HighPoint ROCKET RAID - SMART

[dnar]

I just dropped a RocketRaid 2720 card loaded with the non-RAID BIOS into N4F 9.1.0.1 and SMART does not work.

Drives come up as /dev/da0 to da5.

I sussed out how to read SMART from the command line:

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smartctl -a -d hpt,1/1/1 /dev/hpt27xx

So my 6 drives can be SMART queried with:
smartctl -a -d hpt,1/1/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -a -d hpt,1/2/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -a -d hpt,1/3/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -a -d hpt,1/4/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -a -d hpt,1/5/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -a -d hpt,1/6/1 /dev/hpt27xx

Were 1/1/1 is drive /dev/da0, 1/2/1 is da1, 1/3/1 is da2 etc. and /dev/hpt27xx is the card, not a drive.

Now looking at /etc/rc.d/smartd there is no code to cater for this card. and this syntax. I cant simply add to the "extra options" on the SMART page for each drive either, as the config built from /etc/rc.local/smartd always sets up as "scsi" type devices.

/etc/rc.local/smartd needs some work. Is this something the devs are aware of? I would assume this also affects the 3ware cards also as they follow similar syntax.

[RedAntz]

Hi dnar,

Willy Turner and I wrote a patch to this. It has been submitted to developers for review to decide which patch to merge. If you are interested, you may try out the patch yourself.

http://sourceforge.net/p/nas4free/featu ... /2/?page=1

[dnar]

Hi dnar,

Willy Turner and I wrote a patch to this. It has been submitted to developers for review to decide which patch to merge. If you are interested, you may try out the patch yourself.

http://sourceforge.net/p/nas4free/featu ... /2/?page=1

Nice one. I took a look at the patches, good work. I shall try later today. Thanks.

Lets hope this gets rolled into the next release.

BTW, ataidle and camcontrol do not work with this card when attempting to set the disk standby timer. Have you a solution to this?

[dnar]

I tried Willys patch controller patch v2.tar

Several issues.

1. Typo in the installer:

cp ./disk.inc /etc/inc should be cp ./disks.inc /etc/inc'

2. Re-importing disks, I now get the controller type but no disk description, model, serial or temperature.

3. Diagnostics-Information-SMART errors with "/dev/hpt27xx0: Unknown device type 'hpt0/1'"

My first disk is actually "hpt,1/1/1" not "hpt0/1" and the controller should be "/dev/hpt27xx" not "/dev/hpt27xx0".

[dnar]

Just conclude, I am now executing weekly SMART tests via cron and the following script

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smartctl -t short -d hpt,1/1/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -t short -d hpt,1/2/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -t short -d hpt,1/3/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -t short -d hpt,1/4/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -t short -d hpt,1/5/1 /dev/hpt27xx
smartctl -t short -d hpt,1/6/1 /dev/hpt27xx

NB I am only using the first 6 SAS ports.