Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:06:35 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PERC 5/E SAS RAID in Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950 Message-ID: <1C484AA4E94535D755BDAE7E@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20061031115534.F63561@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> References: <1150043830.3540.116.camel@compulsion> <20060907124923.J88388@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> <09335E9A-54BA-4D94-A1F4-AB05D51C37DA@redstarling.com> <1157860179.4207.114.camel@compulsion> <20061031115534.F63561@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org>
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--==========CCA106ED54945D37BDC0========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:58:50 -0500 "Brian A. Seklecki"=20 <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org> wrote: >> >> It finds the RAID controller fine. However, we're very concerned about >> the lack of a management CLI like ports/sysutils/megarc. > > Now that 6.2 release is imminent and bce(4) has been patched to the point > where it is relatively stable, we're nearing the point where we can > finally put Dell PowerEdge 1950s/2950s into production. > > However the lack of a MFI CLI management utility is still a grave > concern. Without it, there is no way to proactively monitor the RAID > controller for failed components (aside from sitting there 24/7/365 and > waiting for a blue light to go amber) > The DRAC cards do that, don't they? Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========CCA106ED54945D37BDC0==========--
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