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Asked: 2011-03-17 09:52:37 +0800 CST

Email alerts when RAID fails on IBM server?

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Have two RAID controllers on an IBM server (X3500 M3) running Windows 2008R2:

  • ServeRAID M5014SAS/SATA Controller
  • LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port with 1064E

Can anyone explain how to get email alerts when a disk fails on either of these 2 IBM-provided controllers?

Can this be setup from within Windows 2008R2? I guess we would need to download appropriate monitoring software from IBM to do this ... but I can't find the right software to download.

raid ibm windows-server-2008-r2 ibm-xseries

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Install the IBM ServeRAID software; pretty certain there should be an option for email alerts in there. A step better is to do that, and also set up an IBM Director server for your environment, if you've got more than a handful of servers.

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  2. There are three "vendor" methods to get alerts from the hardware:

    • Configure the IMM to send alerts/SNMP traps on events (noweight option)
    • Use ServeRAID manager to configure alerts (lightweight option)
    • Setup Director and configure alerts in Director (very heavyweight option)

    As mfinni said, if you have a large IBM environment you'll benefit the most from Director. If you only have a few servers, the IMM option is the best way of getting hardware alerts as it gives you not just RAID events, but also memory, processor, etc. errors.

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