5.11 Temperature

Use this Knowledge Script to monitor the temperature of HP or Dell computers running Linux. This script raises an event if the temperature exceeds the threshold you specify. This script can also raise an event when the temperature exceeds the vendor recommended threshold for the sensor.

For information about temperature object properties, see Section 5.1.8, Temperature Properties.

If you are monitoring Dell equipment, this Knowledge Script requires OMSA components on the computer you are monitoring. You can install these components using the srvadmin-all meta package.

If you are monitoring HP equipment, this Knowledge Script requires the HP Array Configuration Utility CLI for Linux and HP System Health Application and Command Line Utilities for Linux installed on the computer you are monitoring.

5.11.1 Resource Objects

Any HP or Dell computer running Linux

5.11.2 Default Schedule

The default interval for this script is Every 15 minutes.

5.11.3 Setting Parameter Values

Set the following parameters as needed:

Description

How to Set It

Event settings

Event severity when job fails

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of the event when this job fails. The default severity level is 5.

Raise event when AppManager fails to get metrics?

Set to Yes to raise an event if the job completes but does not return any temperature data. The default is yes.

Event severity

Specify the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which AppManager fails to get metrics. The default is 5.

Raise event when temperatures are over thresholds?

Set to Yes to raise an event if any sensor reports that the temperature is above a specified percent of the level that the vendor considers acceptable. The default is yes.

Threshold percentage

Set the event threshold by specifying a percentage, from 0 to 200, of the acceptable temperature. AppManager calculates the percent using the range of 0 to the maximum as specified by the hardware vendor. Because Celsius and Fahrenheit define 0 degrees differently, the threshold will vary depending on which temperature scale you select. The default is 90.

Event severity

Specify the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the temperature reaches the percentage you specified in the Threshold percentage parameter. The default is 15.

Hardware vendor temperature threshold event severity

Specify the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which the temperature reaches the vendor-specified limit for the sensor. The default is 5.

HP specific settings

Temperature measurement unit

Select Celsius or Fahrenheit to specify the scale that the sensors use to report temperature data. AppManager uses this scale for calculations and reporting. The default is Fahrenheit.

This parameter is only available for HP-UX computers.

Collect data?

Set to Yes to collect data for the temperatures reported by the hardware sensors. By default, data is not collected.