Arrayprobe 2.0 review

Arrayprobe is a commandline utility that reports the status of a HP (compaq) arraycontroller

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 81K Developer: Strocamp Net

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Arrayprobe is a commandline utility that reports the status of a HP (compaq) arraycontroller. This version only supports the newer controllers that use the cciss driver.

Arrayprobe project works in two modes. The default mode reports the status in a single line and can be used as a nagios check. The second mode is activated by the -r option and prints a complete status report of the controller and any events in the event queue.

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Installation:

The simplest way to compile this package is:

1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute `configure' itself.

Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some messages telling which features it is checking for.

2. Type `make' to compile the package.

3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with the package.

4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and documentation.

5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came with the distribution.

What's New in This Release:
This version also supports HP (Compaq) array controllers using the ida driver.
This means that all currently available controllers should be supported.
A few minor fixes were made in the configure script and some cleanup was done of the existing code.