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<title>smartmontools - Supported RAID-Controllers $Date: 2009/01/11 15:04:00 $)</title>
<title>smartmontools - Supported RAID-Controllers $Date: 2009/01/16 17:46:52 $)</title>
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<meta name="description" content="smartmontools - List of supported RAID-Controllers" />
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<!-- $Id: raid-controller_support.html,v 1.3 2009/01/11 15:04:00 dipohl Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: raid-controller_support.html,v 1.4 2009/01/16 17:46:52 dipohl Exp $ -->
<div id="header">
<h1><a id="logo" href="http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/"><img src="../smart_logo.gif" width="105" height="59" border="0" hspace="20" align="middle" name="smartmontools_Logo" alt="S.M.A.R.T. Logo" /></a>
smartmontools - Supported RAID-Controllers</h1>
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<h3>Checking disks behind RAID controllers</h3>
<h3><a name="overview"></a>Supported RAID-Controllers</h3>
<p>RAID controllers typically simulate a (logical) disk for each array of (physical)
disks to the OS. Access to SMART functionality relies on ATA or SCSI pass through
I/O controls providing direct access to each physical disk.
But the standard I/O controls available are usually not designed to make
this distinction between logical and physical disks. Therefore, smartmontools
has to use vendor specific I/O controls. Support for disks behind RAID
controllers is highly dependent on both platform and controller type.</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2">
<tr>
<th rowspan="2" bgcolor="Lavender">RAID-Controller</th>
<th rowspan="2" bgcolor="Lavender">Directive</th>
<th colspan="3" bgcolor="Lavender">Supported in OS</th>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td><tt>3ware SATA RAID controller</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes</tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="AntiqueWhite"><tt>Yes</tt></td> <!-- FreeBSD -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes (1)</tt></td> <!-- MS-Windows -->
<td><tt>-d 3ware,N</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes <a href="#1">[1]</a></tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="AntiqueWhite"><tt>Yes <a href="#2">[2]</a></tt></td> <!-- FreeBSD -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes <a href="#3">[3]</a></tt></td> <!-- MS-Windows -->
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>Areca SATA RAID controller</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes</tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td><tt>-d areca,N</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes <a href="#4">[4]</a></tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="AntiqueWhite"><tt>No</tt></td> <!-- FreeBSD -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>No</tt></td> <!-- MS-Windows -->
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>HighPoint RocketRAID SATA RAID controller</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes</tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="AntiqueWhite"><tt>No</tt></td> <!-- FreeBSD -->
<td><tt>-d hpt,L/M/N</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes <a href="#5">[5]</a></tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="AntiqueWhite"><tt>Yes <a href="#6">[6]</a></tt></td> <!-- FreeBSD -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>No</tt></td> <!-- MS-Windows -->
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>CCISS (HP/Compaq Smart Array Controller)</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes</tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td><tt>-d cciss,N</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes <a href="#7">[7]</a></tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="AntiqueWhite"><tt>Yes</tt></td> <!-- FreeBSD -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>No</tt></td> <!-- MS-Windows -->
</tr>
<tr>
<td><tt>LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID controller</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes</tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td><tt>-d megaraid,N</tt></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>Yes <a href="#8">[8]</a></tt></td> <!-- Linux -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="AntiqueWhite"><tt>No</tt></td> <!-- FreeBSD -->
<td align="center" bgcolor="Azure"><tt>No</tt></td> <!-- MS-Windows -->
</tr>
</table>
<p>See the notes below and the <b><a href="http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/INSTALL?view=markup">INSTALL</a></b>
file for information about kernel and driver requirements on your platform. Also consult
the <a href="../doc.html#man-pages">man pages</a> for controller specific smartmontools options or
directives.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h4>Notes:</h4>
(1) 3ware 9000 series only, requires Windows driver 9.4.0 or later. For older controllers,
smartctl and smartd provide limited SMART support through tw_cli tool, see man page.
<strong><a name="1">1.</a></strong> 3ware RAID controllers are supported on Linux
since smartmontools release 5.1-18. Support for char devices /dev/tw* was added in release 5.33.<br />
<strong><a name="2">2.</a></strong> 3ware support on FreeBSD is available since release 5.33,
multiple controller and char device support was added in release 5.36.<br />
<strong><a name="3">3.</a></strong> 3ware 9000 series only (added in release 5.37),
requires Windows driver 9.4.0 or later. For older controllers, smartctl and smartd provide
limited SMART support through tw_cli tool, see man page. <br />
<strong><a name="4">4.</a></strong> Areca support on Linux added at 2008-07-24. Get
<strong>current version</strong> from <a href="../download.html#CVSInstall">CVS</a>.
The Areca controller must have firmware version 1.46 or later. Earlier versions will
not return SMART information but will instead produce (harmless) SCSI error messages.<br />
<strong><a name="5">5.</a></strong> HighPoint RocketRAID support for Linux was added in release 5.37.<br />
<strong><a name="6">6.</a></strong> HighPoint RocketRAID support for FreeBSD was added on 2009-01-14.
Get <strong>current version</strong> from <a href="../download.html#CVSInstall">CVS</a><br />
<strong><a name="7">7.</a></strong> CCISS (Compaq Smart Array Controller) support for Linux was added in release 5.37.<br />
<strong><a name="8">8.</a></strong> Support for LSI MegaRAID controller on Linux was added at 2008-10-03.
Get <strong>current version</strong> from <a href="../download.html#CVSInstall">CVS</a><br />
</div>
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<title>smartmontools FAQ Page (last updated $Date: 2008/11/04 20:07:39 $)</title>
<title>smartmontools FAQ Page (last updated $Date: 2009/01/16 17:46:52 $)</title>
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<ul class="Circle">
<li><a href="#testinghelp">Smartmontools for FireWire, USB, and SATA disks/systems</a></li>
<li><a href="#scsi">Smartmontools for SCSI disks and tapes (TapeAlert)</a></li>
<li><a href="#FAQ-RAID">Can I monitor disks behind RAID controllers?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#FAQ-win-ioctl">On Windows, <tt>smartctl</tt> prints the
message: "...Log Read failed: Function not implemented". What is going wrong?</a></li>
<li><a href="#block-major-65">I found in syslog: '<span class="code">Can't locate module block-major-65</span>'</a></li>
<li><a href="#FAQ-RAID">Can I monitor disks behind RAID controllers?</a></li>
<li><a href="#bios-setting">My computer's BIOS has a SMART enable/disable setting. What
does it do, and how should I set it?</a></li>
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<!-- Disks behind RAID-Controllers -->
<h3><a name="FAQ-RAID"></a>Can I monitor disks behind RAID controllers?</h3>
<p>RAID controllers typically simulate a (logical) disk for each array of
(physical) disks to the OS.
Access to SMART functionality relies on ATA or SCSI pass through I/O controls
providing direct access to each physical disk.
But the standard I/O controls available are usually not designed to make this
distinction between logical and physical disks.
Therefore, smartmontools has to use vendor specific I/O controls.
Support for disks behind RAID controllers is highly dependent on both platform
and controller type.</p>
<ul>
<li>3ware RAID controllers are supported on Linux since smartmontools release 5.1-18.
Support for char devices /dev/tw* was added in release 5.33.</li>
<li>3ware support on FreeBSD is available since release 5.33, multiple controller and
char device support was added in release 5.36.</li>
<li><span class="marked">3ware 9000 support for Windows was added 2006-09-27, the corresponding 3ware
driver 9.4.0 was released 2006-11-01.</span></li>
<li><span class="marked">HighPoint RocketRAID support for Linux was added 2006-08-25.</span></li>
<li><span class="marked">CCISS (Compaq Smart Array Controller) support for Linux was added 2006-10-09.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="marked">The recent additions are included in smartmontools release 5.37.</span></p>
<p>See<b>
<a href="http://smartmontools.cvs.sourceforge.net/smartmontools/sm5/INSTALL?view=markup">INSTALL</a>
</b>file for information about kernel and driver requirements on your platform,
and the <a href="doc.html#man">man pages</a> for controller specific smartmontools options or
directives (<tt>-d 3ware,N</tt>, <tt>-d cciss,N</tt>, <tt>-d hpt,L/M/N</tt>).</p>
<p>Support for disks behind RAID controllers is highly dependent on both platform
and controller type. See our page about <a href="docs/raid-controller_support.html">smartmontools RAID controller support</a>
for the details.</p>
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