From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 22 15:35:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3523E16A41C for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:35:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C798B43D1D for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:35:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from [82.41.37.55] ([82.41.37.55]) by smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:36:32 +0100 Message-ID: <42B98556.6060908@dial.pipex.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:35:50 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050530 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us, pl MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Danny Cooper References: <20050622142654.B579643D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050622142654.B579643D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2005 15:36:32.0450 (UTC) FILETIME=[2A7EEA20:01C57740] Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEge 2850 and RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:35:53 -0000 Danny Cooper wrote: >We have the PE2850 with PERC 4e/Di controller but this can not be monitored >through FreeBSD, I am currently looking at a Drac4 to send traps out to >another server for monitoring purposes. > > Thanks for the info. Two followup questions for you, if I may. 1) Assuming you are using RAID features, what are you doing right now to monitor whether the disks are OK? (Please feel free to say that you're watching the LEDs flash, but if you do, I think I'll start gibbering and drooling in the corner). 2) The only mention (other than Dell sales-brochure-speak) of the DRAC which I found was this, http://stats.kwsn.net/newfeatures.html, which implies that the DRAC is usable regardless of what OS you run. My impression is that it is basically giving you a remote console which lets you at the innards of the machine. You say you're looking at getting the Drac4 to do automatic notification, but can you, right now, just log in to it and tell the state of the disks? Sorry if these questions are a bit basic. I've never worked with Dell server kit before, or even a RAID under FreeBSD. Thanks, --Alex