Control xserve RAID from iPhone

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Control xserve RAID from iPhone

Would it be possible to control the xserve RAIDs in our facility with our iPhones? I would love to be able to -at least- start or stop the machines, if necessary with command line tools from the iPhone. Or to get some basic health info. If anyone can help (or Apple staff, make my wish come true and make a special iPhone app for christmas?)

Thanks, Rob

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 27, 2008 2:43 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 27, 2008 9:03 PM in response to Filmdoc

It's not possible. You'd need full Java support on the phone, and it's not there.

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Answer 2

Nov 27, 2008 10:24 PM in response to Filmdoc

For the health info part you have some opportunities:
+ first, you can configure the email on the xraid. So your iphone can pick up these emergency emails.
+ second, you can use an ssh client on iphone. From ssh, you can use the [xserve raid admin tool|http://xserve-raid-tools.darwinports.com]. These are all monitoring tools.

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Dec 3, 2008 12:47 PM in response to Donald Kok

Thank you both for your fast replies.

- The email option is activated of course.
- Concerning the SSH option: would I have to install these tools on an SSH client on the iphone?

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Answer 4

Dec 3, 2008 8:39 PM in response to Filmdoc

I think you would install the tools on a machine somewhere, and then use an ssh client on the iphone to ssh to that server, and run the tools from there.

I think getting an Active Storage Labs XRaid and using their upcoming iPhone client would be snazzier 🙂

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