IBM Director Agent 5.20.x - Linux

Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring through the IBM Director Agent version 5.20.x which supports some (not all) xSeries servers.

hardware ibm linux

Enterprise Connector

This connector requires the Enterprise edition of MetricsHub.

Supersedes

This connector supersedes:

• IpmiTool
• VMwareESX4i
• VMwareESXi
• VMwareESXiDisksIPMI
• VMwareESXiDisksStorage

Target

Typical platform: IBM xSeries

Operating system: Linux

Prerequisites

Leverages: IBM Director Agent 5.20.x

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples

CLI

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +Director52Linux --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +Director52Linux ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          wbem:
            protocol: https
            port: 5989
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM Director Agent 5.20.x - Linux connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The device type must be one of: Linux
• A process with command line matching cimserver is running on the host
• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: root
  • Query: SELECT Name FROM __NAMESPACE
  • Result contains: ^ibmsd;*$ (regex)
• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: root/ibmsd
  • Query: SELECT Version FROM IBMPSG_DirectorAgent
  • Result contains: ^5\.2.* (regex)
• The WBEM query below succeeds:
  • Namespace: root/ibmsd
  • Query: SELECT ProductName FROM IBMPSG_ComputerSystemDetails

Metrics

Type	Collected Metrics	Specific Attributes
cpu	hw.cpu.speed.limit{limit_type="max"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="cpu", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id model name vendor
enclosure	hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="open"} hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}	id model name serial_number type vendor
fan	hw.fan.speed hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.critical"} hw.fan.speed.limit{limit_type="low.degraded"} hw.status{hw.type="fan", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name sensor_location
memory	hw.memory.limit hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="memory", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name serial_number type vendor
power_supply	hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="degraded|failed|ok"} hw.status{hw.type="power_supply", state="present"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name
temperature	hw.status{hw.type="temperature", state="present"} hw.temperature hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.critical"} hw.temperature.limit{limit_type="high.degraded"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name sensor_location
voltage	hw.status{hw.type="voltage", state="present"} hw.voltage hw.voltage.limit{limit_type="high.critical"} hw.voltage.limit{limit_type="low.critical"}	hw.parent.id hw.parent.type id name sensor_location