Monitoring HPE Bladesystem Infrastructure

Overview

MetricsHub monitors the hardware health and system status of HPE BladeSystem infrastructure, including blade servers and enclosures, by collecting metrics about:

• Blade server power state and health
• Enclosure and chassis health
• Fan status and environmental sensor data
• Power supply status and utilization
• Temperature and hardware sensors
• Hardware inventory information (model, serial number, device type)

Metrics can be collected using one of the following connectors, depending on the protocols available in your environment:

The HP BladeSystem (SSH) connector should be preferred, as it provides more comprehensive information through the Onboard Administrator.

Configuration

In the example below, MetricsHub is configured to monitor HPE BladeSystem infrastructure using the recommended SSH-based approach.

Note: For optimal performance, it is recommended to explicitly specify the connector(s) to use rather than letting MetricsHub automatically detect the most suitable one(s).

Monitoring HP BladeSystem via SSH (Recommended)

Copy and paste the following configuration in the config/metricshub.yaml file:

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: management
        connectors: [ +HPBladeSSH ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Replace <HOSTNAME-ID>, <HOSTNAME>, <USERNAME>, and <PASSWORD> with actual values.