Just making sure it's clear: OMSA is saying the _controller_ is degraded, not the volume/container. It might be better to use a different term than is used when a disk fails in a volume, but that's how it is. I fretted for days before I found this out.
On Tue, November 10, 2009 03:56, Hostmaster wrote: > Hi Wiley, Newer versions of OMSA trip our monitoring system (SNMP checks > of OMSA OID's) when PERC firmware and drivers are out of date. If you > have the full OMSA package including the web interface installed, it will > show in there. > > It might be worth checking your installed PERC firmware and LSI megaraid > drivers against those listed at support.dell.com as current for the 1850 > - you might be seeing what we do with these. > > HTH, > > Richard > > -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wiley Sanders > Posted At: 09 November 2009 23:13 Posted To: Hostmaster Conversation: > Perc4i / 1850 / Centos 5.2 - Raid 1 degraded but OK Subject: Perc4i / > 1850 / Centos 5.2 - Raid 1 degraded but OK > > I just installed Centos 5.2 / OMSA 5.5.0 on a Dell 1850 with Perc4i. The > 2 internal drives are Raid 1, "Omreport storage controller" reports > "degraded" but the vdisks and pdisks are all "OK". Is this normal? Did I > forget to go into the BIOS and set something to make the controller > rebuild automatically? > > Thanks -W Sanders http://wsanders.net > > # omreport storage controller Controller PERC 4e/Si (Embedded) ... State > : Degraded > > # omreport storage vdisk List of Virtual Disks in the System ... Status > : Ok Name : Virtual Disk 0 State : Ready > > # omreport storage pdisk controller=0 List of Physical Disks on > Controller PERC 4e/Si (Embedded) ... ID : 0:0 > Status : Ok Name : Physical Disk > 0:0 State : Online Failure Predicted : No > Progress : Not Applicable ... ID > : 0:1 Status : Ok Name : Physical > Disk 0:1 State : Online Failure Predicted : > No Progress : Not Applicable > > _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing > list [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read > the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > > All E-Mail communications are monitored in addition to being content > checked for malicious codes or viruses. The success of scanning products > is not guaranteed, therefore the recipient(s) should carry out any checks > that they believe to be appropriate in this respect. > > This message (including any attachments and/or related materials) is > confidential to and is the property of Computer Service Centre, unless > otherwise noted. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete > this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or > distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is > strictly prohibited. > > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of Computer Service Centre. > > _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing > list [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read > the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
