[smartmontools-support] smartctl - ATTRIBUTE NAME Assumed? - SSD

[Christian Franke]

Seán McCormack wrote:
> I'm trying to determine if smartctl assumes an ATTRIBUTE NAME when it 
> is ran for a Micron SSD but also in general whn ran from a CentOS VM I 
> use for working in a data centre.
>
> >From what I can tell for some drives they give smartctl the ATTRIBUTE 
> NAME but smartctl can't always interpret it.
> Other times I would guess that smartctl assumes the ATTRIBUTE NAME if 
> that is not given by the SSD.

The attribute names are vendor specific and (unfortunately) not given by 
the device.


> Below are some examples(note all drives are End Of Life and were 
> replaced):
>
> Device Model:     Micron_M500_2.5"_7mm_480GB
> 202 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0031   001   001   000  Pre-fail 
>  Offline      -       99
>
> Device Model:     Micron_M500_2.5"_7mm_480GB
> 202 Unknown_SSD_Attribute   0x0031   001   001   000  Pre-fail 
>  Offline      -       99
>
> Device Model:     Micron_M500DC_2.5"_7mm_480GB
> 202 Data_Address_Mark_Errs  0x0018   100   100   001  Old_age   
> Offline      -       0

Please see:
https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/FAQ#MyATASATAdriveisnotinthesmartctlsmartddatabase

Thanks,
Christian