Re: [smartmontools-support] Checking Intel ICH RAID arrays under Windows

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

pa...@fa... wrote:
> Hello:
>
> 	I have a Windows 7 box with a two-drive RAID 0 array created using the
> motherboard's SATA controller (Intel P55 chipset), and I want to use smartmontools to check
> on the status of the two drives. Sure enough, if I do:
>
> 	smartctl -a /dev/csmi0,0
>
> 	It shows me the SMART status of one of them... but I don't know how to access the
> status of the other one.

If the first drive could be accessed via /dev/csmi0,0 then you could use 
/dev/csmi0,[1-5] ... for the other SATA ports.


> If I do:
>
> 	smartctl -a /dev/csmi1,0
> 	Smartctl open device: /dev/csmi1,0 failed: \\.\Scsi1:: access denied

This error message typically appears if smartctl is run from a console 
without admin rights.


>
> 	And the same if I do "/dev/csmi2,0", 3,0, etc. And if I do:
>
> 	smartctl -a /dev/csmi0,1
> 	Smartctl open device: /dev/csmi0,1 failed: No device on port 1

Your 2nd drive is not necessary connected to the port with the internal 
number 1 (labeling on MB may differ). Please try the other port numbers 
2-5 or run "smartctl --scan".

Thanks,
Christian