From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pim Zandbergen Subject: SMART support for SATA drives in SAS enclosures Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 17:58:09 +0200 Message-ID: <46488711.9020903@macroscoop.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mondriaan.macroscoop.nl ([82.94.9.2]:2507 "EHLO mondriaan.macroscoop.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754981AbXENQDc (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 May 2007 12:03:32 -0400 Received: from rousseau.macroscoop.nl (rousseau.macroscoop.nl [IPv6:2001:888:1734:0:214:5eff:fe2a:6a7a]) by mondriaan.macroscoop.nl (envelope-from P.Zandbergen@macroscoop.nl) (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4EFwAIs027103 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 17:58:10 +0200 Received: from [82.94.9.131] (botero.macroscoop.nl [82.94.9.131]) by rousseau.macroscoop.nl (envelope-from P.Zandbergen@macroscoop.nl) (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4EFwARI027372 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 17:58:10 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Is SMART support available for SATA drives in SAS enclosures? I'm testing this setup LSI Logic SAS3800X PCI-X SAS controller (mptsas driver) Promise V-Trak J300S SAS/SATA enclosure/expander 12x Seagate ST3500630NS Linux kernel 2.6.21.1 x86_64 smartmontools-5.37-1.1.fc6 from Fedora Core 6 "smartctl -i -d sat /dev/sdc" gives me Smartctl: Device Read Identity Failed Same with "-d ata". If I treat the disk as SCSI ("-d scsi"), the command will not fail, but wil only retrieve the serial number. Thanks, Pim