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title: "IPMI monitoring"
sidebar_label: "IPMI monitoring"
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description: "What is IPMI monitoring, how to enable monitoring, how to view metrics"
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# IPMI monitoring

IPMI monitoring is a proactive hardware monitoring system for dedicated servers that allows you to detect signs of malfunctions and hardware degradation before a failure occurs.

Learn more about IPMI in the Selectel blog article [IPMI ― technology overview](https://habr.com/ru/companies/selectel/articles/439834/) on habr.ru.

Monitoring is supported by servers with a [KVM console](/dedicated/manage/kvm-console.mdx), which is available for every dedicated server, except for servers of the [Chipcore](/dedicated/order/dedicated-configurations.mdx#lines) line and servers in a custom rack — learn more on the [Servers in a custom rack](https://selectel.ru/services/dedicated/custom-rack/) page on selectel.ru.

The set of data collected by IPMI monitoring may vary depending on the server components. Sensors are used to track:

* whether the server is powered on;
* power consumption;
* temperature and cooling of server components;
* status of the processor, memory modules, power supplies;
* fan speed and status;
* voltage, and more.

IPMI does not transmit data on CPU load, RAM usage, or available disk space. Selectel does not have access to the server OS or user data. If faults requiring attention are detected, Selectel staff may create a ticket proposing that the necessary work be authorized.

If [IPMI monitoring is enabled](#enable-ipmi-monitoring) for a dedicated server, you can [view its metrics](#view-metrics) in the Control Panel. The Control Panel displays only a portion of the metrics. You can [get more metrics](/metrics/manage/get-metrics.mdx) using an agent:

* [Prometheus](/metrics/tools/prometheus.mdx);
* [VMAgent](/metrics/tools/vmagent.mdx);
* or [Telegraf](/metrics/tools/telegraf.mdx).

Metrics can also be visualized using [Grafana](/metrics/tools/grafana.mdx).

Learn more about the collected metrics in the [Metrics reference](/metrics/metrics-references.mdx) guide.

## Enable IPMI monitoring \{#enable-ipmi-monitoring}

IPMI monitoring can be enabled when [ordering a dedicated server](/dedicated/order/) and for existing servers.

1. In the [Control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/servers/), on the top menu, click **Products** and select **Dedicated servers**.

2. Open the server page → **Monitoring** tab.

3. Enable IPMI monitoring.

## View metrics \{#view-metrics}

Metric display in the Control panel depends on the data type:

* binary or ternary data is shown as statuses;
* quantitative data from sensors is shown as charts.

Charts display data for the selected period; statuses show the metric state for the last second of the selected period.

1. In the [Control panel](https://my.selectel.ru/servers/), on the top menu, click **Products** and select **Dedicated servers**.

2. Open the server page → **Monitoring** tab.

3. Optional: filter the metrics:

   3.1. Select a preset range or specify the period for which you need metrics.

   3.2. Select the time zone for displaying metric collection time — UTC or your local time.

4. View the statuses and charts of the available dedicated server metrics.

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