From the course: Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Essentials: Remote Server Management
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Chassis intrusion
From the course: Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Essentials: Remote Server Management
Chassis intrusion
- [Instructor] We will look into a script in Python of how to detect chassis intrusion status using IPMI tool. Let's take a look into the command and see how it works. What it does, it runs a command, captures the output, and parses the line containing chassis intrusion. If the value is inactive, it means the chassis is closed and it prints a message stating, "no intrusion is detected". If the value is active, it triggers an alert indicating the chassis has been open and should be checked immediately. If the script fails to retrieve the status, it will print an error message. This is a fundamental script that can be expanded into a loop for continuous monitoring. You can also integrate this with further functionalities, such as sending an email, triggering an API call, to create a ticket, or invoking any other alert mechanism. Depending on how you want to handle the intrusion detection, the loop can be built by calling monitor chassis intrusion periodically, and once an alert is…
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