On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, John R Pierce wrote: > To: centos at centos.org > From: John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] SAS storage arrays, C6, and SES lights > > On 08/15/11 3:31 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: >> Afaik the LEDs won't work out-of-the-box. >> >> There's no daemon currently in Linux responsible for monitoring disk status >> and lighting up SES LEDs accordingly.. > > yikes. thats pretty amateur. I thought Linux was better than that. > > I've found some man pages for sg_ses, which appears to be a util for > querying and commanding the SES, including turning the lights on and off. Not sure if you can write a plugin for GKrelM, that is used to monitor disk I/O and temperatures on my C5.6 box? Installed Packages Name : gkrellm Arch : i386 Version : 2.3.0 Release : 4.el5.1 Size : 1.8 M Repo : installed Summary : Multiple stacked system monitors in one process URL : http://www.gkrellm.net/ License : GPLv3+ Description: GKrellM charts CPU, load, Disk, and all active net interfaces : automatically. An on/off button and online timer for the PPP : interface is provided, as well as monitors for memory and swap : usage, file system, internet connections, APM laptop battery, : mbox style mailboxes, and temperature sensors on supported : systems. Also included is an uptime monitor, a hostname label, : and a clock/calendar. Additional features are: : : * Autoscaling grid lines with configurable grid line : resolution. : * LED indicators for the net interfaces. : * A gui popup for configuration of chart sizes and : resolutions. Available Packages Name : gkrellm-daemon Arch : i386 Version : 2.2.7 Release : 0.el5.rf Size : 50 k Repo : rpmforge Summary : The GNU Krell Monitor Daemon URL : http://www.gkrellm.net/ License : GPL Description: This contains only the gkrellm daemon, which you can install on : its own on machines you intend to monitor with gkrellm from a : different location. Name : gkrellm-devel Arch : i386 Version : 2.2.7 Release : 0.el5.rf Size : 18 k Repo : rpmforge Summary : Include headers from the GNU Krell Monitor URL : http://www.gkrellm.net/ License : GPL Description: Install this package if you intend to compile plugins to use : with the GKrellM monitor. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------