Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:04:10 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Aur=E9lien_M=E9r=E9?= <kindman@amc-os.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Common interface for sensors/health monitoring Message-ID: <4A8F986A.3040405@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <D3D19C706C2842389C87590424D0A8CB@kmlaptop> References: <D3D19C706C2842389C87590424D0A8CB@kmlaptop>
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Aurélien Méré wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using FreeBSD for years in all my servers, but I'm facing a big > problem today. All servers are under monitoring using a couple of > applications and scripts. Monitored items for each server especially are > CPU/mobo/UPS/HDD temperatures, CPU load, memory use, fans speed, PSU/UPS > voltages, HDD/RAID status&usage, network connectivity, UPS load, battery > status & runtime, ... > > My concern today, excepted that there is no way to gather all the data > through a unique interface and that consequently we have to change the > scripts depending on hardware, is that some information are no longer > available at all, especially concerning the MB IC, ie. temperatures, > voltages & fan speed. Actually, some SMBus controllers (like from 2006 or > so) are not supported by any driver and I didn't find any port updated to > access the IC directly (if even possible). Currently, I sometimes have to > use mbmon with direct I/O, sometimes mbmon with SMBus, sometimes healthd and > sometimes nothing works (PR 137668 or 136762 as examples in my case). > > Besides that, I was quite surprised that these information are available in > OpenBSD through a very simple and unique sysctl interface, with up-to-date > drivers, working on all my servers with a generic install. I know that below > this presentation layer, this may be much less perfect, and by digging in, I > found that a 2007 GSoC project for porting the OpenBSD sensor framework was > realised and planned to be put in HEAD. I also read hundreds of mails > concerning this project, and why finally it was not commited. > > As developer, I fully understand some of the concerns in these threads and > that there are probably lots of things to change and work on, integrate it > in a cleaner repository like snmp or whatever; and I'd be glad to help in > any > possible way to improve this. But in the meantime, as netadmin, this kind of > information can be very important to prevent or diagnose major problems; so > I'd like to know what is being planned/done on this subject, as I didn't > find any > more information related to this than a discussion during bsdcan 2008. The purists won out in that one by shouting loudly and screaming about socialized healthware. Consequently we have 47 million unsupported devices. > > Thanks for your help and time, > Aurélien > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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