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How to find hd controller module running on linux

The module used for HP SmartArrays is 'cciss'. In more recent kernel versions they have been moving things over to a newer hpsa driver. To find out what modules are used for which which hardware, you can use below command

 # lspci -k 

OUTPUT:

04:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array G6 controllers (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array P410i
        Kernel driver in use: cciss
        Kernel modules: cciss

How to find hp smart array controller

 # hpacucli ctrl all show config detail

 # lshw -short

 # find /sys/ -type f -name "model"
   /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/model

 # cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/model
   HITACHI HTS54502

Another way to find disk model is

 # smartctl -i /dev/sda
 
 smartctl 5.40 2010-03-16 r3077 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)
 Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
 
 === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
 Device Model:     HITACHI HTS545025B9A300
 Serial Number:    091028PB42041SH15Z1G
 Firmware Version: PB2ZC61H

How tO find Hard Disk Revolutions Per Minute (RPM)

 # sginfo -g /dev/sda

You can also try using hdparm

 # hdparm -Ii /dev/sda

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