Joe Janitor wrote: > > Are you sure about that? I am running a standard RH6.2 > distro and the RAID1 controller works fine. I believe > it depends which PERC controller you are using. > > --- Joseph Bueno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joe Janitor wrote: > > > > > > Hi: > > > > > > Dell Poweredge 2450 running RH6.2, PERC2 hardware > > raid > > > controller - RAID1 configuration. > > > > > > I want to know how I can monitor the status of the > > two > > > drives, or at least know if one has failed. I > > looked > > > in the FAQ, but my /proc/mdstat only reads: > > > Personalities : > > > read_ahead not set > > > unused devices: <none> > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Joe > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > - > > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > > "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi, > > > > I also have DELL PowerEdge 2450/PERC2 raid and RH62. > > > > The only way I have found to monitor RAID status is > > to use 'afacli' utility. You can download it from > > Dell site. > > However, it is an interactive tool and I have not > > been able to > > use it in batch mode (I usually set up some > > monitoring scripts > > that monitor system operations and email me some > > reports). > > > > I am currently considering NOT using Dell servers > > anymore because: > > - PERC2 driver is a binary only module that is > > available > > for RH62 (and may be RH7 now) only. > > - No support for Linux 2.4 kernels. > > - Dell told us that these machines ran standard > > Linux kernel, > > this is wrong since a binary only driver available > > from Dell is > > necessary. > > > > Hope this helps > > -- > > Joseph Bueno > > NetClub/Trader.com > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > > "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Hi, Dell names PERC a family of RAID controllers; some use 'megaraid' driver which is standard in Linux kernel, other use 'percraid' that is NOT (PowerEdge 2450 needs percraid). Regards -- Joseph Bueno NetClub/Trader.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
