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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .ig
 Copyright (C) 2002-10 Bruce Allen <smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>
 
-$Id: smartd.conf.5.in 3519 2012-03-06 20:01:44Z chrfranke $
+$Id: smartd.conf.5.in 3561 2012-06-05 19:49:31Z chrfranke $
 
 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
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ running.
 In the absence of a configuration file
 \fBsmartd\fP will try to open all available devices.
 .\" %IF OS Linux
-Ubder linux will try to open the 20 ATA devices
+Under linux \fBsmartd\fP will try to open the 20 ATA devices
 .B /dev/hd[a-t] 
 and the 26 SCSI devices
 .B /dev/sd[a-z].
@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ SAT defines two ATA PASS THROUGH SCSI commands, one 12 bytes long and
 the other 16 bytes long.  The default is the 16 byte variant which can be
 overridden with either \'\-d sat,12\' or \'\-d sat,16\'.
 
-If \'-d sat,auto\' is specified, device type SAT (for ATA/SATA disks) is
+[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] If \'-d sat,auto\' is specified,
+device type SAT (for ATA/SATA disks) is
 only used if the SCSI INQUIRY data reports a SATL (VENDOR: "ATA     ").
 Otherwise device type SCSI (for SCSI/SAS disks) is used.
 
@@ -448,16 +449,24 @@ logical device corresponding to the particular physical disks.
 Please see the \fBsmartctl\fP(8) man page for further details.
 
 .\" %ENDIF OS FreeBSD Linux
-.\" %IF OS Linux FreeBSD
+.\" %IF OS FreeBSD Linux Windows Cygwin
 .I areca,N
-\- [Linux and FreeBSD only] the device consists of one or more SATA disks connected to an
-Areca SATA RAID controller.  The positive integer N (in the range from 1 to
-24 inclusive) denotes which disk on the controller is monitored.
+\- [FreeBSD, Linux, Windows and Cygwin only] the device consists of one or more SATA disks
+connected to an Areca SATA RAID controller.  The positive integer N (in the range
+from 1 to 24 inclusive) denotes which disk on the controller is monitored.
 In log files and email messages this disk will be identifed as
 areca_disk_XX with XX in the range from 01 to 24 inclusive.
 Please see the \fBsmartctl\fP(8) man page for further details.
 
-.\" %ENDIF OS Linux FreeBSD
+.I areca,N/E
+\- [FreeBSD, Linux, Windows and Cygwin only] [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] the
+device consists of one or more SATA disks connected to an Areca SAS RAID controller.
+The integer N (range 1 to 128) denotes the channel (slot) and E (range
+1 to 8) denotes the enclosure.
+Important: This requires upcoming Areca SAS controller firmware version 1.51 or a
+recent beta version.
+
+.\" %ENDIF OS FreeBSD Linux Windows Cygwin
 .\" %IF OS FreeBSD Linux
 .I cciss,N
 \- [FreeBSD and Linux only] the device consists of one or more SCSI/SAS disks
@@ -669,9 +678,8 @@ battery.
 .\" %ENDIF OS Cygwin Windows
 
 .I scterc,READTIME,WRITETIME
-\- [ATA only] [NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] sets the SCT Error
-Recovery Control settings to the specified values (deciseconds)
-when \fBsmartd\fP starts up and has no further effect.
+\- [ATA only] sets the SCT Error Recovery Control settings to the specified
+values (deciseconds) when \fBsmartd\fP starts up and has no further effect.
 Values of 0 disable the feature, other values less than 65 are probably
 not supported.  For RAID configurations, this is typically set to
 70,70 deciseconds.
@@ -725,10 +733,10 @@ The LBA range is based on the first span from the last test.
 See the \fBsmartctl \-t select,[next|redo|cont]\fP options for
 further info.
 
-[NEW EXPERIMENTAL SMARTD FEATURE] Some disks (e.g. WD) do not preserve
-the selective self test log accross power cycles.  If state persistence
-(\'\-s\' option) is enabled, the last test span is preserved by smartd
-and used if (and only if) the selective self test log is empty.
+Some disks (e.g. WD) do not preserve the selective self test log accross
+power cycles.  If state persistence (\'\-s\' option) is enabled, the last
+test span is preserved by smartd and used if (and only if) the selective
+self test log is empty.
 
 .IP \fBMM\fP 4
 is the month of the year, expressed with two decimal digits.  The
@@ -1134,13 +1142,13 @@ or age of the device has exceeded its intended design life period."
 .TP
 .B \-p
 [ATA only] Report anytime that a Prefail Attribute has changed
-its value since the last check, 30 minutes ago. [Please see the
+its value since the last check. [Please see the
 .B smartctl \-A
 command-line option.]
 .TP
 .B \-u
 [ATA only] Report anytime that a Usage Attribute has changed its value
-since the last check, 30 minutes ago. [Please see the
+since the last check. [Please see the
 .B smartctl \-A
 command-line option.]
 .TP
@@ -1292,19 +1300,19 @@ reports are disabled (\'-W 0\').
 
 To track temperature changes of at least 2 degrees, use:
 .nf
-\fB \-W 2
+.B \-W 2
 .fi
 To log informal messages on temperatures of at least 40 degrees, use:
 .nf
-\fB \-W 0,40
+.B \-W 0,40
 .fi
 For warning messages/mails on temperatures of at least 45 degrees, use:
 .nf
-\fB \-W 0,0,45
+.B \-W 0,0,45
 .fi
 To combine all of the above reports, use:
 .nf
-\fB \-W 2,40,45
+.B \-W 2,40,45
 .fi
 
 For ATA devices, smartd interprets Attribute 194 as Temperature Celsius
@@ -1575,4 +1583,4 @@ SEE ALSO:
 
 .SH
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-$Id: smartd.conf.5.in 3519 2012-03-06 20:01:44Z chrfranke $
+$Id: smartd.conf.5.in 3561 2012-06-05 19:49:31Z chrfranke $