On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 03:34:24PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Scott Mitchell wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I may be getting a new Dell PE1850 soon, to replace our ancient CVS server > > (still running 4-STABLE). The new machine will ideally run 6.0 and have a > > PERC4e/DC RAID card - the one with battery-backed cache. This is listed as > > supported by amr(4), but I'm wondering how well it actually works in the > > case of a disk failure. Will the driver tell me that disk has failed (a > > syslog message would be enough) or will I have to make a daily trip into > > the server room to check the front panel lights? Presumably it handles > > hot-swapping a replacement drive OK? > > >From what I remember, you will receive status-change kernel messages when > disks disappear, rebuilds start, and so forth. So for most day-to-day > manipulation you should be fine. > > You may want to make sure the auto rebuild option is enabled in the > controller's BIOS since no working control programs from userland are > generally available at this time. That also means you can't create new > volumes at runtime, but thats not so horrible...
The sysutils/megarc port appears to work for both status change polling and runtime configuration (at least on a PE800 and a PE2850 that I tested on). _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"