Christian Appelgren wrote:
> Jason Ede wrote:
>   
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:linux-poweredge-
>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Christian Appelgren
>>> Sent: 18 November 2008 07:38
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: Disk status with IPMI over lan or SNMP from DRAC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jason Ede wrote:
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>>>       
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:linux-poweredge-
>>>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Christian Appelgren
>>>>> Sent: 17 November 2008 08:37
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Disk status with IPMI over lan or SNMP from DRAC
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it any way that I can get disk status or raid array status from a
>>>>> Poweredge 1950 (or similar) using IPMI over LAN or SNMP to DRAC snmp
>>>>> agent? I would very much appreciate to get this status without
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> having
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> to
>>>>> install OpenManage software in server OS.
>>>>>
>>>>> I now get status of fan speeds and temperatures with IPMI over lan.
>>>>> From
>>>>> SNMP agent I get nothing. I have understood that I can have the DRAC
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> to
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> send me a trap if something goes wrong, but I would prefer to poll
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> this
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> status over time instead of waiting for a trap.
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> I was looking to do this myself. From everything I could read though
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> IPMI using BMC/DRAC can't read the RAID status.
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Have you thought about reading the event log -USER sel elist options
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> for ipmi read if I remember correctly.
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Jason
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>>> Do you have any waypoints to docs which cover the output in event list
>>> in case of disk/raid failure? Sadly I think this will be a little bit
>>> tricky to poll as I hoped to use the IPMI agent of zabbix
>>> (www.zabbix.com) which now reads sensors with temp/fan status of my
>>> servers.
>>>
>>> Also I am very curious on what the SNMP agent on the DRAC interface
>>> could do. I can't find anything about it in the docs, all I can find is
>>> about polling snmp agent in OS after installing openmanage software.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> I use zabbix too and have been looking at this very issue for a ESXi server 
>> where the zabbix agent cant be installed (I've tried a few times).
>>
>> There is a good script on the zabbix site for the IPMI data, but apart from 
>> ESXi which can read the Dell RAID status directly it seems to be necessary 
>> to use openmanage :(
>>
>> I'm afraid I haven't yet found any docs on the event lists in that event 
>> log, but I believe a drive failure would show up there. Once I have one of 
>> our R200's offline I'm going to investigate that very issue.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>>     
>
> Maybe someone else can fill in about the snmp agent on DRAC interface?
>
> I would very much appreciate in hearing your results after you have
> looked into it further :)
>
> /
>  Christian
>
>   
OK, I've found out it's possible to get status from IPMI / BMC using
IPMI over LAN. For example, use ipmitool like so:

ipmitool -I lan -H ip.ad.dre.ss -U user -P passwd -L USER sdr type
"Drive Slot / Bay"

I can get results like this:

Drive            | 80h | ok  | 26.1 | Drive Present


But the response seems to differ between different server models. And
some does not even change value when one disk is removed.

Cheers

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Christian Appelgren
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