OMV7 Collectd IPMI plugin help

somemediadude · Aug 12th 2025

This is a follow-up of Collectd IPMI plugin not loading thread. I'm trying to do the same thing: enable the collectd IPMI plugin.

1. Install `ipmitool`

# apt install ipmitool

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  freeipmi-common libfreeipmi17
Suggested packages:
  freeipmi-tools
Recommended packages:
  openipmi
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  freeipmi-common ipmitool libfreeipmi17
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 88 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,393 kB of archives.

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# ipmitool mc info

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Device ID                 : 32
Device Revision           : 1
Firmware Revision         : 1.01
IPMI Version              : 2.0
Manufacturer ID           : 10876
Manufacturer Name         : Super Micro Computer Inc.

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Aux Firmware Rev Info     :
    0x06
    0x01
    0x00
    0x00

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2. Install `openipmi`

# apt install openipmi

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libopenipmi0 libsnmp-base libsnmp40
Suggested packages:
  snmp-mibs-downloader
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libopenipmi0 libsnmp-base libsnmp40 openipmi
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 88 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,109 kB of archives.
After this operation, 10.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libopenipmi0 amd64 2.0.33-1+b1 [551 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libsnmp-base all 5.9.3+dfsg-2 [1,753 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libsnmp40 amd64 5.9.3+dfsg-2 [2,556 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 openipmi amd64 2.0.33-1+b1 [248 kB]
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# systemctl start openipmi

# systemctl status openipmi

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● openipmi.service - LSB: OpenIPMI Driver init script
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/openipmi; generated)
     Active: active (exited) since Tue 2025-08-12 13:33:58 EDT; 8min ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 489816 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/openipmi start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 76ms

Aug 12 13:33:58 openmediavault systemd[1]: Starting openipmi.service - LSB: OpenIPMI Driver init script...
Aug 12 13:33:58 openmediavault openipmi[489816]: Starting ipmi drivers ipmi.
Aug 12 13:33:58 openmediavault systemd[1]: Started openipmi.service - LSB: OpenIPMI Driver init script.

# ls -l /dev/ipmi0

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crw------- 1 root root 244, 0 Aug 10 20:56 /dev/ipmi0

3. Check which sensors are available:

# ipmitool sensor list

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CPU Temp         | 31.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 100.000   | 100.000
System Temp      | 29.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 85.000    | 90.000
Peripheral Temp  | 33.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 85.000    | 90.000
M2NVMeSSD Temp1  | na         |            | na    | na        | na        | na        | na        | na        | na
M2NVMeSSD Temp2  | na         |            | na    | na        | na        | na        | na        | na        | na
VRMCpu Temp      | 37.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 100.000   | 105.000
VRMSoc Temp      | 42.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 100.000   | 105.000
VRMABCD Temp     | 41.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 100.000   | 105.000
VRMEFGH Temp     | 44.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 100.000   | 105.000
P1_DIMMA~D Temp  | 36.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 85.000    | 90.000
P1_DIMME~H Temp  | 38.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 5.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        | 85.000    | 90.000
FAN1             | 1260.000   | RPM        | ok    | 280.000   | 420.000   | na        | na        | 35560.000 | 35700.000
FAN2             | na         |            | na    | na        | na        | na        | na        | na        | na
FAN3             | na         |            | na    | na        | na        | na        | na        | na        | na

...

VDDCR            | 0.751      | Volts      | ok    | 0.400     | 0.499     | na        | na        | 1.732     | 1.804
VMEMABCD         | 1.225      | Volts      | ok    | 0.979     | 1.003     | na        | na        | 1.465     | 1.489
VMEMEFGH         | 1.228      | Volts      | ok    | 0.976     | 0.997     | na        | na        | 1.466     | 1.487
VDD_5_DUAL       | 5.129      | Volts      | ok    | 4.019     | 4.139     | na        | na        | 6.029     | 6.149
VDD_33_DUAL      | 3.293      | Volts      | ok    | 2.613     | 2.681     | na        | na        | 3.922     | 3.990
SOCRUN           | 0.813      | Volts      | ok    | 0.297     | 0.489     | na        | na        | 1.143     | 1.341
SOCDUAL          | 0.900      | Volts      | ok    | 0.711     | 0.725     | na        | na        | 1.068     | 1.082
Chassis Intru    | 0x0        | discrete   | 0x0000| na        | na        | na        | na        | na        | na

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4. Use a simple IPI configuration:

# cat /etc/collectd/collectd.conf.d/ipmi.conf

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LoadPlugin ipmi
<Plugin "ipmi">
    Sensor "FAN1"
    Sensor "VRMCpu Temp"
    IgnoreSelected false
    NotifySensorAdd false
    NotifySensorRemove true
    NotifySensorNotPresent false
    SELEnabled false
    SELClearEvent false
</Plugin>

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5. Restart `collectd.service`

# systemctl restart collectd.service

# systemctl status collectd.service -n 100

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● collectd.service - Statistics collection and monitoring daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/collectd.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/collectd.service.d
             └─openmediavault.conf
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2025-08-12 13:20:56 EDT; 17s ago
       Docs: man:collectd(1)
             man:collectd.conf(5)
             https://collectd.org
    Process: 487704 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/collectd -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 487706 (collectd)
      Tasks: 13 (limit: 154331)
     Memory: 8.2M
        CPU: 66ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/collectd.service
             └─487706 /usr/sbin/collectd

Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault systemd[1]: Starting collectd.service - Statistics collection and monitoring daemon...
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "cpu" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "df" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "interface" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "ipmi" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: ipmi plugin: Legacy configuration found! Please update your config file.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "load" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "memory" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "rrdcached" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "syslog" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "unixsock" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: plugin_load: plugin "uptime" successfully loaded.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: Systemd detected, trying to signal readiness.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault systemd[1]: Started collectd.service - Statistics collection and monitoring daemon.
Aug 12 13:20:56 openmediavault collectd[487706]: Initialization complete, entering read-loop.

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I honestly don't understand why the ipmi plugin: Legacy configuration found! Please update your config file. message.

6. Check that collectd is doing its thing:

# collectdctl -s /run/collectd.socket listval

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localhost/cpu-0/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-interrupt

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localhost/rrdcached/queue_length
localhost/uptime/uptime

There's no IPMI stuff. I'm a bit of a loss of what else I should be doing.

The Collectd IPMI plugin not loading thread shows that when installing openipmi, it also installed libmariadb3 libsnmp-base libsnmp30 mariadb-common mysql-common as dependencies. My system didn't do that. I manually installed libmariadb3 libsnmp-base mariadb-common mysql-common just in case, but that didn't make any difference. That thread also mentions it works with "long sensor names", so I tried this configuration:

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LoadPlugin ipmi
<Plugin "ipmi">
    Sensor "FAN1 (0x41)"
    Sensor "VRMCpu Temp (0x10)"
    # IgnoreSelected false
    NotifySensorAdd false
    NotifySensorRemove true
    NotifySensorNotPresent false
    SELEnabled false
    SELClearEvent false
</Plugin>

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But that didn't work either. Thanks!!

somemediadude · Aug 12th 2025

The full output for is collectdctl -s /run/collectd.socket listval:

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localhost/cpu-0/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-0/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-1/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-10/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-11/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-12/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-13/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-14/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-15/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-16/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-17/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-18/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-19/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-2/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-20/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-21/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-22/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-23/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-24/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-25/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-26/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-27/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-28/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-29/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-3/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-30/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-31/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-4/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-5/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-6/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-7/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-8/cpu-wait
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-idle
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-interrupt
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-nice
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-softirq
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-steal
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-system
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-user
localhost/cpu-9/cpu-wait
localhost/df-bigkahuna/df_complex-free
localhost/df-bigkahuna/df_complex-reserved
localhost/df-bigkahuna/df_complex-used
localhost/df-root/df_complex-free
localhost/df-root/df_complex-reserved
localhost/df-root/df_complex-used
localhost/interface-eno1/if_dropped
localhost/interface-eno1/if_errors
localhost/interface-eno1/if_octets
localhost/interface-eno1/if_packets
localhost/load/load
localhost/memory/memory-buffered
localhost/memory/memory-cached
localhost/memory/memory-free
localhost/memory/memory-slab_recl
localhost/memory/memory-slab_unrecl
localhost/memory/memory-used
localhost/rrdcached/counter-journal-bytes
localhost/rrdcached/counter-journal-rotates
localhost/rrdcached/gauge-tree_depth
localhost/rrdcached/gauge-tree_nodes
localhost/rrdcached/operations-receive-flush
localhost/rrdcached/operations-receive-update
localhost/rrdcached/operations-write-data_sets
localhost/rrdcached/operations-write-updates
localhost/rrdcached/queue_length
localhost/uptime/uptime

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somemediadude · Aug 12th 2025

I'm dumb, all I had to do was to carefully read the Wiki:

> It might be reasonable to start with no specific configuration for sensors and look up the exact names after suitable sensor data has been logged since the strings needed aren't exactly ipmitool sdr names.

So, this config works fine:

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LoadPlugin ipmi
<Plugin "ipmi">
NotifySensorAdd false
NotifySensorRemove true
NotifySensorNotPresent false
SELEnabled false
SELClearEvent false
</Plugin>

collectdctl -s /run/collectd.socket listval | grep -i ipmi

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localhost/ipmi/fanspeed-FAN1 fan_cooling (29.1)
localhost/ipmi/fanspeed-FAN5 fan_cooling (29.5)
localhost/ipmi/fanspeed-FANB fan_cooling (29.7)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-CPU Temp processor (3.1)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-P1_DIMMA~D Temp memory_device (32.64)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-P1_DIMME~H Temp memory_device (32.65)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-Peripheral Temp system_board (7.2)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-System Temp system_board (7.1)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-VRMABCD Temp memory_module (8.5)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-VRMCpu Temp memory_module (8.1)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-VRMEFGH Temp memory_module (8.6)
localhost/ipmi/temperature-VRMSoc Temp memory_module (8.3)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-12V system_board (7.18)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-3.3VCC system_board (7.20)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-5VCC system_board (7.19)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-SOCDUAL system_board (7.25)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-SOCRUN system_board (7.23)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-VDDCR processor (3.3)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-VDD_33_DUAL system_board (7.36)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-VDD_5_DUAL system_board (7.35)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-VMEMABCD processor (3.4)
localhost/ipmi/voltage-VMEMEFGH system_board (7.34)

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OMV7 Collectd IPMI plugin help

1. Install `ipmitool`

2. Install `openipmi`

3. Check which sensors are available:

4. Use a simple IPI configuration:

5. Restart `collectd.service`

6. Check that collectd is doing its thing:

chente Aug 12th 2025

somemediadude Aug 12th 2025

Participate now!

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1. Install ipmitool

2. Install openipmi

3. Check which sensors are available:

4. Use a simple IPI configuration:

5. Restart collectd.service

6. Check that collectd is doing its thing:

chente Aug 12th 2025

somemediadude Aug 12th 2025

Participate now!

Tags

1. Install `ipmitool`

2. Install `openipmi`

5. Restart `collectd.service`