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Decoding the "smartctl open device dev/sda failed" Error on Dell PERC/MegaRAID Controllers

This applies to any LSI MegaRAID card (e.g., 9260, 9361) under Linux. For HP SmartArray, use -d cciss,N ; for 3ware, use -d 3ware,N .

Via MegaCli/StorCLI

: If you have RAID management tools installed, run: Decoding the "smartctl open device dev/sda failed" Error

For production servers, manually checking smartctl on each physical disk is tedious. Consider: 9361) under Linux. For HP SmartArray