ahh, that's it. no output from 'sensors' all the Linux boxes i'm using right now employ Dell hardware. a range of Dell hardware, but Dell hardware nevertheless
i can take it from here; thanx for pursuing this with me --sk stuart kendrick fhcrc Bruce Shaw wrote: > Net-snmp sensors module relies upon linux's lm-sensors to provide its > information. > > I'm betting if you type: > > #sensors > > you won't get any output. > > Looks like Dell broke it. > >> http://www.leenooks.com/Dell+2550+and+2650+servers > >> Reason (no specs from manufacturer, really new hardware, etc): DELL > uses proprietary BIOS extensions that break lm-sensors > >> Functionality (from 0 to 100% of full functionality): 0% > >> lm87 hardware is on these motherboards, but wrapped up by some > proprietary DELL chips. One can apparently use some DELL provided > monitoring software to enable some access to the data via SNMP. > > You'd need to talk to the lm-sensors folks about it. Their mailing list > is here: > > http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/FeedbackAndSupport > > You'll want: > > lm-sensors <at> lm-sensors <dot> org. > > If you are getting output from the 'sensors' command, then that's a > different issue and we'll have to talk it through. > > > ________________________________ > > From: Stuart Kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:39 PM > To: Bruce Shaw > Subject: Re: MIB for cpu temperature and/or cpu cooling fans, hardware, > monitoring > > > > hi bruce, > > well, actually, no > > i've been compiling net-snmp with this include line for some years now > ... but, until i tried it on a Sparc running Solaris a few weeks ago, > had never seen LM-SENSORS-MIB entries in the output of a walk > > here's a sample linux box (Dell 2650 hardware, SuSE 9.3): > > panthro> uname -a > Linux panthro 2.6.11.4-21.9-smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 19 11:58:59 UTC 2005 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > panthro> rpm -q sensors > sensors-2.9.0-3 > panthro> > > here's my configure line: > > ./configure --prefix=/opt/vdops > --with-mibdirs="/opt/vdops/share/snmp/mibs" > --with-persistent-directory="/opt/vdops/var/snmp" > --with-sys-contact=root --with-sys > -location=J4-300 --with-logfile="/opt/vdops/var/log/net-snmp" > --with-default-snmp-version="2" --with-out-transports="TCP" > --with-perl-modules --with-mib-modules="ucd-snmp/diskio > ucd-snmp/lmSensors" > > after ./configure finishes running, i see: > > Net-SNMP configuration summary: > --------------------------------------------------------- > > SNMP Versions Supported: 1 2c 3 > Net-SNMP Version: 5.3.0.1 > Building for: linux > Network transport support: Callback Unix UDP > SNMPv3 Security Modules: usm > Agent MIB code: mibII ucd_snmp snmpv3mibs notification > notification-log-mib target agent_mibs agentx disman/event-mib > disman/schedule utilities ucd-snmp/diskio ucd-snmp/lmSensors host > SNMP Perl modules: building -- not embeddable > Embedded perl support: disabled > Authentication support: MD5 SHA1 > Encryption support: DES AES > WARNING: New version of the Event MIB which may be subtly different > from the original implementation - configure with 'disman/old-event-mib' > > for the previous version > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
