Need Recommendation for RAID Monitoring Software

[Matt Morgan]

On 2/23/06, Matt Roth <mroth at imminc.com> wrote:
> List users,
>
> We are running Fedora Core 3 on multiple Dell PowerEdge servers.  Each
> machine has an onboard LSI Logic PERC 4e/Si RAID controller, megaraid
> drivers (2.20), and two SCSI disks configured in a RAID 1 (mirrored).
>
> As part of our backup routine, we pull out a drive from each machine and
> swap in a new one.  The pulled drives are stored as backups, and the
> mirrors are rebuilt on the new disks.
>
> This has been working well for us, but we have not been able to find
> software that allows us to monitor the rebuild.  The only ways that we
> can tell when it is complete are by monitoring the drive activity lights
> or by rebooting the server and going into the RAID controller's firmware
> utility.  The first method is error-prone and the second method is not a
> valid option, because we need to keep the machines available during the
> rebuild.
>
> I'm fairly certain that there is Dell software for RAID monitoring from
> the OS, but it is Windows specific.  I would greatly appreciate it if
> someone could recommend a text-mode software package for FC3 that offers
> the same functionality as well as the ability to monitor the RAIDs for
> disk failures.

Dell makes their management software available for Linux. They even
have a yum repo! Consider joining the linux-poweredge list:

http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge

And get general info at http://linux.dell.com/ .

I installed the dell openmanage stuff recently, but I don't really
know how to use it. So I'll stop there.

Good luck,
Matt