Re: PERC 5/E SAS RAID in Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950

--On Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:58:50 -0500 "Brian A. Seklecki" <lavalamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It finds the RAID controller fine. However, we're very concerned about
the lack of a management CLI like ports/sysutils/megarc.

Now that 6.2 release is imminent and bce(4) has been patched to the point
where it is relatively stable, we're nearing the point where we can
finally put Dell PowerEdge 1950s/2950s into production.

However the lack of a MFI CLI management utility is still a grave
concern. Without it, there is no way to proactively monitor the RAID
controller for failed components (aside from sitting there 24/7/365 and
waiting for a blue light to go amber)

The DRAC cards do that, don't they?

Paul Schmehl (pauls@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/