Infortrend RAID Controller Manual

Examining Whether Your Drives Support S.M.A.R.T.
To see if your drive supports S.M.A.R.T., follow the steps below:
3. Enable “S.M.A.R.T.” on the RAID controller.
4. In “View and Edit SCSI Drives,” choose one drive to test to. Press
[ENTER] on the drive, a sub-menu will appear.
5. Notice that a new item “Predictable Failure Test” appears in the
sub-menu. If the SMART” feature is not enabled properly, this item
will not appear in this sub-menu.
6. Choose “Predictable Failure Test,” the controller will force the
drive to simulate the predictable drive error.
7. Press [ENTER], and after a while (the next time the controller
performs “Periodic Drive Check”), the controller will detect the error
simulated by the drive. An error message will be displayed: “[1142]
SMART-CH:? ID:? Predictable Failure Detected (TEST).” If this error
message appears, it means the selected drive supports S.M.A.R.T.
feature. If this error message does not appear, it means that this drive
does not support S.M.A.R.T..
8. Otherwise, you may simply contact the drive manufacturer for
information about whether the drive model and drive firmware
revision support S.M.A.R.T. feature.
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