How To Get Notified When Hard Drives Fail In Dell PowerEdge Servers
Solution 1:
Dell OpenManage software will do this for you. I would imagine it shipped with your server, otherwise you can download it from the Dell website
Solution 2:
If you have a DRAC card in the server that can send out alerts and it doesn't matter what OS is installed in the server. The cards are only a couple hundred bucks or so if you don't already have them and the give you a LOT of remote functionally like web based KVM, remote power up/down, etc.