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title: Charmhub | Deploy Hardware Observer using Charmhub - The Open Operator Collection
description: Deploy the latest version of Hardware Observer on any cloud.
url: https://charmhub.io/hardware-observer/docs/metrics-and-alerts-ipmi
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# Hardware Observer

[Canonical BootStack Charmers](https://charmhub.io/publisher/bootstack-charmers "View all packages from Canonical BootStack Charmers")

* [Canonical BootStack Charmers](https://charmhub.io/publisher/bootstack-charmers "View all packages from Canonical BootStack Charmers")

Platform:

26.04

24.04

22.04

20.04

18.04

stable 952

```
juju deploy hardware-observer
```

[Learn to deploy on juju >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/manage-applications)

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#### Relevant links

* [Homepage](https://github.com/canonical/hardware-observer-operator)

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#### Contacts

* [Submit a bug](https://github.com/canonical/hardware-observer-operator/issues)

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## [Metrics](https://charmhub.io/hardware-observer/docs/metrics-and-alerts-ipmi#p-26504-metrics)

The details of the metrics exposed by Hardware Observer for IPMI are as follows:

| Metric Name | Description | Labels |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ipmi\_generic\_sensor\_value | Sensor values from ipmi sensors that aren’t covered in any of the other sensor metrics. | id, name, state, unit, event, type |
| ipmi\_fan\_speed\_rpm | Fan speed measure, in rpm. | id, name, state, unit, event |
| ipmi\_fan\_speed\_ratio | Fan speed measure, as a percentage of maximum speed. | id, name, state, unit, event |
| ipmi\_temperature\_celsius | Temperature in celsius as recorded by ipmi sensors. | id, name, state, unit, event |
| ipmi\_voltage\_volts | Voltage measure from voltage sensors | id, name, state, unit, event |
| ipmi\_current\_amperes | Current measure from current sensors, in Amperes | id, name, state, unit, event |
| ipmi\_power\_watts | Power measure from power sensors, in watts. | id, name, state, unit, event |
| ipmimonitoring\_command\_success | Indicates if the ipmimonitoring command succeeded or not(1.0 = successful, 0.0 = unsuccessful) |  |
| ipmi\_sel\_state\_nominal | The ID for IPMI SEL nominal event | id, date, time, name, type, event |
| ipmi\_sel\_state\_warning | The ID for IPMI SEL warning event | id, date, time, name, type, event |
| ipmi\_sel\_state\_critical | The ID for IPMI SEL critical event | id, date, time, name, type, event |
| ipmi\_sel\_command\_success | Indicates if the ipmi sel command succeeded or not(1.0 = successful, 0.0 = unsuccessful) |  |
| ipmi\_dcmi\_power\_cosumption\_watts | Current power consumption in watts, as given by ipmi-dcmi |  |
| ipmi\_dcmi\_command\_success | Indicates if the ipmi dcmi command is successful or not(1.0 = successful, 0.0 = unsuccessful) |  |

## [Alerts](https://charmhub.io/hardware-observer/docs/metrics-and-alerts-ipmi#p-26504-alerts)

The details of the alerts that are provided by Hardware Observer for IPMI are as follows:

| Alert Rule Name | Description | Severity |
| --- | --- | --- |
| IPMIDCMICommandFailed | Failed to run ipmi\_dcmi. | critical |
| IPMIDCMIPowerConsumptionOutstanding | IPMI DCMI power consumption is high. | warning |
| IPMISELCommandFailed | Failed to run ipmi-sel. | critical |
| IPMISELStateWarning | IPMI system event log in warning state. | warning |
| IPMISELStateCritical | IPMI system event log in critical state. | critical |
| IPMIMonitoringCommandFailed | Failed to run ipmimonitoring. | critical |
| IPMITemperatureStateNotOk | Temperature in warning or critical state | warning / critical |
| IPMIPowerStateNotOk | Power in warning or critical state | warning / critical |
| IPMIVoltageStateNotOk | Voltage in warning or critical state | warning / critical |
| IPMICurrentStateNotOk | Current in warning or critical state | warning / critical |
| IPMIFanSpeedStateNotOk | Fan speed in warning or critical state | warning / critical |
| IPMISensorStateNotOk | IPMI sensor value in warning or critical state | warning / critical |
| IPMISELDStateWarning | IPMISELD service is not active | warning |
| IPMISELDStateCritical | IPMI system event log in critical state | critical |

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