Re: [Freeipmi-devel] support for sensors of IBM Server System x3850 X5

[Kurt Quehenberger]

Hi Al,

thanks a lot for the fast support!
I've tested the svn version, and it works out fine now!
Please find my test-output of ipmi-sensors enclosed.

Best regards,
Kurt

Am 2012-06-16 02:25, schrieb Albert Chu:
> Hi Werner, Kurt,
>
> The support should be there in this branch.
>
> svn co http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/svn/freeipmi/branches/ibmx3850x5
>
> can you please check it out and LMK if it works for you.
>
> ./autogen.sh; ./configure ; ipmi-sensors/ipmi-sensors --output-sensor-state
>
> Should be enough to test it out on the node (or add appropriate options
> to run out of band).
>
> Al
>
> On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 10:28 -0700, Albert Chu wrote:
>> Hi Werner, Kurt,
>>
>> Yup, there are a lot of new permutations on this motherboard I haven't
>> seen before.  I'll get them added into FreeIPMI for the next release.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 02:39 -0700, Werner Fischer wrote:
>>> Hi Al,
>>>
>>> Kurt - a user of the IPMI plugin for Nagios/Icinga - reported on our
>>> mailing list that an supposed critical event ('transition to Critical
>>> from less severe') does not cause a warning through our plugin.
>>>
>>> Reason is that the reported sensor state is "N/A" so I think that
>>> FreeIPMI cannot interpret it's state:
>>>   ID  | Name           | Type           | State | Reading | Units | Event
>>>   387 | Ext QPI Link 2 | Slot/Connector | N/A   | N/A     | N/A   | 
>>> 'transition to Critical from less severe'
>>>
>>> There are also some other sensors, which report events, but are not
>>> recognized by FreeIPMI widely enough so FreeIPMI could give a State
>>> information (state is N/A):
>>>         22  | Scale Config     | Version Change              | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         [...]
>>>         66  | VT Fault         | Chassis                     | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         [...]
>>>         386 | Ext QPI Link 1   | Slot/Connector              | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         387 | Ext QPI Link 2   | Slot/Connector              | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'transition to Critical from less severe'
>>>         388 | Ext QPI Link 3   | Slot/Connector              | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         389 | Ext QPI Link 4   | Slot/Connector              | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         390 | CPU 1 Int Link   | Cable/Interconnect          | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         391 | CPU 2 Int Link   | Cable/Interconnect          | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         392 | CPU 3 Int Link   | Cable/Interconnect          | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         393 | CPU 4 Int Link   | Cable/Interconnect          | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         394 | Scaling Failed   | Boot Error                  | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         395 | Lane Failover 1  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         396 | MemSpareErr1     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         397 | MemSpareErr2     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         398 | MemSpareErr3     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         399 | MemSpareErr4     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         400 | MemSpareErr5     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         401 | MemSpareErr6     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         402 | MemSpareErr7     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         403 | MemSpareErr8     | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         404 | Lane Failover 2  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         405 | Lane Failover 3  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         406 | Lane Failover 4  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         407 | Lane Failover 5  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         408 | Lane Failover 6  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         409 | Lane Failover 7  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         410 | Lane Failover 8  | Memory                      | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         [...]
>>>         426 | FPGA FW Mismatch | Version Change              | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         427 | TPM Phys Pres    | Button/Switch               | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         [...]
>>>         429 | No I/O Resources | System Firmware Progress    | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         430 | Memory Resize    | POST Memory Resize          | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>         [...]
>>>         433 | IMM FW Failover  | Version Change              | N/A      | 
>>> N/A        | N/A   | 'OK'
>>>
>>> Are there chances that you could add support for those sensors to future
>>> FreeIPMI versions?
>>>
>>> You can get verbose output in the following posting (scroll down to the
>>> end)
>>> http://lists.thomas-krenn.com/pipermail/ipmi-plugin-user/2012-June/000182.html
>>>
>>> I have put Kurt on CC and asked him to subscribe to
>>> address@hidden so he can get in touch with you directly, too.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Werner
>>>


-- 
DI (FH) Kurt Quehenberger

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