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

[Dachshund Digital]

Ah, will give it a try tomorrow.  Interesting!

-DD

On 5/18/2021 22:20, Raoul Bhatia wrote:
> 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 
> <http://hwraid.le-vert.net/wiki/LSIMegaRAIDSAS#a4.SMART> to see if 
> this is the underlying cause for your observation.
>
> Raoul
> --**
> DI (FH) Raoul Bhatia MSc
> E-Mail. raoul at bhatia.at
> Tel. +43 699 10132530
>
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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. ;-)
>
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