[smartmontools-support] Intel RAID Card Support, Device Type ir3?

[Robinson, E. <eri...@ps...>]

According to the following page at Intel page and some others like it...

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/20012/eng/ir3_Linux_drv_v6.505.02.00-1_readme.txt

..smartmontools 5.39 and higher is able to talk to the drives attached to their RAID cards using the command...

smartctl -a -d ir3,X /dev/sdY 

(X = physical drive DeviceID, Y = scsi device driver letter).

However, when I try any command with an ir3 device type, I get "unknown device type"

[root@localhost ~]# smartctl -a -d ir3,0 /dev/sda
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

/dev/sda: Unknown device type 'ir3,0'
=======> VALID ARGUMENTS ARE: ata, scsi, sat[,auto][,N][+TYPE], usbcypress[,X], usbjmicron[,x][,N], usbsunplus, marvell, areca,N/E, 3ware,N, hpt,L/M/N, megaraid,N, cciss,N, auto, test <=======

According to Intel, the ir3 device type should work with any of the following card models:

RS25AB080, RS25SB008, RMS2PB080, RMS25PB040, RMT3PB080, RMS25CB080, RMS25CB080N,MS25PB080N, RMS25CB040, RMT3CB080, RS25NB008, RS25DB080, RS2VB080, RS2VB040, RT3WB080, RS2WC040, RS2WC080, RS2SG240, RS2WG160, RMS2MH080, RMS2AF080, RMS2AF040, RS2MB044, RS2BL080, RS2BL080DE, RS2BL040, RS2PI008DE, RS2PI008, SRCSASBB8I, SRCSASLS4I, SRCSASJV, SRCSASRB, SRCSATAWB, SROMBSASFC, SROMBSASMP2, SROMBSASMR, SRCSASPH16I, SRCSAS18E, SRCSAS144E, SROMBSAS18E

Anybody know why it does not work?

--
Eric Robinson



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