From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 04:55:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7566416A403 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:55:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnewman@networktest.com) Received: from ns.networktest.com (ns.networktest.com [64.239.163.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41FD143D5F for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:55:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dnewman@networktest.com) Received: by ns.networktest.com (Postfix, from userid 1020) id D2F75171BF; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:55:53 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on saronni.eng.networktest.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from [192.168.1.108] (ca-agoura-cuda2b-77.ventca.adelphia.net [70.32.161.77]) by ns.networktest.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBEDE170C4 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:55:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <454585D9.4090909@networktest.com> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:55:53 -0800 From: David Newman Organization: Network Test Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Macintosh/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: accessing BIOS and RAID info on old Compaqs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:55:54 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings. For FBSD 6.1 on old Compaq DL320 and 1850R machines: 1. Is there a way to access the system BIOS, either at boot time or (preferably) from within FBSD? I'm specifically interested in seeing what the system's hardware clock is set to. 2. Is there a way to monitor the Compaq Smart Array RAID controllers and disks attached to them from within FBSD? Smartmontools is great for monitoring disk health, but no good with RAID. I don't have Compaq RAID CDs for all the machines in question, and in any event would prefer to monitor disks from within FBSD if possible. thanks dn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFRYXZyPxGVjntI4IRAj/rAKDIL+4dEO5boLCyyaSVRjrjiTaHlgCgxz5V 3Tdj/TWe0id1B0MLwwUEITI= =2zec -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----