Monitoring Dell stuff?

[Jeff Rodriguez]

You should check out Dell OpenManage and Dell IT Assistant. The server 
runs on windows but will tell you much more about the status of your 
systems than Nagios ever could. I believe it's free too...

Jeff

Jonathan Nichols wrote:

> Greetings all..
>
>     Are any of you using Linux on the Dell PowerEdge boxes? If yes, 
> what are you using to monitor the RAID status (if you're using RAID) - 
> currently my method consists of checking /proc/megaraid/hba0/ and 
> doing this:
>
> jnichols at mailgate hba0 $ sudo cat raiddrives-0-9
> Logical drive: 0:, state: optimal
> Span depth:  1, RAID level:  1, Stripe size: 64, Row size:  2
> Read Policy: Adaptive, Write Policy: Write back, Cache Policy: Direct IO
>
> jnichols at mailgate hba0 $
>
> That method sucks. I need to find something better. :) The Dell RAID 
> monitoring tools are an absolute joke, and seem to be Red Hat specific 
> (I don't use Red Hat..using Gentoo)
>
> Has anybody run into this?
>
> Thanks!
> -Jonathan
>
> (ps, yes, I checked Google..didn't find a lot, was hoping for personal 
> experiences)
>
>
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