On Oct 18, 2006, at 7:26 PM, Daryl wrote: > Hi All, > > Background: I have HP RAID setups (Smart Array 5, shows up as /dev/ > cciss/c0d0) on my DL380s, and they run great with CentOS. I have > had a drive failure (HDD lights up amber), so I pulled the HDD, > replaced it and the RAID controller rebuilt the array in a jiffy - > no probs. > > My question: I cant find anything in the logs to alert me that a > drive failed - this makes sense since the RAID is hardware, so i > presume i need some management software however i cant find > anything on HP or Compaq's sites to tell me what software i need to > be running. I imaging it is something like cpq_alert or such. > | > Does anyone on the list run HP or Compaq hotswapable kit? How do > you get alerted to failures? 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. Using the PSP is *much* easier than installing the various Proliant linux utilities piecemeal. -steve -- If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night