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From: "Derek Vadala" <derek@cynicism.com>
Subject: Re: Getting HD Serial Numbers in RAID
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:26:11 -0400 (EDT)
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> Are there any tools available to get the serial number off the drives in
> the array? Or can I get some pointers on writing such a tool?

You could try smartctl, but I don't know what luck you'll have accessing
the raw devices if they are behind a hardware controller.

http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6983