Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:49:21 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Dell PowerEge 2850 and RAID Message-ID: <42B96C61.9080800@dial.pipex.com>
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I'd really like to get some concrete information about RAID management under FreeBSD/i386 (5.4) on a Dell PowerEdge 2850. I don't have this machine, but it is looking very likely that a client will be getting one and I'd like to have positive things to say about running FreeBSD on it. My major concern is how to monitor the RAID status without resorting to looking at the LEDs flash on the disks (*). Ideally, I'd like to be able to run something from a cron job which told me that everything was OK. If errors were logged to /var/log/messages or similar, that would be a nice plus. As far as I can tell, the machine could have either an LSI 53C1030 controller or a Dell PERC 4e/Di controller. For the LSI I can see that it is supported by the mtp driver, but can find nothing else. For the Dell PERC 4e/Di (a different LSI, I believe) it seems to be supported by the amr driver and I have found various references out there to these working under FreeBSD, but nothing specifically about monitoring the RAID. If anyone can provide some concrete information, I'd be grateful. I have also explored the Dell and LSI sites, but neither appear to let you browse their downloads unless you are a registered customer. Thanks, --Alex (*) For a short saga on a RAID which didn't, and no-one knew about it, see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-June/090786.html
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