IPMI information

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a specification that defines a method of monitoring the internal hardware components of a server. If IPMI is implemented on a node, sensors in that node can detect abnormal conditions such as a high fan speed or a failed power supply.

The IPMI data that’s displayed on the Storage Node page for a given node is organized by sensor type. The list of sensors that you see for each sensor type depends on the specific IPMI implementation.

The details displayed, by sensor type, are:

  • Temperatures

    For each temperature sensor, the current temperature reading, and for some sensors, the normal range for the temperature.

  • Power Supplies

    For each power supply sensor, a text string read from the applicable power supply. If only one power supply is working, this section displays the message, No redundancy

  • Fans

    For each fan sensor, the current fan speed.

  • Processors

    For each processor sensor, a text string giving the status of the applicable processor.

  • Voltages

    For each voltage sensor, the current voltage reading.

NoteFor fans and power supplies in CB 320 server chassis, IPMI information appears on the Hardware page. Nodes that are individual blades do not have their own fans and power supplies.

HCP does not report IPMI information for nodes in HCP-VM systems.