topic Re: Is there a description of environment sensors ? in ONTAP Hardware

Is there a description of environment sensors ?

Michael_K — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:55:12 GMT

Hallo community

we want to monitor the NetApp sensors for temperatures, fans etc.. The data of the FAS systems are read out with Powershell (Invoke-NcSystemApi), written to an InfluxDB and graphically processed with Grafana - that works. But
* is there somewhere a detailed description, which sensor is responsible for what?
* how do I get the corresponding data from E-Series systems?

Any idea?

Best Regards

Michael

Re: Is there a description of environment sensors ?

Ontapforrum — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:21:00 GMT

For FAS/AFF:
::> system node environment sensors show -instance
https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9121//system-node-environment-sensors-show.html#description

For E-Series: (Could only find these):
https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Hybrid_Cloud_Infrastructure/StorageGRID/Does_SG6060_provide_granular_mapping_f__temperature_sensors__E-Series___Compute_node%3F
https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Systems/E-Series_Storage_Array/E-Series_Nominal_temperature_exceeded_-_AutoSupport_Message
https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Systems/E-Series_Storage_Array/E-Series_Power_supply_failed_-_AutoSupport_Message

Re: Is there a description of environment sensors ?

Michael_K — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:15:28 GMT

Hello,

as described above, I already collect the data of all sensors via PowerShell and prepare them graphically with Grafana; so of course I know the CLI command "::> system node environment sensors show -instance".

What I am missing is the exact meaning of the sensors, which sensor is responsible for what? There are a lot of sensors for temperature, voltage, current etc. depending on the hardware.

Which are the most important sensors?
Is there any hardware documentation about it?
For example, how can I calculate the current power consumption (watts) with which sensors (at any time, night or under heavy load)? - I know that there is information about "Watts Typical", "Watts Worst" etc. in the Hardware Universe, but that is not enough.

Best Regards

Michael

Re: Is there a description of environment sensors ?

aladd — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:31:24 GMT

Depending on the chassis environment you're looking at there are KBs that will tie in sensor ID's with a location on the chassis (e.g. https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Systems/FAS_Systems/How_to_map_NS224_shelf_elements_to_physical_locations_within_the_shelf)

Re: Is there a description of environment sensors ?

NetAppCE — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 13:10:15 GMT

I have the same question. from the system sensors command we can get the detailed sensor information. But How can I know the sensor detail explanation item by item.