OP5 Monitor - How to Monitor Cisco UCS Blade chassi

Introduction:

This how-to article describes how to monitor a Cisco UCS Blade chassi.
There is no plugin for UCS monitoring included in the product, so this has to be downloaded and installed as a custom plugin. 

This plugin can monitor

• Chassi Temperature
• Chassi Fans Status
• Chassi Power Supplies Status
• IO Card Status
• Fault summary from UCS Manager

Prerequisites:

• Shell access to the host running OP5 Monitor
• A read-only SNMP community configured in the UCS manager

Installation:

1. Download this file to the "/opt/plugins/custom" directory:

   # wget -O /opt/plugins/custom/check_ucs https://itrs.zendesk.com/hc/article_attachments/360030418973/check_ucs

2. Make the file executable:

   # chmod 755 /opt/plugins/custom/check_ucs

Command configuration:

1. Go to OP5 Monitor Configuration | Commands
   

2. Create 5 check commands:

   Name	Command
   check_ucs_temp	$USER1$/custom/check_ucs -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $ARG1$ -T ct -N $ARG2$
   check_ucs_fan_status	$USER1$/custom/check_ucs -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $ARG1$ -T f -N $ARG2$
   check_ucs_iocard_status	$USER1$/custom/check_ucs -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $ARG1$ -T ci -N $ARG2$
   check_ucs_PSU_status	$USER1$/custom/check_ucs -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $ARG1$ -T po -N $ARG2$
   check_ucs_fault_summary	$USER1$/custom/check_ucs -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -C $ARG1$ -T fs

3. Add these 5 check commands as services to the UCS chassi host with the check command arguments below.
   We assume that the SNMP community name is 'public' and the chassis name is 'chassis-1', check you names in the UCS Manager:

   Service Description	Check command	Check command Arguments
   Chassi Temperature	check_ucs_temp	public!chassis-1
   Fan Status	check_ucs_fan_status	public!chassis-1
   IO Card Status	check_ucs_iocard_status	public!chassis-1
   Power Supply Status	check_ucs_PSU_status	public!chassis-1
   Fault Summary	check_ucs_fault_summary	public

4. Save your configuration