Historical Sensor Information

[Brad Bishop]

at 10:51 PM, Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer at google.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 4:05 PM Wilfred Smith <wilfredsmith at fb.com> wrote:
>> I presume most vendors desire the ability to query historical sensor  
>> information from the BMC.
>>         Has this feature been implemented already? If so, please direct me.
>>         If not, has someone already begun development?
>>         Is there an existing specification or write-up?
>>         Any ‘druthers or preferences on how I might proceed such that my effort benefits the wider community?
>>
>> Wilfred
>
> I think that the space constriction on many BMCs has left folks to
> instead query over IPMI/Redfish and compile historical information
> elsewhere. Can you tell a little more about the use case and indicate
> why you would rather save history on the BMC than off the BMC?

Hi Emily.  FWIW, some of IBMs customers also have the desire to get  
historical sensor information from the BMC.  In our existing server  
products this is something we’ve offered them and will continue to offer  
going forward.

-brad