Bug#449191: [smartmontools-devel] smartctl -H fails with WDC WD5000 behind a SiI 3112 SATA controller

Guido Guenther wrote: > Hi, > the error code is: > > Error SMART Status command failed > Please get assistance from http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > Values from ATA status return descriptor are: > 00 09 0c 00 da 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 > > This is the Debian bugreport: > http:/

Bug#403940: sg3-utils 1.19 reports wrong serial # for SAS hard drive

The reporter didn't supply much information. I'm not sure why any manufacturer would worry about a serial number (in VPD page 0x80) for a SAS disk. The SAS standard mandates 4 world wide unique naa-5 (64 bit) identifiers for each SAS disk: - one for the logical unit - another for the target de