Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 09:07:06 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Nick Jagger <nckjagger@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Smartmontools: smartd - operation not supported by device, close failed Message-ID: <4650641A.6060501@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <860891.31219.qm@web57503.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <860891.31219.qm@web57503.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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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
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