Administrator Guide

Executive summary
4 Telemetry Streaming with iDRAC9 - Power and Thermal Metrics | ID 440
Executive summary
Beginning with iDRAC9 v4.00.00.00 firmware and a Datacenter license, IT managers can integrate advanced server
hardware operation telemetry into their existing analytics solutions. Telemetry is provided as granular, timeseries data that
is streamed, or pushed, compared to inefficient, legacy polling, or pulled, methods. The advanced agent-free architecture
in iDRAC9 provides over 180 data metrics that are related to server and peripherals operations. Metrics are precisely
timestamped and internally buffered to allow highly efficient data stream collection and processing with minimal network
loading. This comprehensive telemetry can be fed into analytics tools to predict failure events, optimize server operation,
and enhance cyber resiliency.
The iDRAC9 Telemetry Streaming collects and streams live system data from one or more PowerEdge servers to a
centralized collector. The focus of this paper is the Power and Thermal Telemetry reports, which include metrics,
statistics, and sensor data. It also describes how the reports can be triggered with associated triggers.
Telemetry Power and Thermal Reports
For details about how to configure and get started with Telemetry, see the white paper - “Telemetry Getting
Started.”