Re: Couldn't access LSI RAID controller drive in Windows 2012

Woochun Park wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I am trying to access SMART info of LSI raid array associated drives 
> in widnows but it doesn't work for me. Any clue will be highly 
> appreciated. Thanks.
>
> In linux, I can do
> # smartctl -a /dev/sda -d sat+megaraid,N
>
> In windows 2012 powershell, when I run --scan
> PS C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin>  .\smartctl.exe --scan
> /dev/sda -d scsi # /dev/sda, SCSI device
>

Some LSI Windows drivers reportedly support the vendor independent CSMI 
ATA pass-through.
See: http://www.smartmontools.org/ticket/243#comment:7
http://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_RAID-Controllers

If "smartctl --scan" does not show any /dev/csmiN,PORT pseudo device 
name, this is not the case on your system.

There is not LSI MegaRAID specific support in the Windows version of 
smartmontools. This could not be added without documentation of the LSI 
specific ATA/SCSI pass-through I/O-control (which may not exist at all).


> PS C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin> .\smartctl.exe -a /dev/sda -d scsi
> smartctl 6.3 2014-07-26 r3976 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-2012] (sf-6.3-1)
> Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, 
> www.smartmontools.org <http://www.smartmontools.org>
>
> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
> Vendor:               LSI
> Product:              MR9260-4i

This is the SCSI INQUIRY result of the RAID volume.

Thanks,
Christian


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