11 KVM Target Metrics

This section describes the metrics used to monitor keyboard, video or visual display unit, mouse (KVM) targets The Avocent MergePoint Unity Switch plug-in enables Enterprise Manager Grid Control to monitor KVM targets. The plug-in provides the status of the KVM and event occurrences, such as Factory Defaults Set, Fan Failure, Aggregated Target Device Status, Power Supply Failure, Power Supply Restored, Reboot Started, Temperature Out of Range on the KVM target.

Aggregated Target Device Status Changed

This section provides details of the aggregated target device status changed metrics.

Aggregated Target Device Status

Status 0 indicates that the aggregate server status has changed.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected through SNMP push.

User Action

No user action is required.

Aggregated Target Device Status Changed Object

This the encoded value of the aggregate server status upon change.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected through SNMP push.

User Action

No user action is required.

Factory Defaults Set

This section provides details on the factory defaults set metrics.

Factory Defaults Set Status

Status 0 indicates that the KVM was commanded to set itself to factory defaults.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected through SNMP push (traps).

User Action

No user action is required.

Fan Failure

This section provides details on the fan failure metrics.

Fan Failure Status

Status 0 indicates that the KVM's fan has failed.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected through SNMP push.

User Action

No user action is required.

Power Supply

This section provides details on the power supply metrics.

Power Supply Status

Status 0 indicates that the KVM's power supply has failed.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected through SNMP push.

User Action

No user action is required.

Reboot Started

This section describes the reboot started metrics.

Reboot Started Status

Status 0 indicates that the KVM is rebooting.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected using OS line token fetchlet by running the agent provided script osresp.pl

User Action

No user action is required.

User Name

The name of the user that ordered the KVM to reboot.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected using OS line token fetchlet by running the agent provided script osresp.pl

User Action

No user action is required.

Response

This section describes the response metrics.

Status

Indicator of whether OMS on the KVM is running. 1 indicates Up, 0 indicates Down

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected using OS line token fetchlet by running the agent provided script osresp.pl

User Action

No user action is required.

TCP Ping, Milliseconds

This is the KVM ping time, in ms.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected using OS line token fetchlet by running the agent provided script osresp.pl

User Action

No user action is required.

Temperature Range

This section provides details on the temperature range metrics.

Temperature Out Of Range Status

Status 0 indicates that the KVM's temperature is outside operating range.

Metric Summary for Database Control

The following table shows how often the metric's value is collected.

Target Version	Collection Frequency
All Versions	Every 5 Minutes

Data Source

Collected through SNMP push

User Action

No user action is required.