Ah, I do have an SNMP monitoring system. The boxes will not all be directly accessible, but fortunately the tools of choice support "pass through" monitoring, and I will have a machine that does face the outside, to implement this on. > -----Original Message----- > From: Stan Brown [mailto:stanb@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lowell, Timothy > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 2:22 PM > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [foxboro] hardware monitoring > > Stan, > > If you have PI, you could set up PI IT Monitor on the third/fourth > Ethernet port(s) to monitor anything SNMP can monitor on these boxes. > I think there is a discussion in the archives on this, and Invensys > does not have a problem with starting up SNMP services on the Dell > boxes (please let us know if this has changed, Invensys people). If > you don't have PI or IT Monitor, Ipswitch's What's Up Gold is one > alternative I have heard of used at Tesoro, and I'm sure there are many > competitors in this space. > > Tim Lowell > Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company > 19100 Ridgewood Parkway > San Antonio, TX 78259 > 210-626-4929 (w) > 210-253-0225 (c) > timothy.lowell@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of stan > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:13 PM > To: Foxboro List > Subject: [foxboro] hardware monitoring > > We are doing a job that will have Dell R790 based P90's on it. These > machines have various redundancy features, such as dual power supplies, > and > RAIDed disks. > > How can we monitor these, so that we get value out of the money we are > spending for this? > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process > Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at > your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html > > foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro > to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join > to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave > The information contained in this message and any attached files may be privileged and/or confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please so notify the sender immediately without reading it. Also, please promptly destroy the original transmission and its attachments. Any views or opinions presented in this message or attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation or its subsidiaries. _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave