A little script to help gather power statistics off of linux boxes see IPMI Thermal Sensors about the sdr cache.

#!/bin/sh

# 2010-01-11

# Outputs one line per sensor.

# Sensor Data Repository cache to improve performance
# generate cache with "ipmitool sdr dump <filename>"
SDR_CACHE=/var/cache/ipmitool/sdr

case $1 in
   amps)
       ID=10
       PATTERN="^PS[[:digit:]] AC Current"
   ;;
   watts)
       ID=10
       PATTERN="^PS[[:digit:]] .* Power"
   ;;
   --help)
       echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <amps|watts>"
       exit 0
   ;;
   *)
       echo "Unsupported Sensor" 1>&2
       exit 1
   ;;
esac