[CentOS] HP (compaq) RAID - How to get alerts?

Thu Oct 19 04:25:08 UTC 2006
Jay Leafey <jay.leafey at mindless.com>

Steve Huff wrote:
> 
> Download the whole Proliant Support Pack for the appropriate RHEL version:
> 
> http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/psp/index.html
> 
> It's been a little while, but I believe you'll have to play with 
> /etc/issue to get the installer to run.

Close, it's the /etc/redhat-release file you need to monkey with.  The PSP installer is expecting to find a specific string in that 
file telling it what version of the distribution is in place.  I saved the old one and replace it with the single line:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 4)

After installing the PSP I put the old one back.

> Using the PSP is *much* easier than installing the various Proliant 
> linux utilities piecemeal.

Amen!  Figuring out which packages to install by yourself can be a bit confusing!
-- 
Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN
jay.leafey at mindless.com