Try smartctl -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda1 is a partition. smartctl works only on drives.
> Hi All,
> I am getting the following error when i try to get the
> information of an SSD. Board is up with RHEL 6.5.
>
> [root@localhost ~]# smartctl -i /dev/sda1
> smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64] (local
> build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> *Smartctl open device: /dev/sda1 failed: INQUIRY failed*
>
> can some one please let me know what went wrong..
>
> Regards,
> Anil.
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