Dell iDRAC Hardware Monitoring

Use the iDRAC plugin to monitor the status of the iDRAC hardware, CPU cores and threads, fan rotations, memory size and more.

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Prerequisites

  • Download and install the Site24x7 server monitoring agent (Linux | Windows) in the server where you plan to run the plugin.
  • Ensure you have Python 3 or a higher version installed on your server.
  • For Linux servers, install snmpwalk.
    To do this, execute the following command in your server:
    a. On CentOS/RedHat, install snmpwalk using Yum
    yum install net–snmp–utils
    b. On Ubuntu, install snmpwalk using apt-get
    sudo apt–get install snmp
    After installation, export the net-snmp path in the $PATH variable. For example:
    export PATH=$PATH:/var/lib/net-snmp/bin
    Then, test SNMP walk using the following command:
    snmpwalk -v -c
  • For Windows servers, follow these steps for installation.

Plugin Installation

Supported versions: 1 and 2c

  • Create a folder named idrac.
  • Download the following files from our GitHub repository and place them in the idrac folder.
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/site24x7/plugins/master/idrac/idrac/idrac.py
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/site24x7/plugins/master/idrac/idrac/idrac.cfg
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/site24x7/plugins/master/idrac/idrac/SNMPUtil.py
  • To check if the plugin is working, execute the command below with appropriate arguments and check for a valid JSON output with applicable metrics and their corresponding values.
    python idrac.py --hostname "localhost" --snmp_version "2c" --snmp_community_str "public"
  • Add the applicable configurations in the idrac.cfg file.
    [idrac_main]
    hostname = "localhost"
    snmp_version = "2c"
    snmp_community_str = "public"
  • Follow the steps in this article to learn how to run the Python script on a Windows server. This isn't needed for Linux.
  • Move the idrac folder to the Site24x7 server monitoring plugin directory.

    For Linux: /opt/site24x7/monagent/plugins/

    For Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Site24x7\WinAgent\monitoring\plugins/

The agent will automatically execute the plugin within five minutes and display performance data in Site24x7.
To view the plugin monitor and associated performance charts:
  • Log in to Site24x7.
  • Navigate to Plugins and click the required monitor.

Plugin Contribution

Feel free to contribute to our existing plugin integrations and come up with suggestions or feedback on our Community.

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