Getting RAID status info from aacraid/2410SA

sw497 · n00b Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 16

Hi,

I have an Adaptec 2410SA serial ATA RAID controller in a server, with four SATA drives in a RAID 5 config.

Now this all works fine, but I could really use a software method for detecting drive failures so I can get alerted and know to swap new hardware in.

I've googled around, searched all the places I can think of (linux kernel stuff, adaptec's site, etc), and can't find anything.

The only info I can find in /proc is acout the controller itself..

analysis scsi # pwd
/proc/scsi
analysis scsi # cat aacraid/0
Adaptec Raid Controller 1.1-3 Jun 7 2004 09:40:14, scsi hba number 0
kernel: 4.1-4[5934]
monitor: 4.1-4[5934]
bios: 4.1-0[5934]
serial: bba2fdfafaf001
analysis scsi # cat scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: ADAPTEC Model: primary Rev: V1.0
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
analysis scsi #

Anyone got any ideas? Any help/pointers greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Shane

(kernel is linux-2.4.25-gentoo-r3)

sgtrock · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 87

I've got a similar issue with a small server that is located in a remote location. My needs are a bit simpler than yours, though.

I did some googling and found two SCSI monitoring tools that are listed as supported by Gentoo that might be useful for you. They are sg3_utils and smartmontools. Of the two, I think that smartmontools is probably closer to what you want, as it includes a daemon to do background monitoring.

gsurbey · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:37 am Post subject:

You're probably looking for the arcconf tool:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4756499.html#4756499
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