mpt-status for Mandriva
-----------------------

Mandriva provides some integrated tools to periodically check the status of
all RAID arrays controlled by the RAID controller cards using LSI FusionMPT.

mpt-status needs "mptctl" kernel module to be loaded. To ensure you really
have a FusionMPT based RAID controller please run the following commands:
  * modprobe mptctl
  * mpt-status

If you have some errors, you don't have a LSI FusionMPT controller.
If your RAID status has been printed, then you need to load "mptctl at boot
time. To do this, simply run the command below from a root terminal:
  * echo mptctl >> /etc/modprobe.preload

Then edit the /etc/mpt-status/mpt-status-cron.conf file and replace ENABLE=0
by ENABLE=1 in it.

Now cron will run a script each 10 minutes. On start the status of the RAID
is checked. If the RAID array is broken, then a log is written in the syslog
and a mail is sent to root. As long as the status of the RAID array is 
bad, a
log is written every 10 minutes in the syslog and a mail is sent every
2 hours to root.

As long as the status of the RAID array is bad, this last procedure is
repeated. A log and a mail are also provided when the status of the 
array has
changed. The maximum latency of messages and log on status change is
10 minutes.

Adam Cécile <acecile@mandriva.com>