The error message "smartctl open device /dev/sda failed: DELL or MegaRaid controller, please try adding '-d megaraid,N'"
Causes of the Error
Method 3: Use lsblk + inference – less reliable, but if you have 4 drives in RAID10, IDs 0 and 1 are likely the first mirror pair.
The value for N (the Device ID) is not always 0, 1, 2, etc. You can find the correct IDs using two methods: Via smartctl scan: smartctl --scan Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard
For SAS/SCSI drives:sudo smartctl -a -d megaraid,12 /dev/sda
SMART Health Status: OK
Logging, metrics, and UX
- megaraid,N
- cciss,N
- mpt3raid,N
- scsi
- ata_sat / ata_piix