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Subject: Re: Smartmontools: smartd -  operation not supported by device,
 close failed
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Nick Jagger wrote:
> This is about a smart array 6i controller (ciss) on a hp proliant dl360g4p.
> Running 6.2 RC1 (up to next build)
> 
> from dmesg:
> ciss0: <HP Smart Array 6i> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xfdff0000-0xfdff1fff,0xfdf80000-0xfdfbffff irq 24 at device 1.0 on pci2
> ciss0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> da0 at ciss0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> 
> I have configured smartd.conf (from smartmontools) as:
> /dev/ciss0 -a -d cciss,0 -m root@localhost
> 
> When running smartd, it returns the following message at every check of the disk: 
> 
> May 20 14:32:03 server smartd[4867]: Device: /dev/ciss0 [cciss_disk_00], Operation not supported by device, close(195) failed
> 
> Is this something to be concerned about?
> 
> thank you,
> nick
> 

/dev/ciss isn't a disk device, it's the control device for the card 
firmware.  Why is smartmontools looking at it?

Scott