Administrator Guide

Executive summary
4 Telemetry Streaming with iDRAC9 – Metric Reports Using Rsyslog | Document ID: 362
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.
Customers can configure the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) to be streamed using
Redfish event listener, SSE Server-Sent Events (SSE) or using Remote Syslog (Rsyslog.) Most applications
and analytic engines support the syslog protocol. Sending the Telemetry reports using syslog protocol allows
a wide range of existing applications and analytical engines to consume and process these reports. This white
paper provides information about configuring iDRAC to stream iDRAC Telemetry reports for Dell EMC
PowerEdge Servers over Rsyslog.
Figure 1 – Overview of infrastructure setup to stream iDRAC Telemetry streaming over Rsyslog