[checkmk-commits] mgmt_ipmi_sensors: Provide more info about IPMI state mapping

Module: check_mk Branch: master Commit: cf67368681b4246905ad0b5fef6a0b681d5f2bd7 URL: http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=commit;h=cf67368681b424… Author: Moritz Kiemer <mo(a)mathias-kettner.de> Date: Mon Sep 3 11:59:01 2018 +0200 mgmt_ipmi_sensors: Provide more info about IPMI state mapping Change-Id: I5343bf1e8c36e7ab04cf2a8c4c32e0724242716a --- checkman/mgmt_ipmi_sensors | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/checkman/mgmt_ipmi_sensors b/checkman/mgmt_ipmi_sensors index 82491bc..3218696 100644 --- a/checkman/mgmt_ipmi_sensors +++ b/checkman/mgmt_ipmi_sensors @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ description: management board monitoring reports states about all available fans, temperature sensors and power supplies. + Note that IPMI provides four states: 'ok', 'non-critical', 'critical' and + 'non-recoverable'. The default Check-MK behaviour is to map 'ok' to {OK}, + 'non-critical' to {WARN} and 'critical' and 'non-recoverable' to {CRIT}. + However, some manufacturers choose to display both 'ok' and 'non-critical' + as normal on their provided tools. If you want Check-MK to behave similarly, + you can set up a corresponding "Service State Translation" rule. + item: The name of the sensor as provided via IPMI.