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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi David,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We can check power state using <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
hdparm </span>tool as below but most of the customers will use arcconf or maxview or BIOS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">[root@localhost StorMan]# hdparm -C /dev/sdc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">/dev/sdc:<br>
drive state is: active/idle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sachin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> David C. Partridge <david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 4, 2021 4:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sagar Biradar - C34249 <Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com>; Christian.Franke@t-online.de<br>
<b>Cc:</b> smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de; Sachin Kumar - I31159 <Sachin.Kumar2@microchip.com>; Tom White - C33503 <Tom.White@microchip.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for Adaptec Raid<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">root@charon:/home/amonra# smartctl -l devstat -d aacraid,0,0,1 /dev/sdb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-65-generic] (local build)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,
<a href="http://www.smartmontools.org">www.smartmontools.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">root@charon:/home/amonra#
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Which didn’t tell me much about the online/powered off state …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">None of the other smartctl -l options seems appropriate:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">=======> VALID ARGUMENTS ARE: error, selftest, selective, directory[,g|s], xerror[,N][,error], xselftest[,N][,selftest], background, sasphy[,reset], sataphy[,reset], scttemp[sts,hist],
scttempint,N[,p], scterc[,N,M], devstat[,N], defects[,N], ssd, gplog,N[,RANGE], smartlog,N[,RANGE], nvmelog,N,SIZE <=======<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com">Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com</a> <<a href="mailto:Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com">Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> 04 February 2021 00:54<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk">david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk</a>;
<a href="mailto:Christian.Franke@t-online.de">Christian.Franke@t-online.de</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de">smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de</a>;
<a href="mailto:Sachin.Kumar2@microchip.com">Sachin.Kumar2@microchip.com</a>; <a href="mailto:Tom.White@microchip.com">
Tom.White@microchip.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for Adaptec Raid<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forgot to add : smartctl can be used to do the same<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Smartctl -l /dev/sda”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SCSI command 12h can be used to inquire the status of the drive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sagar<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sagar Biradar - C34249 <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 3, 2021 4:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'David C. Partridge' <<a href="mailto:david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk">david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk</a>>; 'Christian Franke' <<a href="mailto:Christian.Franke@t-online.de">Christian.Franke@t-online.de</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de">smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de</a>; Sachin Kumar - I31159 <<a href="mailto:Sachin.Kumar2@microchip.com">Sachin.Kumar2@microchip.com</a>>; Tom White - C33503 <<a href="mailto:Tom.White@microchip.com">Tom.White@microchip.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for Adaptec Raid<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi David,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">CLI tool - <b>arcconf</b>, or GUI tool - <b>Maxview </b>or the in the BIOS utility -
<b>CTRL-A </b>can be used to check the status of the physical drive.<br>
These can be downloaded on Microchip website.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I have attached the screenshots of these utilities and below is the command syntax for arcconf.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Example: “<span style="font-family:"Courier New"">arcconf getconfig Contoller_num pd 0 1</span>”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Device #0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> Device is a Hard drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> State :
<b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Online</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I am adding Firmware Engineer Sachin – for any further queries.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Sagar<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> From: David C. Partridge [<a href="mailto:david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk">mailto:david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk</a>]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2021 1:58 AM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> To: 'Christian Franke' <<a href="mailto:Christian.Franke@t-online.de">Christian.Franke@t-online.de</a>>; Sagar Biradar - C34249<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <<a href="mailto:Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com">Sagar.Biradar@microchip.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Cc: <a href="mailto:smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de">
smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Subject: RE: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Adaptec Raid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> content is safe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Yes, it is the controller that spins down the drives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Is there an IOCTL to the ASR-8885 that will enquire what the power state of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> the drives is?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> I don't know, but perhaps Sagar Biradar does?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Cheers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> David<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> From: Christian Franke <<a href="mailto:Christian.Franke@t-online.de">Christian.Franke@t-online.de</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Sent: 01 February 2021 06:34<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> To: David C. Partridge <<a href="mailto:david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk">david.partridge@perdrix.co.uk</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Cc: <a href="mailto:smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de">
smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Adaptec Raid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> David C. Partridge wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > I just realised that I'd already put -n standby into all the lines for the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > raid array drives long ago, so my recent addition of the DEFAULT line is a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > red herring.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> ><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > Thread title should be just "-n standby not working ..."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> ><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > David<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> ><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > From: Smartmontools-support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > <<a href="mailto:smartmontools-support-bounces@listi.jpberlin.de">smartmontools-support-bounces@listi.jpberlin.de</a>> On Behalf Of David C.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > Partridge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > Sent: 30 January 2021 14:07<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > To: 'smartmontools list' <<a href="mailto:smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de">smartmontools-support@listi.jpberlin.de</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > Subject: [smartmontools-support] DEFAULT -n standby not working for<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Adaptec<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > Raid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> ><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > Set /etc/smartd.conf as follows with Adaptec ASR-8885 configured to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> power<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > drives down after 20 minutes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> ><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > DEFAULT -n standby<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> > dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:17.0-ata-1 -a -n standby -W 0,0,55 -m ... -M<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> If the controller firmware spins down the drive, it may later spin up<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> the drive before the next command is issued. A workaround would require<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> a separate I/O-control which reports the power state before a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> pass-through command is issued. This would require a specification from<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Adaptec or some sample source code.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Note that '-n standby' for SCSI/SAS drives is only implemented in<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> smartctl, but not yet in smartd.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Christian<o:p></o:p></p>
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