6.0 on Dell 1850 with PERC4e/DC RAID?

[Scott Mitchell]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:09:09PM -0600, David Sze wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 03:34:24PM -0800, Doug White wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Scott Mitchell wrote:
> > > supported by amr(4), but I'm wondering how well it actually works in the
> > > case of a disk failure.  Will the driver tell me that disk has failed (a
> > > syslog message would be enough) or will I have to make a daily trip into
> > > the server room to check the front panel lights?  Presumably it handles
> > > hot-swapping a replacement drive OK?
> > 
> > >From what I remember, you will receive status-change kernel messages when
> > disks disappear, rebuilds start, and so forth. So for most day-to-day
> > manipulation you should be fine.
> > 
> > You may want to make sure the auto rebuild option is enabled in the
> > controller's BIOS since no working control programs from userland are
> > generally available at this time. That also means you can't create new
> > volumes at runtime, but thats not so horrible...
> 
> The sysutils/megarc port appears to work for both status change polling
> and runtime configuration (at least on a PE800 and a PE2850 that I tested
> on).

Cool, I'll check that out when the hardware arrives.

Many thanks,

	Scott

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