[smartmontools-support] Unable to run extended SMART selftest

[Christian Franke]

Albin wrote:
> I trying to run an extended SMART selftest on my Intel 535 240GB SSD 
> inserted into my Thinkpad X230. The problem is that the test fails 
> immediately after starting it with the error message "Aborted by host".

Possibly a firmware issue. In the past, I've seen various issues with 
the self-test logs of Intel SSDs. Does '-t short' work ?

See also this thread from Intel SSD forum about another 535 with same 
firmware:
https://communities.intel.com/thread/87837
Self-test log is filled with "Aborted by host" but self-test execution 
status reports "...completed without error ...".


> ...
> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
> Model Family:     Intel 53x and Pro 2500 Series SSDs
> Device Model:     INTEL SSDSC2BW240H6
> ...
> Self-test execution status:      (   0)    The previous self-test 
> routine completed
>                     without error or no self-test has ever
>                     been run.

This does not match with info from self-Test log.


> ...
> Error logging capability:        (0x01)    Error logging supported.
> ...
> SMART Error Log not supported

This is the old error log which does not support 48-bit LBA. Please try 
'smartctl -l xerror' (included in 'smartctl -x' but not in '-a') to read 
the newer error log.


> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
> Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining 
> LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
> # 1  Extended offline    Aborted by host               00% 110     -

Same for self-test log. Please try 'smartctl -l xselftest' (or 'smartctl 
-x').

Thanks,
Christian