Administrator Guide
Configuring telemetry
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2 Configuring telemetry
Telemetry configuration allows you to configure telemetry data streaming behavior and report generation
behavior. It includes the global settings common to all reports, and those settings specific to each available
report. Enabling or disabling telemetry at the global setting level enables or disables all reports for telemetry
streaming. By default, the telemetry feature is disabled at the global setting level and for all reports
individually. A simple configuration includes enabling telemetry at the global setting, each wanted report, and
the report interval for each report.
By default, telemetry reports are sent to connected Redfish clients using the HTTP protocol. To receive
reports using the syslog protocol, configure the Remote Syslog (RSyslog) settings. Typically, reports are
streamed on a configured ReportInterval condition, but they can also be streamed at error or warning
conditions. Trigger definitions are based on iDRAC life-cycle events that are generated for error and warning
conditions.
Global settings
Setting
Description
EnableTelemetry
Enable or disable telemetry globally
RsyslogServer1
Remote syslog server 1 address IPv4, IPV6 or FQDN
RsyslogServer1Port
Remote syslog server 1 port
RsyslogServer2
Remote syslog server 2 address IPv4, IPV6, or FQDN
RsyslogServer2Port
Remote syslog server 2 port
TelemetrySubscription1
Redfish subscription (SSE or Post to Subscription)*
TelemetrySubscription2
Redfish subscription (SSE or Post to Subscription)*
Per report settings
Setting
Description
EnableTelemetry
Enable or disable telemetry for a report
ReportInterval
Specify when reports are pushed
ReportTriggers
Specify triggers for generating a report
RsyslogTarget
Specify if the report should be sent to a Rsyslog server
also
DevicePollFrequency
How often the device or source is polled for data. *
* read-only
Supported reports
AggregationMetrics
CUPS
GPUMetrics
NICStatistics
PSUMetrics
ThermalMetrics
CPUMemMetrics
FanSensor
GPUStatistics
NVMeSMARTData
Sensor
ThermalSensor
CPURegisters
FCSensor
MemorySensor