Email SMTP configuration for MegaRaid controller notifications

Question

I have a DELL host with XenServer. Unfortunately died my Linux administrator months ago and he did not provide any information regarding the configuration for the RAID controller.

What I know is that he set up his Exchange as the SMTP server. But his company was closed and now the SMTP Server is not accessible.

In /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf there is not any valid SMTP setting therefore I assume the RAID controller software has their own settings.

Info:

1. The RAID controller is LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i
2. Under /etc/cron.d/raid-check I see the cron job which checks the raid status. But this does not really help me.

My question: Does anybody know where I have to change the Email/SMTP settings for the MegaRaid controller software?

Answer 1

After months of investigation I could fix the problem:

My administrator set up the email alerts from his own server where the Windows version of MegaRAID Storage Manager was installed.

Due to the fact I upgraded my XenServer from 6.2 to 6.5 the previous installed MegaRAID Storage Manager version of the Linux copy disappeared. Therefore I could not find anything.

I installed the Linux and Windows version and now I can set up the email address for the alerts.

Answer 2

LSI offer a control panel system for their MegaRAID SAS cards - megasasctl.

http://hwraid.le-vert.net/wiki/LSIMegaRAIDSAS

megaraidsas-status is a wrapper script around megactl with periodics checks. It is available in the packages repository too.

The packages comes with a python wrapper around megasasctl and an initscript that periodic run this wrapper to check status. It keeps a file with latest status and thus is able to detect RAID status changes and/or brokeness. It will log a ligne to syslog when something failed and will send you a mail. Until arrays are healthy again a reminder will be sent each 2 hours.