RAID Monitoring: PERC H710 Mini and Debian

February 20, 2015

• linux
• hardware
• debian
• dell
• perc
• raid

Debian 7 works with the PERC H710 Mini in a Dell R520 out of the box. To monitor this however you need a binary from LSI. Helpfully, this comes in a packaged form from http://hwraid.le-vert.net/wiki/DebianPackages

http://blog.mattandanne.org/2012/01/hardware-raid-controllersrequire.html pointed me in the right direction. To install, add the repo in a .list file:

deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian wheezy main

and then add the key:

wget -O - http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian/hwraid.le-vert.net.gpg.key | apt-key add -

Update the repository lists, and then install the relevant package:

apt-get install megaclisas-status

Running megaclisas-status should then give the status of the array(s). The script is set up by default to email root every two hours if there is a problem. These defaults can be overridden using a defaults file:

/etc/default/megaclisas-statusd

You need to create this if necessary. The defaults are:

MAILTO=root # Where to report problems
PERIOD=600 # Seconds between each check (default 10 minutes)
REMIND=7200 # Seconds between each reminder (default 2 hours)
RUN_DAEMON=yes

(can be found in /etc/init.d/megaclisas-statusd)

If you have the system set up to divert root email to you then it should just work.