[fm-discuss] [Fwd: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal: Sensor Abstraction Layer for the Solaris Fault Manager]

[Matty]

On 4/27/07, cindi <cindi at sun.com> wrote:
>
>
> Bruce Shaw wrote:
> >>> The Project
> >>>
> >>> This project proposes extensions to the fault management architecture
> >
> >>> (FMA) to support a sensor abstraction layer for the collection and
> >>> analysis of sensor based telemetry that can be used in fault and
> >>> resource management.
> >>>
> >
> > Have you looked at some of the current sensor code in net-snmp?
>
> Yes.  But maybe you're asking about how this project might compliment
> net-snmp?  This project provides the underpinnings for collection and
> analysis of raw telemetry from various sources (IPMI, SMBus, kstats,
> SMART, etc...) for which you wouldn't necessarily want to issue an
> immediate 'alert' or notification.  The output of the analysis of the
> telemetry could send an alert that is messaged to syslog and sent on as
> an snmp trap much like we do with fault events today and the fmd(1M)
> snmp agent.  The output could also be an ereport sent on to the fault
> manager for diagnosis of a predicted failure.  The fault manager would
> issue a diagnosis that would also be passed on as a SNMP trap.

Hi Cindi,

Will there be a way for admins to get at the sensors values? I would
love to have a native "smartctl"-like utility for opensolaris (and if
the SMART attributes are presented in an easily consumable form, this
should be easy to write).

Thanks,
- Ryan
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