John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/20/2014 1:27 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> If this were a Dell RAID, I could use megaraid while the system's >> running. >> Does anyone know what I need to use to manage the HP "amart array" RAID? >> I've got an orange light on a drive, and can't find, googling, whether I >> can just pull the drive, or if I have to separate it from the RAID, >> or.... >> And can't bring the system down to use the firmware interface, not >> without >> upsetting users. >> >> Dealt with this a year or two ago, and can't find anything. > > hpacucli THANK YOU! That was *exactly* what I needed. Boy, is that interface user hostile. Finally got it to tell me the drive'd failed. Now, if we've got a spare 2.5" drive (I have grave doubts).... > > this page seems to suggest what all you need to install to get it to > play, I'd check HP's site for newer versions, of course, but then a g5 > is a pretty old server. > http://koo.fi/blog/2008/06/08/hp-array-configuration-and-diagnostic-utilities-on-linux/ It is. We inherited it, sorta, and it's in use in an intramural collaboration between us and another Institute. mark