[CentOS] smartd on RAID controllers?

[Robert - elists]

> 
> /dev/sda is the virtual disk as it appears to CentOS as I can access it
> with hdparm.
> Do I need to use another device for the RAID array (which?) or is it
> impossible to smart monitor "thru" a RAID controller?
> 
> Kai
> 

Kai

Shouldn't there be another "layer" ?

Is this a real hardware raid controller?

I do not remember the specifics, yet when we did this on HP proliant boxes
with hardware raid, we had to play with the config files and setup for the
raid *drivers* so to speak

On old boxes with raid5 we would be monitoring something like

/dev/ida/c0d0

And on newer boxes with raid1 or raid5 we would be monitoring something like

/dev/cciss/c0d0

 - rh