Hi, I'm interested in learning about the state of enclosure services on Linux. From what I gather from reading mailing list posts, there are three relevant standards: SAF-TE, SES-2 and SFF-8485 SGPIO. Also there is a enclosure Kernel module (config ENCLOSURE_SERVICES) available: Does this module support all these standards? Do specific SATA kernel driver need to support this module? What user-space tools are available to access the enclosure services? And more specifically: I do have a Supermicro Server here with a SAS815TQ backplane. Reading its documentation it seems to support SES-2 and SGPIO (which I'm assuming is SFF-8485, but this isn't stated explicitly). It is jumpered for SGPIO and connected to a header labeled T-SGPIO01 on the mainboard (Supermicro H8DMR-82). Loading the enclosure kernel modules leaves /sys/class/enclosure empty (I'm assuming something should show up there). Is my Kernel too old (Debian 2.6.26)? Or am I doing something else wrong? Am I expecting too much? Regards Florian Wagner -------------- Florian Wagner Abteilung EDV Telefon: 0821 / 4201 - 453 Fax: 0821 / 4201 - 411 E-Mail: f_wagner@xxxxxxxxxx Syscomp Biochemische Dienstleistungen GmbH August-Wessels-Straße 5, 86154 Augsburg Postfach 102506, 86015 Augsburg Telefon: 0821 / 4201 - 0 Fax: 0821 / 417992 Web: http://www.syscomp.de E-Mail: syscomp@xxxxxxxxxx Geschäftsführer: Dr. med. Bernd Schottdorf Gabriele Schottdorf Registergericht Augsburg HRB 8670
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