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List all physical disks in the RAID volume:

The error is – it's a deliberate safety mechanism. The RAID controller hides physical disks by design. Using -d megaraid,N is the correct, supported, and safe method to query SMART data on Dell PERC and LSI MegaRAID controllers. Ignoring this flag risks querying the wrong device or corrupting the RAID metadata. List all physical disks in the RAID volume:

: Even if you have multiple physical drives, you usually use the same logical handle (e.g., ) for all of them; the part is what differentiates the physical disks. MegaCli commands to check for specific media or predictive failure errors? Check for Megaraid (and other Physical disk/raid) problems N is the correct

List all physical disks in the RAID volume:

The error is – it's a deliberate safety mechanism. The RAID controller hides physical disks by design. Using -d megaraid,N is the correct, supported, and safe method to query SMART data on Dell PERC and LSI MegaRAID controllers. Ignoring this flag risks querying the wrong device or corrupting the RAID metadata.

: Even if you have multiple physical drives, you usually use the same logical handle (e.g., ) for all of them; the part is what differentiates the physical disks. MegaCli commands to check for specific media or predictive failure errors? Check for Megaraid (and other Physical disk/raid) problems