How do you use IPMI Agent (Item Type)

[noxis]

I have no problem using ipmitool at the command line but I cant find any docs or howtos for using the item type for a host? I simply want to pick up System Temp at the moment.

What do I put for the "Sensor" input field and "Key" input field?

Thanks

[Scotttheking]

From a Linux box use ipmitool to find your probe name:
ipmitool -H IP -U USER -P PASS -I lan sensor

You should get a listing like this:

Temp | na | degrees C | na | na | na | na | 85.000 | 90.000 | na
Temp | na | degrees C | na | na | na | na | 85.000 | 90.000 | na
Temp | na | degrees C | na | na | na | na | na | na | na
Temp | na | degrees C | na | na | na | na | na | na | na
Ambient Temp | 24.000 | degrees C | ok | na | 3.000 | 8.000 | 42.000 | 47.000 | na
CMOS Battery | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0080| na | na | na | na | na | na
ROMB Battery | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0080| na | na | na | na | na | na
VCORE | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na
VCORE | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na
CPU VTT | 0x0 | discrete | 0x0180| na | na | na | na | na | na


For the IPMI Sensor use the first column, such as "Ambient Temp". Key doesn't seem to matter; I use ipmi.ambient_temp.

[ngit]

Did you try monitoring variables with 0x0 value like VCORE?

My Zabbix reports an error saying that the sensor or control doesn't exist.

[Jason]

I believe Zabbix cannot yet monitor discrete values like that.