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From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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Subject: Re: PERC 5/E SAS RAID in Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950
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--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/

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