Hi, I'd like to monitor the disks connected to a ServeRaid-8k controller in a server running Centos 7 such that I can know when one fails. What's the best way to do that?
> I'd like to monitor the disks connected to a ServeRaid-8k controller in a > server running Centos 7 such that I can know when one fails. > > What's the best way to do that?It's been a long time since I worked with ServeRaid, and things may have changed in the meantime. IBM used to have a an iso with ServeRaid related tools (ibm_sw_srapp_.....) that included Linux versions of RaidMan. There were also command line tools like arcconf and hrconf that I used to write my own nagios plugins. Can't say how up to date this is. https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm1SERV-RAID
hwilmer wrote:> > I'd like to monitor the disks connected to a ServeRaid-8k controller in > a server running Centos 7 such that I can know when one fails. > > What's the best way to do that?>From a *really* short search, see it has a controller card If you do anlspci, what does that tell you - is it yet another rebranded LSI card? If so, MegaRAID. mark
On 3/14/19 2:31 PM, isdtor wrote:> >> I'd like to monitor the disks connected to a ServeRaid-8k controller in a >> server running Centos 7 such that I can know when one fails. >> >> What's the best way to do that? > > It's been a long time since I worked with ServeRaid, and things may have changed in the meantime. > > IBM used to have a an iso with ServeRaid related tools (ibm_sw_srapp_.....) that included Linux versions of RaidMan. There were also command line tools like arcconf and hrconf that I used to write my own nagios plugins. > > Can't say how up to date this is. > https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm1SERV-RAIDThanks, that's a good link! It seems there used to be a program called ipssend, but apparently there are only questionable 32bit versions. The only thing I really need is to know when a disk fails ... Does someone remember if the BMC of an IBM x3650 can tell you that? Even if I had to look it up from time to time, that would be better than nothing.
> hwilmer wrote: >> >> I'd like to monitor the disks connected to a ServeRaid-8k controller in >> a server running Centos 7 such that I can know when one fails. >> >> What's the best way to do that? > > From a *really* short search, see it has a controller card If you do an > lspci, what does that tell you - is it yet another rebranded LSI card? If > so, MegaRAID.The old IBM Netfinity Servers had ServeRaid controllers and they were from IBM and had nothing to do with LSI. IIRC I've monitored those RAIDs with the ipssend utility back in the last millennium (really, 1999) :-) Regards, Simon