====== IBM Serveraid tips ======

===== Monitoring HW raid device (debian way) =====

   # lspci
   04:01.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 08)

install 'mpt-status'

   apt-get install mpt-status

get load modules/use mpt-status
   mknod /dev/mptctl c 10 220
   modprobe mptctl
   mpt-status

===== Monitoring state of IBM Serveraid raid-set using NAGIOS =====
'smartctl' does not work for this raid-adapter. One can use the output of the 'ipssend' command from the IBM dumplog program.
e.g.:
<code bash|f check_raid.sh>
#! /bin/sh

TMP=/tmp/ipssend.serverraid.$$

/usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/bps_monitoring/serveraid/ipssend getconfig 1 al > $TMP

if [ `grep -c "State *: Online" $TMP` -ne 2 ] ; then
	echo CRITICAL one of the disks is not online
	rm -f $TMP
	exit 2
fi

if [ `grep -c "Logical drives/Offline/Critical: 1/0/0" $TMP` -ne 1 ] ; then
	echo CRITICAL logical driver offline/critical
	rm -f $TMP
	exit 2
fi

if [ `grep -c "Defunct disk drive count *: 0" $TMP` -ne 1 ] ; then
	echo CRITICAL one or more defunct drives
	rm -f $TMP
	exit 2
fi

echo OK all fine
rm -f $TMP
exit 0
</code>

Please note that you need to add a sudo-line for this to work:

   nagios	ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/serveraid/ipssend