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Dell MX7000 Chassis

Description

Provides environmental information (temperatures, fans and power supplies) on Dell Blade servers through the Management Module

Connector ID: DellMXCMC

This connector is superseded by:

Target

Typical platform: Dell MX7000 Chassis

Operating system: Out-of-Band

Prerequisites

Leverages: Dell MX7000 Management Module

Technology and protocols: System Commands

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Examples

CLI

hws HOSTNAME -t management -f DellMXCMC --ssh -u USER

hws-config.yaml

hosts:
- host:
    hostname: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
    type: management
  selectedConnectors: [ DellMXCMC ] # Optional, to load only this connector
  ssh:
    username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
    password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using hws-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The Dell MX7000 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 (Labels)
Enclosure
  • hw.enclosure.energy
  • hw.status{hw.type="enclosure",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="enclosure",state="present"}
  • model
  • serial_number
  • type
Disk Controller
  • hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="disk_controller",state="present"}
  • model
Battery
  • hw.status{hw.type="battery",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
  • hw.status{hw.type="battery",state="present"}
    Blade
    • hw.blade.power_state{state="on|off|suspended"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="blade",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="blade",state="present"}
    • model
    • blade_name
    Fan
    • hw.fan.limit{limit_type="high.critical"}
    • hw.fan.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}
    • hw.fan.speed
    • hw.status{hw.type="fan",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="fan",state="present"}
    • sensor_location
    Logical Disk, RAID
    • hw.logical_disk.limit
    • hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk",state="present"}
    • raid_level
    Other Device
    • hw.status{hw.type="other_device",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="other_device",state="present"}
    • device_type
    Physical Disk
    • hw.physical_disk.size
    • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk",state="predicted_failure"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk",state="present"}
    • serial_number
    • vendor
    Power Supply
    • hw.status{hw.type="power_supply",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
    • hw.status{hw.type="power_supply",state="present"}
      Temperature Sensor
      • hw.status{hw.type="temperature",state="ok|degraded|failed"}
      • hw.status{hw.type="temperature",state="present"}
      • hw.temperature
      • hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"}
      • hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}
      • sensor_location
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