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Along with my megacli post, I need to remember how to check drives/RAID on an HP server so here it is. hpacucli controller slot=1 ld all show You'll need to replace the slot with the appropriate one for your configuration. That should do it.

Follow these simple steps to setup an NFS client/server. First, some housekeeping for this example. Server machine (server) = 192.168.1.1 Client machine (client) = 192.168.1.2 Exported directory /nfs/export ### The server steps ### 1. Create an entry in /etc/exports with the exported directory and client IP. /nfs/export 192.168.1.2(rw) The (rw) sets the directory to be [...]

A simple and quick way to get a status of the adapters and devices in the RAID array using megacli is to run the following command: megacli -AdpAllInfo -aALL It will output a LOT of information for the adapter, but you should see the Device Present section that shows the status of the drives. For [...]

I ran across a server in which all the inodes were used and this was causing myriad issues on the server. # df -i Filesystem            Inodes   IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on /dev/sda5            16318464 16318464       0  100% / I needed to [...]

If configured, you can access the RAID controllers in a Dell server or an HP server by browsing to the IP address of the server and using the ports listed. Dell Servers (OpenManage) https://ip.ad.dr.es:1311 HP Servers https://ip.ad.dr.es:2381 Notice they are both https.