This is probably better posted to the ipmitool list, which I have done in this email.
You can try looking at it with openipmi, too, to see if you get the same answer (I suspect you will, though). My guess would be either an invalid SDR or some firmware problem. You may want to look for firmware and SDR repository upgrades, if you have not already done so. -corey Albert Everett wrote: > Note: also posted this to linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com. > <mailto:linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com> > > We've got a couple of PowerEdge 860 servers that recently got RHEL5u8, > and soon after I started getting nagios alerts about critical > temperatures. The nagios plugin only looks for 'cr' given by IPMI, so > the fix should be with IPMI. > > We understand that the negative temp number means the offset from > meltdown for Intel-based boards. > > Questions: > > 1 - Should something like 'ipmitool sensor thresh "Temp" unc -30' > work? ipmitool doesn't seem happy with it. > > 2 - If this threshold isn't settable at all, how do I make it settable? > > # ipmitool sdr get Temp > Sensor ID : Temp (0x1) > Entity ID : 3.1 (Processor) > Sensor Type (Analog) : Temperature > Sensor Reading : -49 (+/- 1) degrees C > Status : Lower Critical > Nominal Reading : 50.000 > Normal Minimum : 11.000 > Normal Maximum : 119.000 > Upper critical : 125.000 > Upper non-critical : 120.000 > Lower critical : 5.000 > Lower non-critical : 10.000 > Positive Hysteresis : 1.000 > Negative Hysteresis : 1.000 > Minimum sensor range : Unspecified > Maximum sensor range : Unspecified > Event Message Control : Per-threshold > Readable Thresholds : lcr lnc unc ucr > Settable Thresholds : > Threshold Read Mask : lcr lnc unc ucr > Event Status : Event Messages Disabled > Assertion Events : > Event Enable : Event Messages Disabled > Assertions Enabled : > > # uname -a > Linux f221.git.ualr.edu 2.6.9-89.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Apr 20 10:33:05 EDT > 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > # cat /etc/*release > Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 8) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
