[collectd] Intel S5500BC: collectd ipmi plugin and IPMI error 0xff

[Pavel]

20.03.2019 21:39, Sergey пишет:
> Hello.
>
> I have a problem with one (hardware) system under Linux.
> Sometime some sensors returns an error 0xff:
>
> Mar 19 07:48:25 collectd[28450]: ipmi plugin: sensor_read_handler: Removing sensor Processor 1 FAN fan_cooling (29.2), because it failed with IPMI error 0xff.
> Mar 19 13:39:45 collectd[28450]: ipmi plugin: sensor_read_handler: Removing sensor IOH Therm Margin system_board (7.20), because it failed with IPMI error 0xff.
> Mar 20 14:08:25 collectd[28450]: ipmi plugin: sensor_read_handler: Removing sensor BB +3.3V system_board (7.12), because it failed with IPMI error 0xff.
>
> Data isn't collected after this. Reloading collectd helps.
> I can parse a logs and reloading collectd by this case.
> But can I do it  through collectd maybe ?
>
> More question. Is this is a problem in ipmi plugin may be?
> This continues for many years on a single server. Different
> kernels were used during this time. 4.4.68 is used now.
> collectd is 5.7.2. Hardware: Intel S5500BC mainboard,
> BIOS S5500.86B.01.00.0060.090920111354 (09/09/2011).
> I don't have a similar mainboard for compare unfortunately.
>
Hi,

Please use more recent Collectd, and recent OpenIPMI.