Ubuntu 8.10 + DELL OMSA 5.5.0-5 i386.deb + PowerEdge 1750 No Controllers Found Issue [08/11/2014]

Hi HipHopTech,

It is probably because it is using the generic LSI driver and not the Dell specific driver for the PERC, since Ubuntu was not supported on that system it may not work. You could try download this file perc-2.20.4.4-A01.tar.gz

From the scsi raid section http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-1750/drivers

I was able to get the needed driver for mine but I am unable to install such:

http://delldriverdownload.com/poweredge-700-red-hat-enterprise-linux-4-drivers/

It says I need a bunch of dependencies installed which some are newest version on ubuntu and also tried to install using .rpm without success.  I did check my RAID and its the MegaRAID driver.

If you could post one that has been used, that would be appreciated. I can post pics of what screen said during trial.

Did the following to fully install driver:

sudo apt-get install alien dpkg-dev debhelper build-essential

sudo alien megaraid_v2.20.4.4-3_i386.rpm

sudo dpkg -i megaraid_v2.20.4.4-3_i386packagename.deb

I used the driver as suggested from link above matching filename.

[Results: Didn't work when I tried omreport storage controller]

Any other suggestions?

Great that you were able to get it working. This could help someone else.

Hi Josh,

I was able to actually get this finally working to check RAID LSI PERC 4/Di by doing the following:

EDITED /etc/apt/sources.list with..

#LSI HWRAID - PERC 4/Di
deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian wheezy main

Then ran the following

1. wget -O - http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian/hwraid.le-vert.net.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

   2. sudo apt-get install dellmgr lsiutil megamgr megacli megactl

I am now able to view the PERC 4/Di with the "Dellmgr" package! Appreciate your help!

Josh,

Just to help anyone else out so this is all on DELL forums/answers:

HERE IS THE STEPS I USED TO INSTALL DELL OMSA/DELLMGR:

STEP ONE:

EDIT /etc/apt/sources.list with following adjustments:

Replace us.archive.ubuntu.com with old-releases.ubuntu.com for each line shown in editor.

Replace security.ubuntu.com with old-releases.ubuntu.com

for each line shown in editor.

ADD THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

# DELL OMSA

deb http://ftp.sara.nl/pub/sara-omsa dell sara

#LSI HWRAID - PERC 4/Di

deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian wheezy main

THEN RUN THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:

wget http://ftp.sara.nl/debian_sara.asc sudo apt-key add debian_sara.asc
wget -O - http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian/hwraid.le-vert.net.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get update

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STEP TWO:

Install modules
sudo modprobe ipmi_msghandler
sudo modprobe ipmi_devintf
sudo modprobe ipmi_si

Pre-load modules on startup/boot:
sudo -i
echo "ipmi_msghandler" >> /etc/modules
echo "ipmi_devintf" >> /etc/modules
echo "ipmi_si" >> /etc/modules
exit

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STEP THREE:

Run the following commands to setup DELL OMSA:

PreRequisites:
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 alien unzip sysfsutils

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 procmail rpm

Install OMSA:

wget ftp://ftp.sara.nl/pub/outgoing/dell/binary-i386/dellomsa_5.5.0-5_i386.deb

dpkg -i dellomsa_5.5.0-5_i386.deb

wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-20_i386.deb

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

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /lib/libstc++.so.5

sudo ldconfig

sudo /etc/init.d/dataeng enablesnmp
NOTE: snmpd must be restarted to activate changes to /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
Data Engine SNMP enabled

sudo /etc/init.d/snmpd restart
 * Restarting network management services:
   ...done.

sudo /etc/init.d/snmpd restart

sudo /etc/init.d/dataeng restart 

sudo /etc/init.d/dsm_om_connsvc start

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

update-rc.d dsm_om_connsvc defaults

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LAST STEP:

INSTALL DELLMGR AND OTHER RAID TOOLS:

sudo apt-get install dellmgr lsiutil megamgr megacli megactl megaraid-status

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After that's all completed, you should be able to login to DELL OMSA via web browser @:

https://IP:1311

THEN...

Run "Dellmgr" to "Check Consistenancy" and see if there any failed HDD status.

DELLMGR MANUAL:

https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~brecht/servers/docs/PowerEdge-2600/en/Perc4di/UG/mgr.htm

Thanks,

-Hiphoptech