Dell OMSA Storage Auto Patrol Read Schedule

This is what I have done under Debian 6 x86_64, Kernel 3.4.9, to get OMSA working although the storage controller isn't showing up. I have MegaCLI working now which is a better in my opinion so I am happy with this;

# Kernel modules
sudo modprobe ipmi_msghandler
sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf
sudo modprobe ipmi_s
# Sometimes this is `sudo modprobe ipmi_si` on 64bit machines

sudo -i
echo "ipmi_msghandler" >> /etc/modules
echo "ipmi_devintf" >> /etc/modules
echo "ipmi_si" >> /etc/modules
exit

# To use a repo stop here and perform add to /etc/apt/sources.list
# "deb ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/sara-omsa dell sara"
# then run;
# wget http://ftp.sara.nl/debian_sara.asc
# sudo apt-key add debian_sara.asc
# sudo apt-get update 
# Now there is no need to download the debian packages below


#Install IPMI tools;
sudo apt-get install openipmi
sudo apt-get install ipmitool

#Install OMSA dependancies:
sudo apt-get install snmp snmpd 
sudo apt-get install -f lib32ncurses5
#sudo apt-get install -f libncurses5 # Not needed on 64 bit machine
sudo apt-get install -f ia32-libs #Only needed for 64bit machines

# If not use the deb packages below but the repo above, at this point you can execute;
# sudo apt-get install dellomsa 

#Grab OMSA and debian package (can be http): ONLY IF NOT USING REPO ABOVE
#wget ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/outgoing/dell/binary-i386/dellomsa_5.5.0-5_i386.deb
wget ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/outgoing/dell/binary-amd64/dellomsa_5.5.0-5_amd64.deb
# mirrors:
# http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/uploads/linux/dell/dellomsa_5.5.0-5_i386.deb
# http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/uploads/linux/dell/dellomsa_5.5.0-5_amd64.deb
dpkg -i dellomsa_5.5.0-5_amd64.deb

#At this point, run the following to update libraries when using either repo or deb pkg
sudo ldconfig

#For 32bit machine with library/dependencies missing;
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
#May require gcc.3.3 to get the right version: sudo apt-get install gcc-3.3-base

#For 64 bit machine we may need 32bit libstdc++5 from here, forced install on 64 bit machine:
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-20_i386.deb
# http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-20_amd64.deb
# Mirrors;
# http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/uploads/linux/dell/libstdc++5_3.3.6-20_i386.deb
# http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/uploads/linux/dell/libstdc++5_3.3.6-20_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i libstdc++5_3.3.6-20_i386.deb

#Some links maybe needed: 
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /lib/libstdc++.so.5
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /lib32/libstdc++.so.5
#sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /lib64/libstdc++.so.5 # This should exist on 64-bit machine

#Pop this handy script into /etc/init.d (Thanks to James Kyle) and run it
sudo wget -O /etc/init.d/dell_omsa.sh http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/uploads/linux/dell/dell_omsa.sh
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/dell_omsa.sh
sudo /etc/init.d/dell_omsa.sh

# Enable SNMP in OMSA
sudo /etc/init.d/dataeng enablesnmp
# Make sure both are running
sudo /etc/init.d/snmpd restart
sudo /etc/init.d/dataeng start
sudo /etc/init.d/dsm_om_connsvc start
sudo /etc/init.d/dsm_om_shrsvc start

# To log into OMSA with a local user accout;
# Download 32bit pam auth modules if on 64 (also, force inet4 sometimes):
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pam/libpam-modules_1.1.3-2ubuntu1_i386.deb --inet4-only
# Newer versions:
# http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pam/libpam-modules_1.1.3-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
# http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pam/libpam-modules_1.1.3-6ubuntu1_i386.deb
dpkg-deb -x libpam-modules_1.1.3-2ubuntu1_i386.deb ./
cd ./lib/i386-linux-gnu/security
sudo cp pam_unix.so /lib32/security
sudo cp pam_nologin.so /lib32/security
sudo ldconfig 

#Restart 
sudo /etc/init.d/dsm_om_connsvc restart
#OMSA seems to bind to a TCP socket on IPv6, as shown by netstat -nl, check in /opt/dell/srvadmin/iws/config/iws.ini
# tcp6 :::1311
# But this will accept connectios on any local IPV4 address or IPv6 address
#browser: https://[2a01:420:9:0:213:72ff:fe53:2c05]:1311
#or: https://10.0.25.76:1311

# MegaRAID/CLI stuff for LSI Controllers in Dells (Perc's like 5/i and 6/i etc)

# might need the following if not installed
sudo apt-get install alien unzip sysfsutils

#Download link
wget http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common%20Files/8.02.16_MegaCLI.zip
# mirror:
# http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/uploads/linux/dell/8.02.16_MegaCLI.zip
unzip 8.02.16_MegaCLI.zip
cd LINUX
unzip MegaCliLin.zip
# Install the bundled libraries;
sudo alien -iv Lib_Utils-1.00-09.noarch.rpm

# Upack;
rpm2cpio MegaCli-8.02.16-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dimv

# copy files to /opt
sudo mv opt/MegaRAID/ /opt/
cd /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/
sudo ./MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetEvents -aAll

# Example commands:
# http://tools.rapidsoft.de/perc/perc-cheat-sheet.html

# Controller information
MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -aALL 

Unfortunately, there is no way to both turn off these warnings, and still get any other hard drive alerts from Dell Open Manage. This is a major flaw in their system that they consider a "feature" to vendor lock you into their certified drives.

I have a server that Dell sold me direct, that came with "non-certified" drives in it. So the server sits in a constant amber state because of this and they refuse to fix it. It was one of the reasons I stopped buying from Dell.

To work around this issue, I have found that Dell writes to the event logs when a bad drive is detected. Instead of relying on Open Manage directly to tell me when there's a bad drive, we monitor our event logs for:

Log: System
Event Type: Error
Event IDs: 2057, 2048, 2123

This works very well for watching for failed drives. Having said that, I don't believe if it will alert you on the non-certified drives.