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Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring - Third Edition
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Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring - Third Edition

by Patrik Uytterhoeven
January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
798 pages
20h 33m
English
Packt Publishing
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Creating an IPMI item

Now that we have the host part of IPMI connectivity sorted out, it's time to create actual items. Make sure Linux servers is selected in the Group drop-down, then click on Items next to the IPMI host, and then click on Create item. Enter these values:

  • Name: System Fan 2 (or, if your IPMI-capable device does not provide such a sensor, choose another useful sensor)
  • Type: IPMI agent
  • Key: System_Fan_2
  • IPMI sensor: System Fan 2
  • Units: !RPM

When done, click on the Add button at the bottom.

Even though the previous unit blacklist in Zabbix still works, it is now deprecated. So, the correct way to prevent the conversion of these units is now !ms, !rpm, !RPM, !%. For this item type, the item key is only used as an item identifier, ...
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ISBN: 9781789340266