3ware provides a utility that you can use. I put a copy of it on my website:

tw_cli-linux-x86-9.3.0.4.tar

After you untar, you should be able to just run the tw_cli command. I think you guys have the same hardware that we do. Here’s what it looked like on one of the other hep machines:

cdfs1:tw_cli$ ./tw_cli
//cdfs1> show

Ctl   Model        Ports   Drives   Units   NotOpt   RRate   VRate   BBU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0    9550SX-8LP   8       8        1       0        4       4       -
c1    9550SX-8LP   8       8        1       0        4       4       -

Problems will show in the NotOpt (Not Optimal) column. You can get more information with the info command. It will show you which disks are bad.

//cdfs1> info c0

Unit  UnitType  Status         %Cmpl  Stripe  Size(GB)  Cache  AVerify  IgnECC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
u0    RAID-5    OK             -      64K     1629.74   ON     OFF      OFF

Port   Status           Unit   Size        Blocks        Serial
---------------------------------------------------------------
p0     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2922552
p1     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2785980
p2     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2922551
p3     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2941855
p4     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2785894
p5     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2785927
p6     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2922607
p7     OK               u0     233.76 GB   490234752     WD-WCANK2941311