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29 ATTO Technology Inc. ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual
Monitoring S.M.A.R.T. Data
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, or S.M.A.R.T., is a system built into SATA drives to detect
and report on various indicators of drive health.
The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
Reporting Technology) monitoring feature monitors
and reports the status of SATA drives using certain
parameters recorded by the drives. Notifications are
sent when the values exceed certain pre-determined
values.
Use the ATTO ConfigTool to view the files that record
changes to S.M.A.R.T. parameters. The files are
permanent and can be viewed independently whether
you have enabled monitoring or not.
Enabling or Disabling S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring
You may enable or disable the monitoring feature at
any time. Monitoring is disabled by default: if you want
to use the feature, you must enable it.
1 Select the ExpressSAS RAID or
ThunderStream SC storage controller from the
Device Listing panel.
2 Select the RAID tab in the right panel.
3 Select the RAID Management menu item at
the top of the screen.
4 Select the Monitor S.M.A.R.T. menu item to
change the monitoring status. The Monitor
Checking S.M.A.R.T. Status
The ATTO ConfigTool interface displays the latest
S.M.A.R.T. status record for a selected drive. All
attributes reported by the drive are listed with each
attribute’s
Threshold, Worst, Current and Raw
value.
The threshold value is the value at which notification of
a problem is generated by the software.
If there has been a change from a previous record of
S.M.A.R.T. status, an arrow notes which way the
change went, either higher or lower. For example, in
Exhibit 1.5.1--11 on page 30, the temperature listed in
this record is lower than the temperature listed in a
previous record and the arrow next to that attribute
points downward.
The S.M.A.R.T. status display also contains
information such as the date and time the S.M.A.R.T.
status was recorded, the total number of records for
this drive, and the current monitoring status (enabled
or disabled).
You may move to previous or subsequent records,
query the drive or refresh the view using controls on
the interface.
1 Select a single drive in the Attached Drives
panel.
2 Right-click on the selected drive.
3Select S.M.A.R.T. Status in the sub-menu.
4The S.M.A.R.T. Status box displays.
• Use the left arrow or right arrow control to
move between S.M.A.R.T. status records