Support for broadcom RAID

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Support for broadcom RAID is on the way ...

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The bellow command is avaliable in ThinkSystem 940, as well as Broadcom RAID 9440 and 9560.

• SCSI inquiry
• SATA identify&smart_read_data

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plugin megaraid for pysata, example output:

# pysata megaraid -h
usage: pysata megaraid <command> [<device>] [<args>]

The '<device>' is a string(ex: c0,d99) split by ',' that include
Controller ID(ex: c0) and Disk ID(ex: d99).

Linux MegaRAID extensions

The following are all implemented sub-commands:

  list                          List all SATA devices attached to Broadcom RAID controllers
  identify                      Get identify information
  smart                         Get smart information
  version                       Shows plugin version
  help                          Display this help

See 'pysata megaraid help <command>' for more information on a specific command
# pysata megaraid list
Node                 SN                   Model                                    Capacity                   Format(L/P)      FW Rev
-------------------- -------------------- ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------- --------
c0,d99               XXXXXXXXXXXXX        XXXXXXX                                  480.10 GB                  512 / 512        XXXXXXXX
# pysata megaraid identify c0,d99 -o hex

Start: 0
End: 511
Byte Order: obverse

offset    0x00  0x02  0x04  0x06  0x08  0x0A  0x0C  0x0E       ASCII String

000000    4000  ff3f  37c8  1000  0000  0000  3f00  0000       @..?7.......?...
000010    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ....XXXXXXXXXXX
000020    0000  0000  0000  2020  0000  0000  0000  0000       XXXXXXXXX  ......MY
000030    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
000040    2d42  2048  2020  2020  2020  2020  2020  2020       -B H
000050    2020  2020  2020  2020  2020  2020  2020  1080                     ..
000060    0040  002f  0040  0000  0000  0700  ff3f  1000       .@./.@.......?..
000070    3f00  10fc  fb00  1001  ffff  ff0f  0000  0700       ?...............
000080    0300  7800  7800  7800  7800  205f  0000  0000       ..x.x.x.x. _....
000090    0000  0000  0000  1f00  0ee5  0600  4c00  4400       ............L.D.
0000a0    f807  0000  6b74  097d  6341  6974  09bc  6341       ....kt.}cAit..cA
0000b0    7f40  0100  0100  fe00  feff  0000  0000  0000       .@..............
0000c0    0000  0000  0000  0000  b036  e437  0000  0000       .........6.7....
0000d0    0000  0800  0040  0000  425a  728b  a22c  4100       .....@..BZr..,A.
0000e0    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  1940       ...............@
0000f0    1940  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       .@..............
000100    2100  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       !...............
000110    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000120    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000130    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000140    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000150    0300  0100  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000160    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000170    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000180    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
000190    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0100  0000       ................
0001a0    0000  0040  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ...@............
0001b0    0000  0100  0000  0000  0000  0000  7f10  0000       ................
0001c0    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
0001d0    0000  0000  0100  0004  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
0001e0    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000       ................
0001f0    0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  0000  a51e       ................

plugin megaraid for pyscsi, example output:

# pyscsi megaraid help
usage: pyscsi megaraid <command> [<device>] [<args>]

The '<device>' is a string(ex: c0,d99) split by ',' that include
Controller ID(ex: c0) and Disk ID(ex: d99).

Linux MegaRAID extensions

The following are all implemented sub-commands:

  list                          List all SAS devices attached to Broadcom RAID controllers
  inq                           Send scsi inquiry command
  readcap                       Read capacity from target SCSI device
  version                       Shows plugin version
  help                          Display this help

See 'pyscsi megaraid help <command>' for more information on a specific command
# pyscsi megaraid list
Node                 Protocal   SN                             Model                                    Capacity                   Format(L/P)      FW Rev
-------------------- ---------- ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------- --------
c0,d99               ata        XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX               XXXXXXXXXX                               480.10 GB                  512 / 512        0D08
c0,d100              scsi       XXXXXXXXXXXX                   AL15SEB060N                              600.13 GB                  512 / 512        1403
# pyscsi megaraid inq c0,d100
Standard INQUIRY
================
PQual=0  Device_type=0  RMB=0  version=0x06
NormACA=0  HiSUP=1  Resp_data_format=2
SCCS=0  ACC=0  TPGS=0  3PC=0  Protect=1
EncServ=0  MultiP=1  Addr16=0
WBus16=0  Sync=0  CmdQue=1
Clocking=0  QAS=0  IUS=0
  length=96  Peripheral device type: BLOCK_DEVICE
Vendor identification: TOSHIBA
Product identification: AL15SEB060N
Product revision level: 1403