Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller

useful links:

• On Dell's PERC 5/
• http://linux.dell.com/debian_9g.shtml

Debian repository

 #raid
 deb ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/sara-omsa dell sara

install dellomsa

 apt-get install dellomsa

Fallowing things in kernel must be compiled as modules

 # IPMI
 CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER=m
 CONFIG_IPMI_PANIC_EVENT=y
 CONFIG_IPMI_PANIC_STRING=y
 CONFIG_IPMI_DEVICE_INTERFACE=m
 CONFIG_IPMI_SI=m
 CONFIG_IPMI_WATCHDOG=m
 CONFIG_IPMI_POWEROFF=m

  CONFIG_DELL_RBU=m
  CONFIG_DCDBAS=m

to access PERC

 #/opt/dell/srvadmin/oma/bin/omreport storage -?

omreport         Reports component properties.

The available command(s) are:

Command          Description
adisk            Display array disk(s) properties. DEPRECATED: please  
use pdisk
pdisk            Display physical disk(s) properties.
vdisk            Display virtual disk(s) properties.
controller       Display controller(s) properties.
enclosure        Display enclosure properties.
channel          Display channel properties. DEPRECATED: please use  
connector
battery          Display battery properties.
globalinfo       Display global storage properties.
connector        Display connector properties.

see:

• http://www.brandl.net/pe2550/
• grab file afaapps_2.6-3_i386.deb