LSI based RAID Monitoring using MegaCli Tool Locally

Purpose:

With the basic installation of Proxmox VE there are no RAID management software installed.

When you have a RAID controller based on LSI you can install tools monitor a little bit.




Used Software:

Proxmox VE 3.1 / 3.4
LSI based RAID Controller


Installation:

Add the repository to the proxmox installation:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following lines:

# RAID Management Tools
deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian wheezy main

Press CRTL + X
Then Y

To save and exit.

Now install the tools by typing the following:

wget -O - http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian/hwraid.le-vert.net.gpg.key | apt-key add - 
apt-get update
apt-get install megacli
apt-get install megactl


megasasctl

You should now see an overview of your RAID Controller or RAID Controllers.

Megaraidstatus is a wrapper that checks periodics checks.
When RAID is degraded then it will notify you by e-mail given in the root account.

apt-get install Megaraid-status


http://hwraid.le-vert.net/wiki/LSIMegaRAIDSAS#a3.Managementandreportingtools