Change
Welcome to We Got Served Forums
 |
Welcome to We Got Served Forums, like most online communities you must register to view or post in our community, but don't worry this is a simple free process that requires minimal information for you to signup. Be a part of We Got Served Forums by signing in or creating an account.
|
Lights Management for Windows Home Server 2011 1.06
SUPPORT TOPIC File Information
- Submitted: Jul 18 2011 06:56 AM
- Last Updated: Oct 01 2011 07:04 PM
- File Size: Unknown
- Views: 12515
- Downloads: 1,990
Previous Versions
-
18 Sep 2011
Lights Management for Windows Home Server 2011 1.05
-
18 Jul 2011
Lights Management for Windows Home Server 2011 1.05
Download Lights Management for Windows Home Server 2011 1.06
4 Votes
15
Lights Management for Windows Home Server re-enables the drive lights on certain HP MediaSmart Server and Acer Aspire easyStore home servers following an upgrade to Windows Home Server 2011.
Tested compatible hardware
HP: EX48x, EX49x, X510, X310, X311, X312
Acer: H340, H341, H342
Lenovo: D400
Not compatible
HP: EX47x (AMD based hardware)
Developer: lpn
Known limitations and FAQ
Blinking disk LED
This is normal under the following circumstances:
Windows OS compatibility
Only Windows Home Server 2011 has been tested. Should also be compatible with Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.
GPT partitioned disks not propely detected
There is an issue in the WMI Win32_DiskDrive class, GPT disks do not have a signature and this is the only way I can match a disk status change with a physical disk. A solution should be found for the next version.
To come...
The next version will be based on the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) which recognizes RAID arrays and GPT partitions. The other advantage is that it would also be compatible with vanilla Windows Server 2008 R1/R2 and probably the future Windows 8 Server.
The next version should also be hardware agnostic by renaming the service and DLLs since Acer and Lenovo hardware are supported.
Health support should also come later. WHS health notifications will be supported and I also plan on monitoring fan, temperatures and voltages.
Make it a "real" add-in.
Tested compatible hardware
HP: EX48x, EX49x, X510, X310, X311, X312
Acer: H340, H341, H342
Lenovo: D400
Not compatible
HP: EX47x (AMD based hardware)
Developer: lpn
Known limitations and FAQ
Blinking disk LED
This is normal under the following circumstances:
- the disk does not have any shares on it (WHS shares created in the Dashboard)
- the disk is not assigned as a backup disk
- the disk is mirrored
- the disk is assigned to Stablebit DrivePool, DriveBender or a RAID array
Windows OS compatibility
Only Windows Home Server 2011 has been tested. Should also be compatible with Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.
GPT partitioned disks not propely detected
There is an issue in the WMI Win32_DiskDrive class, GPT disks do not have a signature and this is the only way I can match a disk status change with a physical disk. A solution should be found for the next version.
To come...
The next version will be based on the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) which recognizes RAID arrays and GPT partitions. The other advantage is that it would also be compatible with vanilla Windows Server 2008 R1/R2 and probably the future Windows 8 Server.
The next version should also be hardware agnostic by renaming the service and DLLs since Acer and Lenovo hardware are supported.
Health support should also come later. WHS health notifications will be supported and I also plan on monitoring fan, temperatures and voltages.
Make it a "real" add-in.
What's New in Version 1.06 (See full changelog)
- Support for Acer H341 and H342. Please do some tests and report any issues.
- Disk light status can be changed in the configuration file. This is particularly useful for users of DrivePool, DriveBender, RAID arrays and drives without shares when the user does not want a blinking aqua LED.
- Removed some uncessary DLL's from the setup.
Comments
I hope it will work on the acer smartserver H340
- Report
I can't download it
Just installed. Working, but the lights status is the following:
Disk 1: System - Blinking aqua.
Disk 2: Storage - Blinking aqua.
Disk 3: Not used with WHS - aqua.
Disk 4: Server backup - aqua.
I was expecting: aqua, aqua, blinking aqua, aqua.
Disk 1: System - Blinking aqua.
Disk 2: Storage - Blinking aqua.
Disk 3: Not used with WHS - aqua.
Disk 4: Server backup - aqua.
I was expecting: aqua, aqua, blinking aqua, aqua.
Can't download it either. Seems to be a wegotserved.com issue. Errors reported in IE8 when loading the download page.
gbuhlman, on 13 September 2011 - 06:34 AM, said:
Can't download it either. Seems to be a wegotserved.com issue. Errors reported in IE8 when loading the download page.
The WGS folks fixed something and now the download is working for me.
Very happy to see that LED stop blinking, and my drive LEDs are working too.
Any possibility for a version supporting the HP EX 47x (for us early adopters)?
Keep up the great work!
One of the most useful "enhancements" for upgraders from WHS v1 to WHS 2011! It's going to be the best money spent, when this add-in will be available with health support!!! Give us back what was lost after upgrades of Acer Aspire WHS.
Hi Terry,
I've tested your driver with my Acer H341, but since I've configured the ICH9R controller as RAID5 with 2 volumes directly in BIOS, the disk leds remains switched off except the first (channel 1).
Playing with the .config file does'nt help because I would like to see the actual status of each disk in the hw RAID array(s)
Indeed I've decompiled part of the code coming with the Intel utility "Intel Rapid Storage Manager" and have found how to read the status of each single disk, of each logical volume and of the whole array(s).
Now I'm coming to put all together, but I'm stuck using the hpmssio.dll because the assemblies coming with the Intel utility are CRL 2.0, x86 and your hpmssio.dll is CRL 4.0, cpuAny (right?)
I have changed the target platform (using corflags.exe) of each assembly in any way, and relaxed the constraints at runtime (using useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true" in app.config), but nothing seems to work.
So, do you want to collaborate with me to extend the usability of your driver to an hw raid configuration? If you could recompile hpmssio.dll as CLR 2.0 x86, just for test, it would be great.
Thank you,
Dave
I've tested your driver with my Acer H341, but since I've configured the ICH9R controller as RAID5 with 2 volumes directly in BIOS, the disk leds remains switched off except the first (channel 1).
Playing with the .config file does'nt help because I would like to see the actual status of each disk in the hw RAID array(s)
Indeed I've decompiled part of the code coming with the Intel utility "Intel Rapid Storage Manager" and have found how to read the status of each single disk, of each logical volume and of the whole array(s).
Now I'm coming to put all together, but I'm stuck using the hpmssio.dll because the assemblies coming with the Intel utility are CRL 2.0, x86 and your hpmssio.dll is CRL 4.0, cpuAny (right?)
I have changed the target platform (using corflags.exe) of each assembly in any way, and relaxed the constraints at runtime (using useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true" in app.config), but nothing seems to work.
So, do you want to collaborate with me to extend the usability of your driver to an hw raid configuration? If you could recompile hpmssio.dll as CLR 2.0 x86, just for test, it would be great.
Thank you,
Dave
In addition to the Intel RST driver, the device manager shows a missing Storage controller driver, that driver is for a Silicon Image SiI 3531 SATA Controller.
Random Files
- 186 Total Files
- 45 Total Categories
- 7 Total Authors
- 296,832 Total Downloads
- LDisk Latest File
- Terry (WGS) Latest Submitter
Toggle shoutbox Shoutbox
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Community Forum Software by IP.Board
Licensed to: Terry Walsh, We Got Served.