T2000 onboard RAID monitoring in Solaris 10

hey all,
i have a new T2000 with the system disks mirrored via the hardware LSI raid controller.
solaris 10 is installed.
how do i get alerted as to when one of the 2 drives in the mirror taps out?
i think ALOM will monitor the hard drives and generate alerts, but not sure if that will trigger if the mirror breaks or if there are problems on the raid controller itself?
just want to make sure this system is covered.

Ok, Two more drives in and the order seems a little strange. I suspect the tech who replace dthe MB flipped a pair of the SAS cables? Is this controller 2 channels?
The 2 - 73GB disks are in the bottom (drive slots 0 and 1)
The 2 - 146GB disks are in the top (drive slots 2 and 3)
Here is what I am seeing in OBP
{0} ok show-children
MPT Version 1.05, Firmware Version 1.09.00.00
Target 0
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST914602SSUN146G0400 286739329 Blocks, 146 GB
SASAddress 5000c5000672aab1 PhyNum 0
Target 1
Unit 0 Disk FUJITSU MBB2073RCSUN72G 0505 143374738 Blocks, 73 GB
SASAddress 500000e0186212b2 PhyNum 1
Target 2
Unit 0 Disk FUJITSU MBB2073RCSUN72G 0505 143374738 Blocks, 73 GB
SASAddress 500000e017bd0402 PhyNum 2
Target 3
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST914602SSUN146G0400 286739329 Blocks, 146 GB
SASAddress 5000c5000679416d PhyNum 3

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