Hi... Thank you for the very informative response. I was afraid that the passthrough was just not supported. Would it be possible for me to get the driver (OEM) that can report this information (SRB Passthrough)? Or can I get the pieces to implement the passthrough myself. If you know anything about getting that info in Win32 that would help greatly also, since I am in the same boat in that OS as well. Thanks! Augustine On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 06:18, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > The aacraid module only reports the logicals and none-DASD devices to > the scsi layer. There is no direct communication to any DASD devices. > > I have toyed with exporting the components of the arrays, but to please > the (Security, RAID & OEM) gohds I need to ensure that R/W requests are > not honored. I will look into producing a patch to MarkH for this once > the current set (about a dozen patches pending) has finished bubbling > through his hands ... > > The current mechanism for exporting this component information is via > the applications, there is an SRB passthrough command that is in our OEM > variant of the driver used for such a purpose. The SRB passthrough was > rejected by the community and is not in the kernels.org driver and will > remain a legacy requirement by the OEMs. > > Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Augustine Ortiz, > Jr. > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 5:11 PM > To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Getting HD Serial Numbers in RAID > > Usually, most hardware RAID stuff does give software. However since this > one (AACRAID/PERC) is such a common controller, this manufacturer didn't > include it. We do have some for other systems, but they are in Windows, > and I can't seem to figure out how to get the serial numbers through > that either. > > Interestingly, if you have the arrays broken, you can pull the serial > numbers just fine. > > Some RAID cards (ie. DAC90 chipset) will report all the disks when the > kernel module is loaded. I figured I could just sorta re-work that stuff > and see if I could probe it. > > I am having some trouble with the AACRAID module though. It looks like > it grabs the info, but I can't tell if it does it when the drives are > actually RAIDed. > > Thank you for the info, I will see if I can get it via the SMART stuff. > I will post if I have any luck. > > Thanks! > > Augustine > > > > From: > > Derek Vadala <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > You could try smartctl, but I don't know what luck you'll have > > accessing > > the raw devices if they are behind a hardware controller. > > > > http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6983 > > > > > > hddtemp will get you more info on the disk ... not sure if it works > > on aacraid/perc etc > > > > c ya > > alvin > > > On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 14:36, Guy wrote: > > When I have used hardware RAID, the vender supplies software that will > do > > what you want. But it is tied to the vender's hardware, not general. > > > > Guy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Augustine > Ortiz, Jr. > > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 3:45 PM > > To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Getting HD Serial Numbers in RAID > > > > Hi... > > > > I have been working on getting serial numbers electronically off of > hard > > drives for various reasons. > > > > I have been successful with IDE and most SCSI drives (using hdparm and > > scsiinfo). However I am running into trouble with ones that are on > > AACRAID/PERC3 adaptors and actually in a RAID array. > > > > The only serial number I can seem to grab is the one for the entire > > volume which is just assigned. > > > > Are there any tools available to get the serial number off the drives > in > > the array? Or can I get some pointers on writing such a tool? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Augustine > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" > in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
