Hi,
We are trying to use smartmontools (smartctl command) to check the health of our file servers disks.
We have an LSI MegaRaid (Dell branded) controller attached to a DAS array. Each of the 12 disks are a single-disk volume, presenting as mfidXX. I'm aware that there are /dev/passYY devices for these. How do I translate from the mfidXX to the passYY device in order to run
It seems these two numbering schemes don't line up. The output from
Any help to understand how to understand this system would be appreciated, thanks so much.
We are trying to use smartmontools (smartctl command) to check the health of our file servers disks.
We have an LSI MegaRaid (Dell branded) controller attached to a DAS array. Each of the 12 disks are a single-disk volume, presenting as mfidXX. I'm aware that there are /dev/passYY devices for these. How do I translate from the mfidXX to the passYY device in order to run
smartctl -a /dev/passYY
?It seems these two numbering schemes don't line up. The output from
mfiutil show drives
below shows the physical drives - the first number doesn't seem to line up with /dev/passYY either - e.g. smartctl -a /dev/pass6
says it's an enclosure device, not a drive.Any help to understand how to understand this system would be appreciated, thanks so much.
mfiutil show drives
Code:
mfi0 Physical Drives:
4 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES66 serial=6SL52HK2> SAS E1:S2
5 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES66 serial=6SL52H4L> SAS E1:S5
6 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES66 serial=6SL51047> SAS E1:S4
7 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES66 serial=6SL510BV> SAS E1:S3
8 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600957SS ESF5 serial=6SL4Q19Y> SAS E1:S8
9 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600957SS ESF5 serial=6SL4Q0X7> SAS E1:S7
10 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES65 serial=6SL4ZYYY> SAS E1:S6
11 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES65 serial=6SL50DPP> SAS E1:S9
12 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES66 serial=6SL52GYR> SAS E1:S1
13 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600057SS ES66 serial=6SL510R5> SAS E1:S0
14 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600957SS ESF5 serial=6SL4LE2T> SAS E1:S10
15 ( 559G) ONLINE <SEAGATE ST3600957SS ESF5 serial=6SL4PCCG> SAS E1:S11