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Consistent capitalization of "Attribute" 

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\# at the Concurrent Systems Laboratory (now part of the Storage Systems \# at the Concurrent Systems Laboratory (now part of the Storage Systems
\# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of \# Research Center), Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of
\# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/ \# California, Santa Cruz. http://ssrc.soe.ucsc.edu/
.TH SMARTD 8 "$Date: 2002/10/31 17:24:24 $" "smartmontools-5.0" .TH SMARTD 8 "$Date: 2002/10/31 17:35:31 $" "smartmontools-5.0"
.SH NAME .SH NAME
smartd \- S.M.A.R.T. Daemon smartd \- S.M.A.R.T. Daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS .SH SYNOPSIS
...@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ below) ...@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ below)
.B smartd .B smartd
will attempt to enable S.M.A.R.T. monitoring on ATA devices, and polls will attempt to enable S.M.A.R.T. monitoring on ATA devices, and polls
these and SCSI devices every 30 minutes, logging S.M.A.R.T. errors and these and SCSI devices every 30 minutes, logging S.M.A.R.T. errors and
changes of S.M.A.R.T. attributes via the SYSLOG interface. These changes of S.M.A.R.T. Attributes via the SYSLOG interface. These
notifications and warnings normally appear in notifications and warnings normally appear in
.B /var/log/messages. smartd .B /var/log/messages. smartd
can be configured at start-up using the file can be configured at start-up using the file
...@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Section below! ...@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Section below!
.nf .nf
.B # The following line enables monitoring of the .B # The following line enables monitoring of the
.B # ATA Error Log and the Self-Test Error Log. .B # ATA Error Log and the Self-Test Error Log.
.B # It also tracks changes in both Pre-Failure .B # It also tracks changes in both Prefailure
.B # and Usage Attributes, apart from Attributes .B # and Usage Attributes, apart from Attributes
.B # 9, 194, and 231, and shows continued lines: .B # 9, 194, and 231, and shows continued lines:
.B # .B #
...@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ is 1800 sec, and the minimum allowed value is ...@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ is 1800 sec, and the minimum allowed value is
ten seconds. ten seconds.
.TP .TP
.B \-c .B \-c
Check: Will check the SMART status of the disk. If any prefailure Check: Will check the SMART status of the disk. If any Prefailure
attributes are less than or equal to their threshold values, then disk Attributes are less than or equal to their threshold values, then disk
failure is predicted in less than 24 hours, and a message at priority failure is predicted in less than 24 hours, and a message at priority
.B 'CRITICAL' .B 'CRITICAL'
will be logged to syslog. [Please see the will be logged to syslog. [Please see the
...@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Self-Test Log has increased since the last check. Note that such ...@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Self-Test Log has increased since the last check. Note that such
errors will errors will
.I only .I only
be logged if you run self-tests on the disk (and it fails the be logged if you run self-tests on the disk (and it fails the
tests!). [Self-tests can be run by using the tests!). [Self-Tests can be run by using the
.B '\-SXsx' .B '\-SXsx'
options of options of
.B smartctl, .B smartctl,
...@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ and the results of the testing can be observed using the ...@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ and the results of the testing can be observed using the
command line option.] command line option.]
.TP .TP
.B \-f .B \-f
Fail: Check for 'failure' of any usage attributes. If these Fail: Check for 'failure' of any Usage Attributes. If these
attributes are less than or equal to the threshold, it does NOT Attributes are less than or equal to the threshold, it does NOT
indicate imminent disk failure. It "indicates an advisory condition indicate imminent disk failure. It "indicates an advisory condition
where the usage or age of the device has exceeded its intended design where the usage or age of the device has exceeded its intended design
life period." life period."
...@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ life period." ...@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ life period."
command-line option.] command-line option.]
.TP .TP
.B \-p .B \-p
Prefail: Report anytime that a prefail attribute has changed Prefail: Report anytime that a Prefail Attribute has changed
its value since the last check, 30 minutes ago. [Please see the its value since the last check, 30 minutes ago. [Please see the
.B smartctl \-v .B smartctl \-v
command-line option.] command-line option.]
.TP .TP
.B \-u .B \-u
Usage: Report anytime that a usage attribute has changed its value Usage: Report anytime that a Usage Attribute has changed its value
since the last check, N seconds ago. [Please see the since the last check, N seconds ago. [Please see the
.B smartctl \-v .B smartctl \-v
command-line option.] command-line option.]
...@@ -330,39 +330,43 @@ command-line option.] ...@@ -330,39 +330,43 @@ command-line option.]
Track: Equivalent to turning on the two previous flags '\-t' and '\-u'. Track: Equivalent to turning on the two previous flags '\-t' and '\-u'.
Tracks changes in Tracks changes in
.I all .I all
device attributes. [Please see the device Attributes. [Please see the
.B smartctl \-v .B smartctl \-v
command-line option.] command-line option.]
.TP .TP
.B \-i <ID> .B \-i <ID>
Ignore: This Directive modifies the behavior of the '\-f' attribute Ignore: This Directive modifies the behavior of the '\-f' Directive
and has no effect without it. and has no effect without it.
.I This Directive requires a decimal integer argument <ID> in the range from 1 to 255. .I This Directive requires a decimal integer argument <ID> in the range from 1 to 255.
It means to ignore device attribute number <ID>, when checking for It means to ignore device Attribute number <ID>, when checking for
failure of usage attributes. This is useful, for example, if you have failure of Usage Attributes. This is useful, for example, if you have
a very old disk and don't want to keep getting messages about the a very old disk and don't want to keep getting messages about the
hours-on-lifetime attribute (usually attribute 9) failing. hours-on-lifetime Attribute (usually Attribute 9) failing. This
Directive may appear multiple times for a single device, if you want
to ignore multiple Attributes.
.TP .TP
.B \-I <ID> .B \-I <ID>
Ignore: This Directive modifies the Ignore: This Directive modifies the
behavior of the '\-p', '\-u', and '\-t' attributes behavior of the '\-p', '\-u', and '\-t' Directives
and has no effect without one of them. and has no effect without one of them.
.I This Directive requires a decimal integer argument <ID> in the range from 1 to 255. .I This Directive requires a decimal integer argument <ID> in the range from 1 to 255.
It means to ignore device attribute <ID>, when tracking changes in the It means to ignore device Attribute <ID>, when tracking changes in the
attribute values. This is useful, for example, if one of the device Attribute values. This is useful, for example, if one of the device
attributes is the disk temperature (usually attribute 194 or Attributes is the disk temperature (usually Attribute 194 or
231). It's annoying to get reports each time the temperature changes. 231). It's annoying to get reports each time the temperature changes.
This Directive may appear multiple times for a single device, if you
want to ignore multiple Attributes.
.TP .TP
.B \-a .B \-a
All: equivalent to turning on the following Directives: All: equivalent to turning on the following Directives:
.B '\-c' .B '\-c'
to check the SMART status, to check the SMART status,
.B '\-f' .B '\-f'
to report failures of usage (rather than pre-fail) attributes, to report failures of Usage (rather than Prefail) Attributes,
.B '\-t' .B '\-t'
to track changes in both prefailure and usage attributes, to track changes in both Prefailure and Usage Attributes,
.B '\-L' .B '\-L'
to report increases in the number of self-test log errors, and to report increases in the number of Self-Test Log errors, and
.B '\-l' .B '\-l'
to report increases in the number of ATA errors. to report increases in the number of ATA errors.
.TP .TP
...@@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ If you want more frequent information, use ...@@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ If you want more frequent information, use
.B smartd .B smartd
will make log entries at loglevel will make log entries at loglevel
.B LOG_INFO .B LOG_INFO
if SMART attribute values have changed, as reported using the if SMART Attribute values have changed, as reported using the
.B '\-t', '\-p', or '\-u' .B '\-t', '\-p', or '\-u'
Directives. For example: Directives. For example:
.nf .nf
...@@ -404,13 +408,13 @@ manual page for further explanation. ...@@ -404,13 +408,13 @@ manual page for further explanation.
.B smartd .B smartd
will make log entries at loglevel will make log entries at loglevel
.B LOG_CRIT .B LOG_CRIT
if a SMART attribute has failed, for example: if a SMART Attribute has failed, for example:
.nf .nf
.B 'Device: /dev/hdc, Failed SMART attribute: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct' .B 'Device: /dev/hdc, Failed SMART Attribute: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct'
.fi .fi
This loglevel is used for reporting enabled by the This loglevel is used for reporting enabled by the
.B '\-c', \-f', '\-L', and '\-l' .B '\-c', \-f', '\-L', and '\-l'
Directives. Entries reporting failure of SMART pre-failure attributes Directives. Entries reporting failure of SMART Prefailure Attributes
should not be ignored: they mean that the disk is failing. Use the should not be ignored: they mean that the disk is failing. Use the
.B smartctl .B smartctl
utility to investigate. utility to investigate.
...@@ -492,4 +496,4 @@ Please let us know if there is an on\-line source for this document. ...@@ -492,4 +496,4 @@ Please let us know if there is an on\-line source for this document.
.SH .SH
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