Day 26: Hardware Monitoring

30 Days of FrameFlow

Time to Read: 5 Minutes

Introduction

There's so much important software to monitor in modern IT environments that hardware monitoring can seem like an afterthought sometimes. That's why FrameFlow includes two robust hardware event monitors, the Dell iDRAC Event Monitor and the HP iLO Event Monitor. These event monitors watch every aspect of your Dell or iLO servers and can alert on conditions like overheating. Let's learn some more about them.

Dell iDRAC Monitoring

iDRAC is an integrated motherboard option included in all servers and mid-range systems sold by Dell. It keeps track of all kinds of hardware-related events and statuses. Some of these include temperatures, fan speeds, chassis alarms, power supply status, individual disk status, RAID status, and more. FrameFlow's Dell iDRAC Event Monitor connects to iDRAC and integrates its monitoring with FrameFlow's own.

HP iLO Monitoring

HP iLO is software that manages and monitors the health of hardware on your HP servers. Like Dell iDRAC, FrameFlow can connect to iLO and alert you automatically if it detects something wrong. You can get alerted about the health status, temperature, power status, and more for all your HP servers.

If you're running iLO 4 or above, you can access the HP iLO Event Monitor's full range of options. This includes temperature alert settings for each disk drive, array controller backup power status, and much more.

Summary

With FrameFlow, hardware monitoring will never be neglected again thanks to the Dell iDRAC and HP iLO event monitors. Once you've got one of each event monitor up and running on a schedule, it will automatically alert you if it detects a problem or change within your systems. Make sure to come back tomorrow to learn about how FrameFlow can monitor the overall health of the system where it's installed.

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