On Mon, 2018-03-19 at 17:30 +0100, Jack Wang wrote: > > > > > > > > > > And I think either mpt2sas and/or mpt3sas HBAs (I don't have my > > > hardware > > > nearby) have a SMP target hidden away somewhere. Perhaps someone > > > from > > > LSI/Avago/Broadcom could supply more information about that. > > Indeed, mpt3sas has internal enclosure some how. > snip from "sas3ircu 0 display" output: > Device is a Hard disk > Enclosure # : 1 > Slot # : 4 > SAS Address : 4433221-1-0400-0000 > State : Ready (RDY) > > And it's possible to locate it using "sas3ircu 0 locate 1:4 ON" to > locate the drive.
The fat firmware eats pretty much all trace of the enclosure. I think it could be exposed as a device, but that would disrupt the mpt3sas internal handling if our Linux enclosure service also binds to it. James