# ipmi\_sensors\_states **URL:** \ **Category:** Alerts\ **Created:** [November 20, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/ipmi-sensors-states/2185 "2021-11-20T18:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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# ipmi\_sensors\_states ## OS: Any This alert presents the number of IPMI sensors in the non-nominal state. If this alert is received, then there are IPMI sensors in the warning or critical state. - This alert is raised in a warning state when the amount of sensors in a warning state are greater than 0. - If there are any sensors in a critical state, then the alert is also raised to critical. > **References and Sources** > > 1. [“ipmi-sensors” manual page](https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/manpages/man8/ipmi-sensors.8.html) ### Troubleshooting Section > **Use "ipmi-sensors" tools** > > ipmi-sensors is a free software used to display sensor information (the package name is “freeipmi-tools”). > > Here are some useful commands: > > > -v, --verbose Output verbose sensor output. > > This option will output additional information about sensors such as thresholds, ranges, > > numbers, and event/reading type codes. > > > –output-sensor-state Output sensor state in output. > > This will add an additional output reporting if a sensor is in a NOMINAL, WARNING, or CRITICAL > > state. The sensor state is an interpreted value based on the current sensor event. The sensor > > state interpretations are determined by the configuration file > > /etc/freeipmi//freeipmi\_interpret\_sensor.conf. > > You can see more options in the [manual page](https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/manpages/man8/ipmi-sensors.8.html).