Host-Specific Configuration Variables

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The following table recapitulates the configuration variables used by Hardware Sentry for each monitored system. These configuration variables are stored under /SENTRY/HARDWARE/<hostID> in the PATROL Agent’s configuration.

Variable

Description

hostname

Real host name or IP address to be used to communicate with the remote host.

Default: : Not set (will use hostID).

defaultWattage

Assumed power consumption in Watts of the monitored server. This value will be used instead of the measured or estimated value. Use this variable to override a PowerConsumption parameter value that seems unlikely.

forceWbemNamespace

Forces the use of a specific WBEM namespace instead of letting the KM decide the suitable namespace.

Default: Not set.

forceWmiNamespace

Forces the use of a specific WMI namespace instead of letting the KM decide the suitable namespace.

Default: Not set

ipmiUsername

Username used for IPMI-over-LAN connections.

Default: Not set (no IPMI-over-LAN query will be done).

ipmiPassword

Encrypted password used for IPMI-over-LAN connections.

ipmitoolCommand

To override the command line used by the KM to perform IPMI requests on Linux and Solaris systems. The specified command needs to provide the exact command to be executed with the following macros:

%{IPMICOMMAND} (will be replaced with “mc info”, “sdr”, “fru”, etc. at run time)

%{USERNAME}

%{PASSWORD}

Example: /usr/bin/ipmitool %{COMMAND} –u %{USERNAME} –p %{PASSWORD}.

Default: Not set (the KM will find the suitable ipmitool command to run automatically).

networkLinkAlarmType

Type of the alert for the LinkStatus parameter of the MS_HW_NETWORK class. Possible values are:

OK

WARN

ALARM

Default: Not set (assumed WARN)

networkLinkDuplexAlarmType

Type of the alert for the DuplexMode parameter of the MS_HW_NETWORK class. Possible values are:

OK

WARN

ALARM

Default: Not set (assumed WARN).

networkLinkDuplexSetting

Indicates when the KM needs to trigger an alert on the LinkStatus parameter of the MS_HW_NETWORK class:

NEVER (will never trigger an alert on LinkStatus)

DEFAULT (will trigger an alert only when LinkStatus downgrades from Plugged to Unplugged)

ALWAYS (will trigger an alert for all interfaces that are unplugged)

Default: Not set (assumed DEFAULT).

networkLinkSetting

Indicates when the KM needs to trigger an alert on the LinkStatus parameter of the MS_HW_NETWORK class:

NEVER (will never trigger an alert on LinkStatus)

DEFAULT (will trigger an alert only when LinkStatus downgrades from Plugged to Unplugged)

ALWAYS (will trigger an alert for all interfaces that are unplugged)

Default: Not set (assumed DEFAULT).

networkLinkSpeedAlarmType

Type of the alert for the LinkSpeed parameter of the MS_HW_NETWORK class. Possible values are:

OK

WARN

ALARM

Default: Not set (assumed WARN).

networkLinkSpeedMinimum

Minimum accepted LinkSpeed value when networkLinkSpeedSetting is configured to “ALWAYS”.

networkLinkSpeedSetting

Indicates when the KM needs to trigger an alert on the LinkSpeed parameter of the MS_HW_NETWORK class:

NEVER (will never trigger an alert on LinkSpeed)

DEFAULT (will trigger an alert only when LinkSpeed downgrades from a higher speed to a slower speed)

ALWAYS (will trigger an alert for all interfaces that are slower than the value indicated by the networkLinkSpeedMinimum configuration variable)

Default: Not set (assumed DEFAULT).

operatingSystemType

Specifies the type of the monitored platform.

Possible values:

HP (for HP-UX)

Linux

Network (for network switches)

NT (for Windows)

OOB (for management cards, chassis and VMware ESX)

OSF1 (for HP Tru64)

RS6000 (for IBM AIX)

SOLARIS (for Sun/Oracle Solaris)

Storage (for disk arrays, SAN switches and tape libraries)

VMS (for OpenVMS).

osCommandPassword

PSL encrypted password for the user account used to launch external commands (local or remote).

Default: Not set.

osCommandProtocol

Protocol used to run remote OS commands.

Possible values are "ssh" or "telnet"

Default: telnet.

osCommandUsername

User account used by Hardware Sentry to launch external commands.

Default: Not set (will use the PATROL Agent default account  for local commands).

parametersMaxOCC

Alter After N Times values for connectors, numeric parameters and discrete parameters. The list is separated by semi-colons.

Default: Not set (assumed 1;1;1 i.e. trigger an alert on all parameters as soon as the thresholds are reached).

preselectedHDFFileList

Line-separated list of connectors that have been "pre-selected" by the administrator. It is recommended that you use the KM graphical user interface to modify this variable.

Default: Not set (means: perform platform detection)

preselectedHDFFileList

Line-separated list of connectors that have been specifically selected by the user. It is recommended that you use the KM graphical user interface to modify this variable.

Default: Not set (means: perform automatic platform detection).

snmpCommunity

SNMP community string used by Hardware Sentry to make SNMP requests.

Default: Not set (let Hardware Sentry decide for local host, no SNMP query will be done on remote systems).

sudoCommand

Syntax of the sudo command (including its full path and optional arguments) that will be used by Hardware Sentry to launch the external commands specified in the useSudoCommandList variable.

Default: Path to the sudo utility if available in the $PATH

thresholdsFactorization

Used to decrease or increase the margin on the thresholds that are automatically sets by the KM (like temperatures, voltages and fans speed). It is recommended to use the GUI of the KM to customize this variable.

Default: Not set.

useSudoCommandList

Line-separated list of commands that will be launched by Hardware Sentry through the sudo utility. Please use the graphical user interface to set this variable properly.

Default: Not set (will look for the sudo utility in the $PATH variable).

ucsUsername

Username used to performance Cisco UCS XML API calls.

Default: Not set (no UCS XML API call will be done).

ucsPassword

Encrypted password for the Cisco UCS XML API calls.

ucsEncryption

Whether the KM should use HTTP or HTTPS (encrypted) for the Cisco UCS XML API calls.

Possible values:

-0 (non encrypted)

-1 (encrypted)

Default: Not set (assumed 1, encrypted).

wbemEncryption

Use of encryption when performing WBEM queries.

Possible values are: '0' (no encryption), '1' (encrypt data).

Default: 0 (no encryption).

Note: The port usually used to encrypt data for WBEM queries is 5989.

wbemPassword

Encrypted password used to perform WBEM queries.

wbemPort

Port used to perform WBEM queries.

Default: 5988.

wbemUsername

Username used to perform WBEM queries.

Default: Not set (no WBEM query will be done).

wmiPassword

Encrypted password used to perform WMI queries to the remote host.

wmiUsername

Username used to perform WMI queries to the remote host.

Default: Not set (no WMI query will be performed, unless wmiUsePatrolDefaultAccount is set to 1).

wmiUsePatrolDefaultAccount

When set to 1, tells the KM to use the security token of the PATROL Agent’s default account to connect to remote systems with WMI when the wmiUsername variable is empty.

Default: Not set (assumed 0, where the KM does not perform any WMI query if wmiUsername is empty).

 


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