Remote notification of server problems.

[Tim Krego_1]

Yesterday the place where we co-locate our server had an AC problem and their server room temperature was well over 100 degrees. Our K460 box must have sensed the temperature and did an auto shutdown. Is that guess correct?

Can SAM or other software be configured to send me system messages when there are problems? Either using email or paging?

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Hi Tim,

Yes that is exactly what happened. On a K-box you get the 1st warning at 95F, the 2nd warning at 104F, and shutdown at 109F.

Man envd to get some ideas on how to detect this condition.

My favorite way to handle this situation is actually to purchase an external digital thermometer with a serial interface and poll it
every minute. This is a very easy piece of code to write and the nice aspect of this is that you don't have to rely on what sensors are available on any given piece of hardware. If you are interested, I can supply more details.

Regards, Clay