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openSeaChest_SMART - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Seagate
Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved openSeaChest_SMART Version: 2.3.2-6_2_0
X86_64 Build Date: Dec 1 2023 Today: Fri Dec 1 15:18:15 2023 User: current user
========================================================================================== Usage =====
openSeaChest_SMART [-d <sg_device>] {arguments} {options}
Examples ========
openSeaChest_SMART --scan openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> -i openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#>
--SATInfo openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --llInfo openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartCheck
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --shortDST --captive openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#>
--conveyanceDST --poll openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --longDST --poll openSeaChest_SMART -d
/dev/sg<#> --idd short openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --idd long --captive openSeaChest_SMART -d
/dev/sg<#> --abortDST openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showDSTLog openSeaChest_SMART -d
/dev/sg<#> --smartAttributes hybrid openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showNvmeHealth
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --deviceStatistics openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#>
--smartFeature enable openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --setMRIE 6 openSeaChest_SMART -d
/dev/sg<#> --smartInfo openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartAttributeAutosave disable
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --smartAutoOffline enable openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#>
--showSMARTErrorLog comprehensive openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showSMARTErrorLog summary
--smartErrorLogFormat raw openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --showSCSIDefects g --defectFormat bfi
openSeaChest_SMART -d /dev/sg<#> --dstAndClean --errorLimit 40
Return codes ============
Generic/Common exit codes 0 = No Error Found 1 = Error in command line options 2 = Invalid Device
Handle or Missing Device Handle 3 = Operation Failure 4 = Operation not supported 5 = Operation
Aborted 6 = File Path Not Found 7 = Cannot Open File 8 = File Already Exists 9 = Need Elevated
Privileges Anything else = unknown error
Utility Options ===============
--echoCommandLine
Echo the command line entered into the utility on the screen.
--enableLegacyUSBPassthrough
Only use this option on old USB or IEEE1394 (Firewire) products that do not otherwise work with
the tool. This option will enable a trial and error method that attempts sending various ATA
Identify commands through vendor specific means. Because of this, certain products that may
respond in unintended ways since they may interpret these commands differently than the bridge
chip the command was designed for.
--forceATA
Using this option will force the current drive to be treated as a ATA drive. Only ATA commands
will be used to talk to the drive.
--forceATADMA
(SATA Only)
Using this option will force the tool to issue SAT commands to ATA device using the protocol set
to DMA whenever possible (on DMA commands). This option can be combined with --forceATA
--forceATAPIO
(SATA Only)
Using this option will force the tool to issue PIO commands to ATA device when possible. This
option can be combined with --forceATA
--forceATAUDMA
(SATA Only)
Using this option will force the tool to issue SAT commands to ATA device using the protocol set
to UDMA whenever possible (on DMA commands). This option can be combined with --forceATA
--forceSCSI
Using this option will force the current drive to be treated as a SCSI drive. Only SCSI commands
will be used to talk to the drive.
-h, --help
Show utility options and example usage (this output you see now) Please report bugs/suggestions to
seaboard@seagate.com. Include the output of --version information in the email.
--license
Display the Seagate End User License Agreement (EULA).
--modelMatch [model Number]
Use this option to run on all drives matching the provided model number. This option will provide
a closest match although an exact match is preferred. Ex: ST500 will match ST500LM0001
--onlyFW [firmware revision]
Use this option to run on all drives matching the provided firmware revision. This option will
only do an exact match.
--noTimeLimit
Use with utility command arguments which have a built in timeout value. For example, --shortDST
has a 10 minute default timeout. In some cases a good drive may need more time to complete the
test due to other legitimate system activity.
--noBanner
Use this option to suppress the text banner that displays each time openSeaChest is run.
--onlySeagate
Use this option to match only Seagate drives for the options provided
-q, --quiet
Run openSeaChest_SMART in quiet mode. This is the same as -v 0 or --verbose 0
-v [0-4], --verbose [0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4]
Show verbose information. Verbosity levels are: 0 - quiet 1 - default 2 - command descriptions 3 -
command descriptions and values 4 - command descriptions, values, and data buffers Example: -v 3
or --verbose 3
-V, --version
Show openSeaChest_SMART version and copyright information & exit
Utility Arguments =================
-d, --device [deviceHandle | all]
Use this option with most commands to specify the device handle on which to perform an operation.
Example: /dev/sg<#> To run across all devices detected in the system, use the "all" argument
instead of a device handle. Example: -d all NOTE: The "all" argument is handled by running the
specified options on each drive detected in the
OS sequentially. For parallel operations, please use a script opening a separate instance for each
device handle.
-F, --scanFlags [option list]
Use this option to control the output from scan with the options listed below. Multiple options
can be combined.
ata - show only ATA (SATA) devices
usb - show only USB devices scsi - show only SCSI (SAS) devices nvme - show only NVMe devices
interfaceATA - show devices on an ATA interface interfaceUSB - show devices on a USB interface
interfaceSCSI - show devices on a SCSI or SAS interface interfaceNVME = show devices on an NVMe
interface sd - show sd device handles sgtosd - show the sd and sg device handle mapping
-i, --deviceInfo
Show information and features for the storage device
--llInfo
Dump low-level information about the device to assist with debugging.
--poll
Use this option to cause another operation to poll for progress until it has completed. This
argument does not return to the command prompt and prints ongoing completion percentages (%)
the final test result.
Full drive procedures will take a
very long time.
Used with --sanitize, or --writeSame (SATA).
--progress [dst, idd]
Get the progress for a test that was started quietly without the polling option (default). You
must specify a test you wish to get progress from. Ex: "--progress dst" or "--progress sanitize"
The progress counts up from 0% to 100%.
-s, --scan
Scan the system and list all storage devices with logical /dev/sg<#> assignments. Shows model,
serial and firmware numbers. If your device is not listed on a scan immediately after booting,
then wait 10 seconds and run it again.
-S, --Scan
This option is the same as --scan or -s, however it will also perform a low level rescan to pick
up other devices. This low level rescan may wake devices from low power states and may cause the
OS to re-enumerate them. Use this option when a device is plugged in and not discovered in a
normal scan. NOTE: A low-level rescan may not be available on all interfaces or all OSs. The
low-level rescan is not guaranteed to find additional devices in the system when the device is
unable to come to a ready state.
--SATInfo
Displays SATA device information on any interface using both SCSI Inquiry / VPD / Log reported
data (translated according to SAT) and the ATA Identify / Log reported data.
--testUnitReady
Issues a SCSI Test Unit Ready command and displays the status. If the drive is not ready, the
sense key, asc, ascq, and fru will be displayed and a human readable translation from the SPC spec
will be displayed if one is available.
--fastDiscovery
Use this option
to issue a fast scan on the specified drive.
--abortDST
Abort a diagnostic Drive Self Test that is in progress.
--abortIDD (Seagate Only)
Abort a Seagate In Drive Diagnostic (IDD) that is in progress. This may return failure if IDD is
not running or has already completed running.
--captive or --foreground
Use this option to run a DST operation in captive/foreground mode. This mode may allow a device to
test more of itself and may be slightly faster than offline/background mode since it does not need
to service additional command during the test. When using this mode, the utility must wait the
entire time for the DST to complete and progress cannot be indicated during this time.
--conveyanceDST
Execute a conveyance diagnostic drive self test. A conveyance test can be used to check if a drive
has incurred handling damage. This test can take up to 2 minutes to complete. Use the --poll
argument to make this operation poll for progress until complete. Use the --progress dst command
to check on the completion percentage (%) and test result. NOTE: conveyance DST may take longer
if there is other disk usage while the DST is running. If the DST takes longer than 10 minutes it
will automatically be aborted while polling for progress. To override this behavior, use the
--noTimeLimit option.
--deviceStatistics
Use this option to display the device statistics reported by the device. On SATA, this uses the
Device Statistics log, and the notifications log (if DSN feature is supported) to display these
statistics. On SAS, various log pages are read to collect a bunch of reported parameter
information.
--errorLimit [limit in number of LBAs]
Use this option to specify a different error limit for a user generic or long generic read test or
DST and Clean. This must be a number of
logical LBAs to have errors. If a drive has multiple logical sectors per physical sector, this
number will
be adjusted for you to reflect the drive architecture.
--idd [short | long]
(Seagate Only)
Start an In Drive Diagnostic (IDD) test on a Seagate drive. Not all tests are supported by all
products. If a selected test is not supported, the utility will return a error code meaning "not
supported". Short: Reset and Recalibration test. Be careful running this
test on the boot device.
Long: Reset and Recalibration test and test G list and P list
Note: the --captive option can be added to run the long test in
foreground/captive mode. This allows for G-list healing and some additional checks to be
performed. This may not work on some products.
Note: Progress cannot be checked for the first 2 minutes of IDD.
The drive is busy with the test and is not able to respond. Attempting to retrieve progress
during this time will hang and may cause the IDD to abort due to the host issuing resets to
recover access to the drive.
--longDST
Execute a long diagnostic drive self test. This test takes hours to complete. A 2TB drive may
take six (6) hours to complete. Use with the --poll argument to let SeaChest check for progress
and print it to the screen until complete. Use the --progress dst command to check on the
completion percentage(%) and test result. This test stops on the first error. Use --abortDST to
manually stop the test. SAS drives give status in 1% increments. SATA drives give status in 10%
increments which means more than an hour may elapse between updates on a SATA drive > 2TB.
If the --longDST poll option is running and you want to abort the test then you will need to open
a second terminal window and run the --abortDST command. Otherwise, it is safe to restart the
system while long DST is running which also ends the test. NOTE: Long DST may take longer if
there is other disk usage while the DST is running. If the DST takes longer than 5x the drive
reported time, it will automatically be aborted while polling for progress. To override this
behavior, use the--noTimeLimit option.
--shortDST
Execute a short diagnostic drive self test. This test can take up to 2 minutes to complete. Use
the --poll argument to make this operation poll for progress until complete. Use the --progress
dst command to check on the completion percentage (%) and test result. NOTE: Short DST may take
longer if there is other disk usage while the DST is running. If the DST takes longer than 10
minutes it will automatically be aborted while polling for progress. To override this behavior,
use the --noTimeLimit option.
--showDSTLog
This option will show the entries in the DST log. Up to 21 entries may be shown (pending drive
support) and will be shown with the most recent entry first.
--smartCheck
Perform a SMART check on a device to see if any internal thresholds have been tripped or if the
drive is still operating within specification.
--smartFeature [ enable | disable ]
(SATA Only)
Use this option to enable or disable the SMART feature on a SATA drive. Note: This command is
declared obsolete in ACS4.
SATA Only: ========= --smartAttributes [raw | hybrid | analyzed] (SATA Only)
The drive will display its list of supported SMART attributes. Some attributes names are commonly
standard and most others are vendor unique. In either case, the attribute thresholds are always
vendor unique. Most attributes are informational and not used to determine a warranty return. Use
the --smartCheck command to determine if one of the warranty attributes has been tripped. Seagate
Support does not help to analyze SMART attributes. Output modes:
raw - All hex output for those that need every single bit. hybrid - classic table view with some
interpretation of some
fields. Partial raw interpretation, but not all drive
and firmware combinations are supported.
analyzed - a full breakdown of all parts of each individual
attribute's data. Full raw data interpretation only available on select devices.
NOTE: Migration to device statistics is recommended.
--smartAttributeAutosave [ enable | disable ]
(SATA Only)
Use this option to enable or disable SMART attribute auto-save on an ATA drive. Note: This
command is declared obsolete in ACS4.
--smartAutoOffline [ enable | disable ]
(SATA Only)
Use this option to enable or disable SMART auto-off-line feature on an ATA drive.
--showSMARTErrorLog [ summary | comprehensive ] (SATA Only)
This option will display the ATA SMART Error log on the screen. Use "summary" to view the summary
SMART error log (last 5 entries) Use "comprehensive" to view all the entires the drive has
available. Specifying "comprehensive" will automatically pull the ext error log on drives that
support 48bit LBAs. Note: The summary error log will truncate 48bit commands, so some information
will be missing to describe the operation of certain commands.
--smartErrorLogFormat [ raw | detailed ]
(SATA Only)
Use this option to change the format of the output from the --showSMARTErrorLog option. The
default mode is "detailed"
--smartInfo (SATA Only)
This option will show SMART information reported by a given device.
SAS Only: ========= --defectFormat [ # | shortBlock | longBlock | xbfi | xchs | bfi | chs ] (SAS
Only)
This option set the format of the defects to output. Not all drives will support all defect
modes! SSDs will only support block modes! Arguments: (name | #)
shortBlock | 0 - show the defects in short block address mode (drives < 32bit LBA) xbfi | 1
- show the defects in extended bytes from index mode xchs | 2 - show the defects in extended
physical cylinder-head-sector mode longBlock | 3 - show the defects in long block address mode
(drives > 32bit LBA) bfi | 4 - show the defects in bytes from index mode chs | 5 -
show the defects in physical cylinder-head-sector mode
--setMRIE [ default | 0 - 6 ]
(SAS Only)
Use this option to change the MRIE mode on the informational exceptions mode page.
default - set to the drive default
0 - disable exception reporting 1 - Asynchronous reporting (obsolete) 2 - Establish unit attention
condition 3 - Conditionally generate recovered error 4 - Unconditionally generate recovered error
5 - Generate no sense 6 - Report on request
WARNING: Changing MRIE may affect all LUNs/namespaces for devices
with multiple logical units or namespaces.
--showSCSIDefects [ p | g | pg ]
(SAS Only)
This option will display the SCSI defects on the screen. The arguments to this will tell whether
to get the grown, primary, or primary and grown defects from the drive. Use the --defectFormat
option to specify the mode to display the defects. If no mode is specified, physical
cylinder-head-sector mode is assumed Arguments:
p - use this option to pull and display the primary (factory) defects g - use this option to pull
and display the grown (reallocated) defects
The above options can be combined to pull and display both defect lists.
NVMe Only: ========= --showNvmeHealth (NVMe Only)
The drive will display the NVMe Health log (also called SMART log). All standardized fields will
be printed to the screen for the device.
Data Destructive Commands =========================
--dstAndClean
Runs DST, then checks for an error and repairs the error if possible. This continues until all
errors reported by DST are fixed, or when the error limit is reached. The default limit is 50
errors.
Utility Version: 2.3.2 opensea-common Version: 2.0.0 opensea-transport Version: 6.2.0
opensea-operations Version: 5.1.1 Build Date: Dec 1 2023 Compiled Architecture: X86_64 Detected
Endianness: Little Endian Compiler Used: GCC Compiler Version: 7.5.0 Operating System Type: Linux
Operating System Version: 4.15.0-211 Operating System Name: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
Version Info for openSeaChest_SMART: December 2023 VERSION(8)