1. add elrepo to your repositories

2. yum –enablerepo=elrepo install kmod-coretemp # this will install lm_sensor 2.10.8 as its dependencies.

3. lsmod | grep coretemp # coretemp should be loaded by now

4. download latest lm_sensors 3.20 source, compile and install

5. edit /etc/init.d/lm_sensors entry

     from : PSENSORS=/usr/bin/sensors
     to: PSENSORS=/usr/local/bin/sensors

6. chkconfig lm_sensors on

7. done

     modinfo it87
     
     modinfo coretemp

optional

1. add the ff. to your zabbix_agent.conf

   UserParameter=sensors[\*],/usr/local/bin/sensors | grep "$1" | head -$2 | tail -1 | awk "{print $"$3"}" | sed 's/[-!@#\$%^&\*()°+a-zA-Z]//g'

2. add the ff to your sensors3.conf under the chip it87 entry

label fan1 “CPU Fan”