This tutorial describes a detailed procedure demonstrating how to monitor IPMI devices using Zabbix.

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Configure IPMI on your remote server HP DL380 as shown in the previous article. (LINK)

Edit the APT configuration file and add the following lines to the end of the file.

# vi /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/vvk/openipmi/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/vvk/openipmi/ubuntu precise main

Run the following commands to configure apt-get.

# apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 5E3E08EF
# apt-get update

Note! These commands will address a bug in zabbix IPMI monitoring. (libopenipmi)

# apt-get remove  openipmi libopenipmi0
# apt-get clean
# apt-get install libsnmp-dev libpopt-dev libncurses5-dev libssl-dev
# apt-get install -t precise  libopenipmi0
# apt-get install openipmi

Edit the zabbix_server.conf file and insert the line below.

# vi /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf

StartIPMIPollers=5

Restart the zabbix server.

# /etc/init.d/zabbix-server restart

Run the following command to get a list of IPMI sensors available on your machine. (HP DL380)

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.3.3   -U administrator -P kamisama123@ sensor

Open your browser and go to Zabbix web interface. 

Click on the configuration menu, select the Hosts option and click on the Create Host button.

Add the IPMI device as shown below.

Click on the IPMI option and set the Authentication algorithm, the privilege level, username and password.

Edit the IPMI host and add an appplication named IPMI.

As an example, edit the IPMI host and add an item to monitor the temperature of a HP DL 380 server.

After a few minutes you can view results on the menu, monitoring > latest data.

 CONCLUSIOn

This tutorial presented the Zabbix configuration process to monitor an IPMI device.