[CentOS] HP dl580 g5 RAID management

Thu Feb 20 21:46:19 UTC 2014
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

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

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/



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