should be
good to go.
This will be received warmly as we have Nagios running on a system but
currently only monitor some of the guests.
Again thanks,
Rod
--Received on Wed Mar 23 15:36:19 2011