How to blink a sas drive light?

[Outback Dingo]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Achim Patzner <ap at bnc.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:21:23 -0500
>  Adam Vande More <amvandemore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Otherwise wiring down cam devices in such a big array would be useful for
>> situations like this.
>>
>
> I'd rather think GEOM labelling and letting nature take its course is the
> best invention since sliced bread if you're dealing with more than two
> drives (you might try fighting the squid salad you're facing with 24
> unmarked SAS lines coming out of some port extender or trying to remember
> which drawer was connected to which link). And with a large number  of
> drives investing some money in a controller that will help you getting
> things done (usually made by LSI these days) wouldn't be a mistake, either
> (also considering the tools that are available). And as Alan Somers already
> mentioned, there are those sg3 utils (http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_**
> utils.html <http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html>), too.
>
>
>
its got dual LSI controllers in it, on a enclosure, its a high end storage
unit....


> Achim
>