[smartmontools-support] Old Dell PERC4 / LSIMegaRAID Controller Not Supported? Lacks SMART?

[Raoul Bhatia]

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Hi

In the past, I've occasionally seen that the Device Ids (the value after megaraid,) did not start at 0.

Check out the excellent http://hwraid.le-vert.net/wiki/LSIMegaRAIDSAS#a4.SMART to see if this is the underlying cause for your observation.

Raoul
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From: Dachshund Digital <dachshund-digital at dc.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2021 04:51
To: Claudio Kuenzler
Cc: smartmontools support mail list
Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] Old Dell PERC4 / LSIMegaRAID Controller Not Supported? Lacks SMART?

>
> Inspite of my fat fingering... :) Still an issue results... This is not 
> a JBOD, but RAID 5...
> 
> # smartctl -H -d megaraid,0 /dev/sda
> smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [i686-linux-4.19.0-16-686-pae] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
> 
> Smartctl open device: /dev/sda [megaraid_disk_00] failed: INQUIRY failed
> 
> # smartctl -H -d megaraid,1 /dev/sda
> smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [i686-linux-4.19.0-16-686-pae] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
> 
> Smartctl open device: /dev/sda [megaraid_disk_00] failed: INQUIRY failed
> 
> The setup is 6 disks are in a RAID 5 set, 1 Hotspare (global) via LSI 
> MedaRAID controller.  The megactl tool works, which is the older version 
> of megacli.  GIven this is a PERC4 controller.
> 
> # megactl
> a0       PERC 4/DC                chan:2 ldrv:1  batt:good
> a0d0      1117GiB RAID 5   1x5  optimal
> hot spares  :  a0c0t6
> a0c0t1      279GiB  a0d0  online
> a0c0t2      279GiB  a0d0  online
> a0c0t3      279GiB  a0d0  online
> a0c0t4      279GiB  a0d0  online
> a0c0t5      279GiB  a0d0  online
> a0c0t6      279GiB        hotspare
> 
> # megaraid-status
> -- Arrays informations --
> -- ID | Type | Size | Status
> a0d0 | RAID 5 | 1117GiB | optimal
> 
> -- Disks informations
> -- ID | Model | Status | Warnings
> a0c0t1 | COMPAQ BD30089BBA 279GiB | online
> a0c0t2 | COMPAQ BD30089BBA 279GiB | online
> a0c0t3 | COMPAQ BD30089BBA 279GiB | online
> a0c0t4 | COMPAQ BD30089BBA 279GiB | online
> a0c0t5 | COMPAQ BD30089BBA 279GiB | online
> a0c0t6 | COMPAQ BD30089BBA | hotspare
> 
> Does SmartMonTools expect JBOD setup?
> 
> -DD
> 
> 
> On 5/18/2021 11:50, Claudio Kuenzler wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 13 May 2021, 15:40 Dachshund Digital 
> > <dachshund-digital at dc.rr.com <mailto:dachshund-digital at dc.rr.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Old Dell PERC4 / LSIMegaRAID Controller Not Supported? Lacks SMART?
> >
> >
> > Would surprise me.
> >
> >     # smartctl -H -d megariad,0 /dev/sda
> >     smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [i686-linux-4.19.0-16-686-pae]
> >     (local build)
> >     Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,
> >     www.smartmontools.org <http://www.smartmontools.org>
> >
> >     /dev/sda: Unknown device type 'megariad,0'
> >
> >
> > You have a typo. It's megaraid, not megariad. ;-)
> 
>