[smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for Adaptec Raid

[David C. Partridge]

So SCSI command 12h will enquire drive status and won’t spin up powered down drives?  If so that sounds perfect.

 

Thanks

David

 

From: Sagar.Biradar at microchip.com <Sagar.Biradar at microchip.com> 
Sent: 04 February 2021 00:54
To: david.partridge at perdrix.co.uk; Christian.Franke at t-online.de
Cc: smartmontools-support at listi.jpberlin.de; Sachin.Kumar2 at microchip.com; Tom.White at microchip.com
Subject: RE: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for Adaptec Raid

 

Forgot to add : smartctl can be used to do the same

“Smartctl -l /dev/sda”

 

SCSI command 12h can be used to inquire the status of the drive.

 

Thanks

Sagar

 

From: Sagar Biradar - C34249 
Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 4:50 PM
To: 'David C. Partridge' <david.partridge at perdrix.co.uk <mailto:david.partridge at perdrix.co.uk> >; 'Christian Franke' <Christian.Franke at t-online.de <mailto:Christian.Franke at t-online.de> >
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Subject: RE: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for Adaptec Raid

 

Hi David,

CLI tool - arcconf, or GUI tool - Maxview or the in the BIOS utility - CTRL-A can be used to check the status of the physical drive.
These can be downloaded on Microchip website.

 

I have attached the screenshots of these utilities and below is the command syntax for arcconf.

Example: “arcconf getconfig Contoller_num pd 0 1”


Device #0

         Device is a Hard drive

         State                                : Online

 

I am adding Firmware Engineer Sachin – for any further queries.

 

Thanks

Sagar

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: David C. Partridge [mailto:david.partridge at perdrix.co.uk]

> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2021 1:58 AM

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> Subject: RE: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for

> Adaptec Raid

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> Yes, it is the controller that spins down the drives.

> 

> Is there an IOCTL to the ASR-8885 that will enquire what the power state of

> the drives is?

> 

> I don't know, but perhaps Sagar Biradar does?

> 

> Cheers

> David

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Christian Franke <Christian.Franke at t-online.de <mailto:Christian.Franke at t-online.de> >

> Sent: 01 February 2021 06:34

> To: David C. Partridge <david.partridge at perdrix.co.uk <mailto:david.partridge at perdrix.co.uk> >

> Cc: smartmontools-support at listi.jpberlin.de <mailto:smartmontools-support at listi.jpberlin.de> 

> Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for

> Adaptec Raid

> 

> David C. Partridge wrote:

> > I just realised that I'd already put -n standby into all the lines for the

> > raid array drives long ago, so my recent addition of the DEFAULT line is a

> > red herring.

> >

> > Thread title should be just "-n standby not working ..."

> >

> > David

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: Smartmontools-support

> > <smartmontools-support-bounces at listi.jpberlin.de <mailto:smartmontools-support-bounces at listi.jpberlin.de> > On Behalf Of David C.

> > Partridge

> > Sent: 30 January 2021 14:07

> > To: 'smartmontools list' <smartmontools-support at listi.jpberlin.de <mailto:smartmontools-support at listi.jpberlin.de> >

> > Subject: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for

> Adaptec

> > Raid

> >

> > Set /etc/smartd.conf as follows with Adaptec ASR-8885 configured to

> power

> > drives down after 20 minutes:

> >

> > DEFAULT -n standby

> > dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:17.0-ata-1 -a -n standby -W 0,0,55 -m ... -M

> exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner

> 

> If the controller firmware spins down the drive, it may later spin up

> the drive before the next command is issued. A workaround would require

> a separate I/O-control which reports the power state before a

> pass-through command is issued. This would require a specification from

> Adaptec or some sample source code.

> 

> Note that '-n standby' for SCSI/SAS drives is only implemented in

> smartctl, but not yet in smartd.

> 

> Thanks,

> Christian

 

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