CentOS - Feb 2006 - Raid tools for hardware raid?

Okay, this is probably a stupid question, but here goes:

We've got a database server that I'm going to wipe clean and install the
latest OS.  It's running 2.1 right now, and it has a hardware raid.  
I've found lots of stuff on software raid tools, but are there any tools 
on hardware raid?

We've got another box, an IBM AS/400, and when one of it's raid disks 
fail there's a message in the system queue to let me know.  I'd like to 
find a way to have this database box email me or something if one of the 
raid disks fail, and then of course the tools to rebuild the raid when I 
replace the disk.

We're running Adaptec RAID SCSI adapters:

[oracle at sibrsdbs oracle]$ dmesg | grep -i scsi
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI
0/5/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded
(scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI
0/5/1
(scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.5/5.2.0
       <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter>
scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.5/5.2.0
       <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter>


Thanks!

Ben

On 08/02/06, Benjamin J. Weiss <benjamin at birdvet.org>
wrote:
> Okay, this is probably a stupid question, but here goes:
>
> We've got a database server that I'm going to wipe clean and
install the
> latest OS.  It's running 2.1 right now, and it has a hardware raid.
> I've found lots of stuff on software raid tools, but are there any
tools
> on hardware raid?
>From first-hand experience Dell, HP and 3ware provide utilities which
let you configure and monitor their controllers from within the OS
itself (assuming at least enough RAID config to get an OS installed
:))

I believe Adaptec cried off providing proper support for their cards
under Linux anymore though I could be mistaken.

On cursory inspection, this archived FreeBSD list mail appears to
provide a decent summary of your options for Adaptec...

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2005-August/001987.html

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=adaptec+linux+cli+management&hl=en

Will.