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Discovery

Step 1. Task definition

  • Defines the general settings and schedule of the Discovery task.
  • A specific agent group must be selected. The plugin rejects an empty group or the All group.
  • The interval defined in the task is also assigned to the agents generated by the plugin.

Step 2. iDRAC configuration

  • iDRAC targets: required list of IP addresses, DNS names, or URLs. It accepts one target per line and uses HTTPS when the scheme is omitted. All targets in a task must belong to the selected iDRAC generation.
  • iDRAC credentials: required credentials.custom entry. Pandora FMS provides the user and password fields to the plugin encoded in Base64.
  • iDRAC version: selects the Redfish structure used to query temperature and power data. The available options are iDRAC 9 and iDRAC 10. The default is iDRAC 9.
  • Use session authentication: creates a Redfish session and uses the X-Auth-Token header instead of Basic authentication. Disabled by default.
  • Validate TLS certificate: validates the TLS certificate presented by iDRAC. Disabled by default to support the self-signed certificates commonly used by iDRAC.
  • Request timeout: maximum connection and response time for each request, in seconds. The default is 10, and the effective minimum is 5.

Step 3. Agent settings

  • Agent name prefix: prefix added to each agent name. The default is iDRAC.
  • Module name prefix: optional prefix added to every generated module. Empty by default.
  • Agent autodisable mode: sets agent_mode to 2 to temporarily disable an agent when all its modules become unknown. Disabled by default; in that case, agent_mode is set to 1.

Step 4. Module tokens

  • System modules: creates general health, power state, CPU, memory, and inventory modules. Enabled by default.
  • Fan modules: creates speed, health, and state modules for every discovered fan. Enabled by default.
  • Temperature modules: creates temperature, health, and state modules for every discovered sensor. Enabled by default.
  • Power supply modules: creates consumption, capacity, input, output, health, and state modules for power supplies. Enabled by default.
  • Storage modules: creates modules for controllers, physical drives, and volumes. Enabled by default.
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