[CentOS] Raid tools for hardware raid?

Wed Feb 8 12:39:25 UTC 2006
Benjamin J. Weiss <benjamin at birdvet.org>

Okay, this is probably a stupid question, but here goes:

We've got a database server that I'm going to wipe clean and install the 
latest OS.  It's running 2.1 right now, and it has a hardware raid.  
I've found lots of stuff on software raid tools, but are there any tools 
on hardware raid?

We've got another box, an IBM AS/400, and when one of it's raid disks 
fail there's a message in the system queue to let me know.  I'd like to 
find a way to have this database box email me or something if one of the 
raid disks fail, and then of course the tools to rebuild the raid when I 
replace the disk.

We're running Adaptec RAID SCSI adapters:

[oracle at sibrsdbs oracle]$ dmesg | grep -i scsi
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/5/0
(scsi0) Wide Channel A, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded
(scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/5/1
(scsi1) Wide Channel B, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs
(scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 396 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.5/5.2.0
       <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter>
scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.2.5/5.2.0
       <Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160/m SCSI host adapter>


Thanks!

Ben