Table of Contents RAID controller Dell Perc H800 Configuration of the PERC H800 Debian Squeeze Debian Wheezy Ubuntu Precise Ubuntu Lucid Check the status of PERC H800 Check the status of the disks RAID controller Dell Perc H800 Configuration of the PERC H800 We recommend to use the packages from the following site: HWraid. Below you'll find how to use it on your distribution. Debian Squeeze echo "deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian squeeze main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install sas2ircu-status Debian Wheezy echo "deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install sas2ircu-status Ubuntu Precise echo "deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/ubuntu precise main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install sas2ircu-status Ubuntu Lucid echo "deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/ubuntu lucid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install sas2ircu-status Check the status of PERC H800 To list details of your controller Dell PERC H800, use the command: megaclisas-status You will see the information about your controller: -- Controller informations -- -- ID | Model c0 | PERC H700 Integrated -- Arrays informations -- -- ID | Type | Size | Status | InProgress c0u0 | RAID6 | 18188G | Optimal | None -- Disks informations -- ID | Model | Status c0u0p0 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3P15W | Online c0u0p1 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM495G6 | Online c0u0p2 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3P1BM | Online c0u0p3 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM41PYG | Online c0u0p4 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM47H0J | Online c0u0p5 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3YWVT | Online c0u0p6 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3HEP6 | Online c0u0p7 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3QGBJ | Online c0u0p8 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3EN4J | Online c0u0p9 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3QG7G | Online c0u0p10 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3V3ML | Online c0u0p11 | SEAGATE ST32000444SS KS689WM3QGTG | Online Check the status of the disks You need to type the following command in your SSH access: DEVICE=/dev/sda for i in $(megacli -pdlist -a0 | grep Id | cut -d":" -f2); do echo "============================== $i ==============================" smartctl -s on -a -d megaraid,${i} ${DEVICE} -T permissive done