ID: 15536
Title: IPMI sensors: consider sensor state as reported by freeipmi
Component: Checks & agents
Level: 1
Class: New feature
Version: 2.3.0b1
This werk changes the way Checkmk derives the state of IPMI sensors from their status
descriptions.
Previously, Checkmk would first check the user configured parameters (<i>IPMI
sensors -> Set states of IPMI sensor status texts</i>), and then fall back to
built-in heuristics to derive the service state from the sensors status description.
These heuristics missed a lot of possible "OK" states, and thus produced false
positives.
This situation is improved by using the sensor status interpretation provided by
<tt>freeipmi</tt>, if present.
The order of preference is: Use the first matching user configured state, if found.
Otherwise use the status as reported by <tt>freeipmi</tt>, if it is present.
If neither of these can be applied, still fall back to the built-in heuristics.
In order to get the <tt>freeipmi</tt> status reported by the agent, you need
to select <i>"Sensor state"</i> in the rule set <i>"IPMI
Sensors via Freeipmi or IPMItool"</i>.
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