General Information

Monitoring temperatures in Linux servers.

Checklist

• Distro(s): Enterprise Linux 6/7
• Other: Server that has sensors

Install lm_sensors

yum install lm_sensors

Detect what sensors your server has

sensors-detect

• Enter 'YES' to all prompts to find all sensors.

Reboot or load required modules from /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors

Check current temperature and limits

sensors

Check temp in Fahrenheit

sensors -F