Imported smartmontools-5.37

[mirror_smartmontools-debian.git] / smartd.conf.5.in

diff --git a/smartd.conf.5.in b/smartd.conf.5.in
index 9378c26390708b55bb190ffda3c79720a557a2cb..cf129532739e54228ffc827a1b77718a792b22b2 100644 (file)
--- a/smartd.conf.5.in
+++ b/smartd.conf.5.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .ig
 Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
 
-$Id: smartd.conf.5.in,v 1.78 2006/10/09 11:45:12 guidog Exp $
+$Id: smartd.conf.5.in,v 1.82 2006/12/20 07:30:43 sxzzsf Exp $
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
@@ -145,11 +145,13 @@ Section below!
 .B \ \ /dev/weird -d scsi -s L/../../(1|4)/05
 .B #
 .nf
-.B # Linux-specific: SATA disk using the libata
-.B # driver.  This requires a 2.6.15 or greater
-.B # kernel.  The device entry is SCSI but the
-.B # underlying disk understands ATA SMART commands
-.B \ \ /dev/sda -a -d ata
+.B # An ATA disk may appear as a SCSI device to the
+.B # OS. If a SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT) layer
+.B # is between the OS and the device then this can be
+.B # flagged with the '-d sat' option. This situation
+.B # may become common with SATA disks in SAS and FC
+.B # environments.
+.B \ \ /dev/sda -a -d sat
 .B #
 .nf
 .B # Four ATA disks on a 3ware 6/7/8000 controller.
@@ -687,6 +689,10 @@ In addition, one may add zero or more of the following Directives:
 immediately upon
 \fBsmartd\fP
 startup.  This allows one to verify that email is delivered correctly.
+Note that if this Directive is used,
+\fBsmartd\fP
+will also send the normal email warnings that were enabled with the \'\-m\' Directive,
+in addition to the single test email!
 
 .I exec PATH
 \- run the executable PATH instead of the default mail command, when
@@ -1311,6 +1317,7 @@ The following have made large contributions to smartmontools:
 \fBSergey Svishchev\fP (NetBSD interface)
 \fBDavid Snyder and Sergey Svishchev\fP (OpenBSD interface)
 \fBPhil Williams\fP (User interface and drive database)
+\fBShengfeng Zhou\fP (Linux Highpoint RocketRaid interface)
 .fi
 Many other individuals have made smaller contributions and corrections.
 
@@ -1340,4 +1347,4 @@ SEE ALSO:
 
 .SH
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