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IBM Director Agent 5.10.x - Linux

Description​

This connector enables hardware monitoring through the IBM Director Agent version 5.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:

Target​

Typical platform: IBM xSeries

Operating system: Linux

Prerequisites​

Leverages: IBM Director Agent 5.10.x

Technology and protocols: WBEM

Examples​

CLI​

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +Director5Linux --wbem -u USER

metricshub.yaml​

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        connectors: [ +Director5Linux ] # 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 5.10.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\.[01].* (regex)
  • The WBEM query below succeeds:
    • Namespace: root/ibmsd
    • Query: SELECT Name FROM IBMPSG_ComputerSystemDetails

Metrics​

TypeCollected MetricsSpecific Attributes
cpuhw.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
disk_controllerhw.status{hw.type="disk_controller", state="present"}bios_version
controller_number
driver_version
hw.parent.id
hw.parent.type
id
model
name
vendor
enclosurehw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="open"}
hw.status{hw.type="enclosure", state="present"}		id
model
name
serial_number
type
vendor
fanhw.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
logical_diskhw.logical_disk.limit
hw.status{hw.type="logical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}		hw.parent.id
hw.parent.type
id
name
raid_level
memoryhw.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
physical_diskhw.physical_disk.size
hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="degraded|failed|ok"}
hw.status{hw.type="physical_disk", state="present"}		hw.parent.id
hw.parent.type
id
model
name
serial_number
vendor
power_supplyhw.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
temperaturehw.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
voltagehw.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