Martin Drab sez:
> S.M.A.R.T. should be able to do this. But last time I've
> checked it wasn't
> working with Linux and SCSI/SATA. Is this working now?
Smartctl works with the latest patches to the aacraid driver to SAS and
SATA products (no_uld_patch submitted originally in December)
>> Run the Verify (or Verify with Fix) Task on the controller, the
report
>> will indicate the reasons for inconsistencies.
>How do I run that? Any special tools for that?
Can be triggered in the BIOS, or using the Adaptec Management Tools.
-- Mark
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Salyzyn, Mark wrote:
> Martin Drab sez:
> > S.M.A.R.T. should be able to do this. But last time I've
> > checked it wasn't
> > working with Linux and SCSI/SATA. Is this working now?
>
> Smartctl works with the latest patches to the aacraid driver to SAS and
> SATA products (no_uld_patch submitted originally in December)
Is it in mainline allready? Or do I have to get it somewhere else?
> >> Run the Verify (or Verify with Fix) Task on the controller, the
> report
> >> will indicate the reasons for inconsistencies.
> >How do I run that? Any special tools for that?
>
> Can be triggered in the BIOS, or using the Adaptec Management Tools.
BIOS media verification completes successfully after the low-level format.
Otherwise I wouldn't have started to install it on the same disk again of
course.
Martin