Is "pediags" useless for PE840's storage?

[Giulio Orsero]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:12:57 +0100, <Patrick_Fischer at Dell.com> wrote:

>I have tested this now on PE840 with SAS5iR and DEBIAN LENNY 64bit. If SAS or SATA disks connected to SAS HBA should not make any difference for monitoring or tests.

I agree that SAS or SATA disks shouldn't make a difference, but then how do
you explain the following message I get when running the only test I have
available:

"...Run the test on a backplane with an expander or a backplane with SAS
disks..."

>From this message I understand I should use SAS disks to get the info (I
have SATA); can you confirm this?
If not, what's the meaning of "or a backplane with SAS disks"?

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# ./pediags sasdevdiag --run quicktest=true
...
 
Device Name     : SAS/SATA backplane 1:0
Description     : SAS/SATA backplane 1:0
Device Location : Enclosure 1:0
Test Name       : SAS Phy Integrity Test
Description     : Gets Enclosure and HDD Phy Error Log Information.
Passes          : 1
Result          : warning
Start Time      : Fri Apr 17 09:15:35 2009
Completion Time : Fri Apr 17 09:15:36 2009
Result Event    : The Test is not supported on this configuration.Run the
test on a backplane with an expander or a backplane with SAS disks.
#
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Thanks
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