Monitor LSI MegaRAID under CentOS

Not very user friendly with documentation but I guess at least it runs! $ wget http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/AssetDocument/support/downloads/megaraid/miscellaneous/linux/1.01.39_Linux_Cli.zip $ unzip 1.01.39_Linux_Cli.zip $ rpm -Uvh MegaCli-1.01.39-0.i386.rpm $ /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpAllInfo -a0

Basic Monitor Script

#!/bin/sh CONT="a0" STATUS=0 MEGACLI=/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 echo -n "Checking RAID status on " hostname for a in $CONT do NAME=`$MEGACLI -AdpAllInfo -$a |grep "Product Name" | cut -d: -f2` echo "Controller $a: $NAME" noonline=`$MEGACLI PDList -$a | grep Online | wc -l` echo "No of Physical disks online : $noonline" DEGRADED=`$MEGACLI -AdpAllInfo -a0 |grep "Degrade"` echo $DEGRADED NUM_DEGRADED=`echo $DEGRADED |cut -d" " -f3` [ "$NUM_DEGRADED" -ne 0 ] && STATUS=1 FAILED=`$MEGACLI -AdpAllInfo -a0 |grep "Failed Disks"` echo $FAILED NUM_FAILED=`echo $FAILED |cut -d" " -f4` [ "$NUM_FAILED" -ne 0 ] && STATUS=1 done exit $STATUS Sample Output

Checking RAID status on xxx
Controller a0:  MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP
No of Physical disks online : 4
Degraded : 0
Failed Disks : 0

Upgrade Firmware

To determine the current firmware, run "MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -a0"

Product Name    : MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP
Serial No       : P00253390X
FW Package Build: 7.0.1-0064

                    Mfg. Data
                ================
Mfg. Date       : 09/27/06
Rework Date : 00/00/00
Revision No     : 8

                Image Versions In Flash:
                ================
Boot Block Version : R.2.3.15
BIOS Version       : MT33
MPT Version        : MPTFW-01.18.79.00-IT
FW Version         : 1.12.220-0560
WebBIOS Version    : 1.1-33g-e_11-Rel
Ctrl-R Version     : 1.04-019A

Check the LSi website for the current downloads, in this case: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sas/megaraid_sas_8344elp/index.html

- Download the firmware, unzip
- Run "MegaCli -adpfwflash -f SAS1068_FW_Image.rom -a0"