[Check_mk (english)] Monitoring Cisco UCS Rackmount Servers

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Does anyone have any Cisco Rackmount Servers that they are monitoring similar to the way that Dell or HP servers are being monitored? I have been monitoring HP servers using check_hpasm and Dell Servers using check_openmanage. We are now
leaning towards Cisco UCS rackmount servers as our new standard but I have not been able to locate a good plugin to check drive arrays and such from the cisco servers.

Thanks,

Jason

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Hi,

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Am 12.03.2013 15:17, schrieb JDMA (Jason Magee):

Does anyone have any Cisco Rackmount Servers that they are monitoring
similar to the way that Dell or HP servers are being monitored? I have
been monitoring HP servers using check_hpasm and Dell Servers using
check_openmanage. We are now leaning towards Cisco UCS rackmount servers
as our new standard but I have not been able to locate a good plugin to
check drive arrays and such from the cisco servers.

we are interessted in this also. But not only the C-Series, but also the B-Series with Fabric-Interconnect.

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  Best regards,

  Timo

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Is there any update on this? I need to monitor several B-Series blade chassis with B200 M3 blades.

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On Mar 12, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Timo Scheller <timo.scheller@hiz-saarland.de> wrote:

Hi,

Am 12.03.2013 15:17, schrieb JDMA (Jason Magee):

Does anyone have any Cisco Rackmount Servers that they are monitoring
similar to the way that Dell or HP servers are being monitored? I have
been monitoring HP servers using check_hpasm and Dell Servers using
check_openmanage. We are now leaning towards Cisco UCS rackmount servers
as our new standard but I have not been able to locate a good plugin to
check drive arrays and such from the cisco servers.

we are interessted in this also. But not only the C-Series, but also the B-Series with Fabric-Interconnect.

--
Best regards,

Timo
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No. I did not get any response.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Mills [mailto:jonmills@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:05 PM
To: timo.scheller@hiz-saarland.de
Cc: JDMA (Jason Magee); checkmk-en@lists.mathias-kettner.de
Subject: Re: [Check_mk (english)] Monitoring Cisco UCS Rackmount Servers

Is there any update on this? I need to monitor several B-Series blade chassis with B200 M3 blades.

On Mar 12, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Timo Scheller <timo.scheller@hiz-saarland.de> wrote:

Hi,

Am 12.03.2013 15:17, schrieb JDMA (Jason Magee):

Does anyone have any Cisco Rackmount Servers that they are monitoring
similar to the way that Dell or HP servers are being monitored? I
have been monitoring HP servers using check_hpasm and Dell Servers
using check_openmanage. We are now leaning towards Cisco UCS
rackmount servers as our new standard but I have not been able to
locate a good plugin to check drive arrays and such from the cisco servers.

we are interessted in this also. But not only the C-Series, but also the B-Series with Fabric-Interconnect.

--
Best regards,

Timo
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Hi,

  We have ran into this exact same thing.

  Things you need to do:

  Update the CIMC/BIOS to 1.5 series - the latest is 1.5(1f). Upgrade using "Cisco UCS Host Upgrade Utility" from cisco.com.

  Then you can use CISCO-UNIFIED-COMPUTING-STORAGE-MIB to query anything you like, including raid array state or state of physical drives. The snmpwalk you are looking for is OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.719.1.45 and stuff below that (for example, OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.719.1.45.5 is for physical drives, and 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.719.1.45.8 for RAID arrays.). Unfortunately the RAID status is only "operable" or "inoperable". I haven't tested yet what happens if RAID is in degraded state - it should go to inoperable if possible (although I guess you can always monitor the state via physical drive checks).

  I haven't implemented a check_mk check for this yet though, but now you should have all the info to write a snmp check.

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No. I did not get any response.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Mills [mailto:jonmills@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:05 PM
To: timo.scheller@hiz-saarland.de
Cc: JDMA (Jason Magee); checkmk-en@lists.mathias-kettner.de
Subject: Re: [Check_mk (english)] Monitoring Cisco UCS Rackmount Servers

Is there any update on this? I need to monitor several B-Series blade chassis with B200 M3 blades.

On Mar 12, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Timo Scheller <timo.scheller@hiz-saarland.de> wrote:

Hi,

Am 12.03.2013 15:17, schrieb JDMA (Jason Magee):

Does anyone have any Cisco Rackmount Servers that they are monitoring
similar to the way that Dell or HP servers are being monitored? I
have been monitoring HP servers using check_hpasm and Dell Servers
using check_openmanage. We are now leaning towards Cisco UCS
rackmount servers as our new standard but I have not been able to
locate a good plugin to check drive arrays and such from the cisco servers.

we are interessted in this also. But not only the C-Series, but also the B-Series with Fabric-Interconnect.

--
Best regards,

Timo
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Does anyone know if I can change the cisco critical temperature? It
seems like the check (cisco_temp_perf) is pulling the critical value (65
celsius) directly from cisco snmp mibs.

I want to lower this critical temperature. Instead of hacking this on
the actual check_mk/cisco_temp_perf file, is there a way I can specify
it in main.mk?

Thanks.

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Kelvin,

Cisco temperatures are set on the Cisco device for each sensor with a command similar to:

   "monitor environment temperature {history | low celsius | high celsius | notifies | syslog}".

You would have to look up the exact command in the OS manual for your equipment.

The “cisco_temp_sensor” check just reads the settings from the equipment using SNMP OID “.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.91.1.2.1.1.4” which returns the low/high settings for each sensor.

It is possible to re-write/modify the check to use “user” defined values but the proper way would be to program the Cisco device to recognize the new low/high values.

Ken Smith

Kelvin Yang KYang@appsecinc.com 5/14/2013 01:46 PM >>>
Does anyone know if I can change the cisco critical temperature? It
seems like the check (cisco_temp_perf) is pulling the critical value (65
celsius) directly from cisco snmp mibs.

I want to lower this critical temperature. Instead of hacking this on
the actual check_mk/cisco_temp_perf file, is there a way I can specify
it in main.mk?

Thanks.

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Kelvin, you may want to check out this document.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_lan_management_solution/4.2/user/guide/lms_monitor/mnt-setup.html#wp1533162

Ken Smith

  >>> Kelvin Yang <KYang@appsecinc.com> 5/14/2013 01:46 PM >>>

Does anyone know if I can change the cisco critical temperature? It
seems like the check (cisco_temp_perf) is pulling the critical value (65
celsius) directly from cisco snmp mibs.

I want to lower this critical temperature. Instead of hacking this on
the actual check_mk/cisco_temp_perf file, is there a way I can specify
it in main.mk?

Thanks.

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