PC Speaker beeping when drive needs replacement, yes? no?

[BloodyIron]

Hey Folks,

Does anyone know of a way to get the PC Speaker to do beepy stuff when a drive needs replacement? I have a scenario where external access is not possible, so things like E-Mail notifications will never, ever, happen. So I'm thinking an audible notification can bridge the gap to alert that a drive needs replacement, or something like that.

I couldn't find a thread touching on this particular concept. But I did see there may be some ways to do PC Speaker stuff, just I am unsure about having the beeps happen as a result of a PFA or drive actually failing, etc.

Thoughts? Should I open a feature request?

 

[mav@]

Typical PC speaker often can't be heard in typical noisy datacenter, that is why it is not wired. iXsystems TrueNAS products indicate alerts by changing front bezel colors.

 

[BloodyIron]

Okay but I'm accounting for quiet environments where it's audible.