On 2/23/06, Matt Roth <mroth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > List users, > > We are running Fedora Core 3 on multiple Dell PowerEdge servers. Each > machine has an onboard LSI Logic PERC 4e/Si RAID controller, megaraid > drivers (2.20), and two SCSI disks configured in a RAID 1 (mirrored). > > As part of our backup routine, we pull out a drive from each machine and > swap in a new one. The pulled drives are stored as backups, and the > mirrors are rebuilt on the new disks. > > This has been working well for us, but we have not been able to find > software that allows us to monitor the rebuild. The only ways that we > can tell when it is complete are by monitoring the drive activity lights > or by rebooting the server and going into the RAID controller's firmware > utility. The first method is error-prone and the second method is not a > valid option, because we need to keep the machines available during the > rebuild. > > I'm fairly certain that there is Dell software for RAID monitoring from > the OS, but it is Windows specific. I would greatly appreciate it if > someone could recommend a text-mode software package for FC3 that offers > the same functionality as well as the ability to monitor the RAIDs for > disk failures. Dell makes their management software available for Linux. They even have a yum repo! Consider joining the linux-poweredge list: http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge And get general info at http://linux.dell.com/ . I installed the dell openmanage stuff recently, but I don't really know how to use it. So I'll stop there. Good luck, Matt
