Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of LSIMegaRAID

Timestamp:

09/01/08 11:26:59 (16 years ago)

Author:

Adam Cécile

Comment:

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LSIMegaRAID

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 = 3. Management and reporting tools =
 
+As theses cards a rather old, many tools exists to monitor and manage them.
+[[BR]] The first one is an '''opensource''' tool named '''megactl''' which can be used to report controller and disks status.
+
+For the '''management''' side,  you can you '''megamgr''', which is a '''proprietary''' utility from LSI.
+
 == 3.1 megactl ==
 
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   * '''-B''': Ignore batttery problems when running -H.[[BR]]In fact megactl can define if your controller has a battery or not.[[BR]]If you don't have one, use this parameter.
 
-As theses cards a rather old, many tools exists to monitor and manage them.
-[[BR]] The first one is an '''opensource''' tool named '''megactl''' which can be used to report controller and disks status.
+=== 3.1.2 SAS support and periodic checks ===
 
-For the '''management''' side,  you can you '''megamgr''', which is a '''proprietary''' utility from LSI.
+SAS support:
+
+''megactl'' package includes a ''megasasctl'' command too.
+[[BR]]It works fine on '''old sas controller''' but fails with the latest one.
+[[BR]]Please read [wiki:LSIMegaRAIDSAS] for informations about SATA/SAS controllers.
+
+Periodic checks:
+
+You can write your own script around megactl to check your adapter status health periodically.
+[[BR]]However, I already did this for you. See '''megaraid-status''' below.
+
+
 [[BR]]It '''emulates the controller BIOS''' from Linux, which is really nice. However, it cannot be used to script some actions.
 [[BR]]That's why you need megactl for periodic health checks.