[SunHELP] monitoring for failed hardware

[Austad, Jay]

What is the best way to monitor for failed hardware (disks, etc...)?  

Is there something I can run or a script I can write that will email me when
I have a piece of hardware fail?  If I lose a disk from one of my mirrored
or RAID-5 volumes, I'm not going to notice except for degraded performance,
which may take me a day or two to notice on some systems.  Sending the
interns to look at the "wrench" light every day would probably be a waste of
time too.  :)

The particular hardware that I'm concerned about is an Ultra Enterprise 3500
with 3 A5000/5100 series drive arrays.

Thanks.

Jay Austad
Network Administrator
CBS MarketWatch