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Well, this is interesting. Mine doesn't appear to have an alarm, and these blog posts seem to indicate the same thing: http://msmvps.com/blogs/onq/archive/2007/03/17/it-doesn-t-what.aspx http://msmvps.com/blogs/onq/archive/2007/03/30/on-dell-s-perc-5-i.aspx Al From: Tom Rockwell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 3:24 PM To: Al Puzzuoli Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Replacement RAID card with Audible Alarm for Poweredge 2950? It should have an audible alert http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/5.1/en/omss_ug/html/apndx.html#1635831 That said, email alerts from OMSA have a longer range than the builtin alarm. I'm not exactly sure of the compatibility of different controllers to replace the PERC 5/i, though I think that PERC 5/i, PERC 6/i, SAS 5/i and SAS 6/i all can go in the internal slot in a 2950 and provide varying features. -Tom On 7/25/11 3:04 PM, Al Puzzuoli wrote: Hi everyone, Looks like we need to replace the RAID controller in our poweredge 2950. The unit currently has a PERC 5/I, which apparently has no audible alarm. I would like to upgrade to a controller that does in fact have an alarm, but I'm not sure which make or models to consider. Any info would be great, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033