Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 21:07:22 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Again: CRD-Raid-Controller and FreeBSD 3.x Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912132104270.5774-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199912140644.WAA01069@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Actually, all the internal controllers (bar a couple of very old Mylex > > > units) have much nicer interfaces in their BIOS code. I'll take a > > > fullscreen app over trying to build my spanned array with three > > > pushbuttons and a 40x2 LCD. 8) > > > > BIOS? That means the server is down. I'm talking about _online_. > > There you've got me. But not for too long. 8) > > > I love playing the "which disk is dead" game when a DPT RAID > > controller's audible alarm is sounding, but I have to boot into the > > management interface to figure out which one. > > This is what managed enclosures are for. Huh? And how is that supposed to work? I use SAF-TE enclosures. Unless I can access the RAID management app, how can I access that info? That certainly isn't possible with a DPT controller. Besides, SAF-TE can tell what disks are plugged in, not which ones actually work. > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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