Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator

Temperature Probe Properties

Use this window to view status information reported by temperature probes that are located in your system. Temperatures are reported in degrees Celsius.

User Privileges

Table 1. User Privileges
Selection View Manage
Temperature Probe Properties User, Power User, Administrator Power User, Administrator
NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see Privilege Levels In The Server Administrator GUI.

Temperatures

A system cannot function well at extreme temperatures. Temperature probes are placed in each chassis to prevent damage to temperature-sensitive components. The Temperature Probes window displays information about the following:

  • Status of each temperature probe in the system
  • Temperature read by the probe at the time of the request
  • Minimum and maximum warning threshold values for temperature probes

Status

Temperature probes report temperatures at different locations within a chassis to the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service. Temperature status is one of the following states:

OK/normal Normal/OK
Warning/Noncritical Warning/Noncritical
Critical/Nonrecoverable Critical/Nonrecoverable
Unknown Unknown

Temperature Probe Fields

Some temperature probe fields differ according to the type of firmware that your system has: BMC or ESM.

NOTE: The fields listed on this page cover possible configurations.
NOTE: For some probes, the value for Reading is Good or Bad rather than an editable, numeric value.
NOTE: Some threshold values are not editable on BMC-based systems.
Status Indicates whether the event type for the probe is Normal, Warning, or Failure.
Probe Name Displays the alphanumeric text that uniquely identifies a temperature probe; for example, CPU 2.
Reading Displays a snapshot of temperature measured by the probe at a given time.
Minimum Warning Threshold Displays the lowest acceptable temperature for this probe that is recommended for system operation. Values that fall below this temperature level result in warning events.
Maximum Warning Threshold Displays the highest acceptable temperature for this probe that is recommended for system operation. Values that exceed this temperature result in warning events.
Minimum Failure Threshold Displays the lowest acceptable temperature for this probe that is required for system operation. Values that fall below this temperature result in critical/failure events.
Maximum Failure Threshold Displays the highest acceptable temperature for this probe that is required for system operation. Values that exceed this temperature result in critical/failure events.

Managing Temperature Probes

For information on how to set warning thresholds for temperature probes, see Temperature Probes Information.

For information on how to set alert actions for temperature probes, see Set Alert Actions.

NOTE: Due to the limitations of the VMware ESXi operating system, the Setting Alert Actions feature is not available with this release of Server Administrator.
For an explanation of other buttons present on Server Administrator Action pages, see Server Administrator Window Buttons.