Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of LSIMegaRAIDSAS

Timestamp:

10/19/12 19:44:11 (12 years ago)

Author:

Adam Cécile

Comment:

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LSIMegaRAIDSAS

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-= 4. BIOS upgrade from a Linux system =
+
+= 4. SMART
+
+Finally I found the way to read SMART through these MegaRAID cards.
+The first thing you'll have to do is to list IDs of all your physical disks:
+{{{
+server:~# megacli -PDlist -a0 | grep '^Device Id:'
+Device Id: 0
+Device Id: 1
+Device Id: 2
+Device Id: 3
+}}}
+
+Then you can add this kind of lines to /etc/smartd.conf (don't forget to comment the DEVICESCAN one):
+{{{
+# LSI MegaRAID
+/dev/sda -d sat+megaraid,0 -a -s L/../../3/02
+/dev/sda -d sat+megaraid,1 -a -s L/../../3/03
+/dev/sda -d sat+megaraid,2 -a -s L/../../3/04
+/dev/sda -d sat+megaraid,3 -a -s L/../../3/05
+}}}
+
+Please note you need a recent version of smartmontools.
+5.38 from Debian Lenny won't work, 5.39.1+svn3124 from Squeeze does.
+
+= 5. BIOS upgrade from a Linux system =
 
 Dell cards can be flashed using firmware-tools.