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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello experts,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for SMART tests support for “Broadcom MegaRAID 9670W-16i Tri-Mode Storage” Adapter,
<b><u>for each drive.<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been working on megaraid driver based controller, in which it was possible to launch the SMART test per each drive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>> smartctl --test=short --device=megaraid,2 /dev/sda<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] (local build)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, <a href="http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net">
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>/dev/sda [megaraid_disk_02] [SAT]: Device open changed type from 'megaraid' to 'sat'<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sending command: "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode".<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Drive command "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Testing has begun.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please wait 1 minutes for test to complete.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Test will complete after Sun Aug 4 12:12:18 2024<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Use smartctl -X to abort test.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is it possible to do the same with the above RAID controller of Broadcom?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Note that this controller is using mpi3mr kernel driver, and I could not find any reference in the source code to this kernel driver.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was just able to issue the following command, but this is not specific per each drive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>> smartctl --test=short /dev/sda<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [x86_64-linux-4.18.0-372.9.1cpx86_64] (local build)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, <a href="http://www.smartmontools.org">
www.smartmontools.org</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Short Background Self Test has begun<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Use smartctl -X to abort test<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yacov<o:p></o:p></p>
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