IBM AIX–CHRP Environment

This connector provides hardware environment information (temperatures, voltages, fans, power supplies) on IBM CHRP-based AIX systems.

Target

Typical platforms: IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries, IBM eServer p5

Operating system: IBM AIX

Instrumentation layer: IBM AIX system commands (machstat)

Technology used: System commands

Discovered objects

●Fans (SEN_HW_FAN)

●Power supplies (SEN_HW_POWERSUPPLY)

Collected Parameters

●SEN_HW_FAN / Status

●SEN_HW_POWERSUPPLY / Status

This connector is able to monitor the local host and/or a remote system.

Credentials required

This connector probably requires root privileges for its proper operation. You therefore will need to configure the product to use the root login/password to execute external commands.
Alternatively, you can configure the product to use the sudo utility for the following commands:

●/usr/sbin/bootinfo

▪/usr/sbin/machstat