This is current/adm64 on a PC (dmesg below).
I monitor disk status with atactl.
On one of the disks, I get this:

# atactl sd2 identify
Model: WDC WD3200AAJS-00VWA0, Rev: 12.01B02, Serial #:      WD-WMARW0118535
Device type: ATA, fixed
Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63, total sectors: 625142448
Device capabilities:
        ATA standby timer values
        IORDY operation
        IORDY disabling
Device supports the following standards:
ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5 ATA-6 ATA-7 ATA-8
Master password revision code 0xfffe
Device supports the following command sets:
        NOP command
        READ BUFFER command
        WRITE BUFFER command
        Host Protected Area feature set
        Read look-ahead
        Write cache
        Power Management feature set
        Security Mode feature set
        SMART feature set
        Flush Cache Ext command
        Flush Cache command
        Device Configuration Overlay feature set
        48bit address feature set
        Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
        Set Max security extension commands
        Set Features subcommand required
        Power-up in standby feature set
        DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command
        SMART self-test
        SMART error logging
Device has enabled the following command sets/features:
        NOP command
        READ BUFFER command
        WRITE BUFFER command
        Host Protected Area feature set
        Read look-ahead
        Write cache
        Power Management feature set
        SMART feature set
        Flush Cache Ext command
        Flush Cache command
        Device Configuration Overlay feature set
        48bit address feature set
        Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
        Set Features subcommand required
        DOWNLOAD MICROCODE command

# atactl sd2 readattr
Attributes table revision: 16
ID      Attribute name                  Threshold       Value   Raw
  1     Raw Read Error Rate               51            199     0x0000000309c6
  3     Spin Up Time                      21            157     0x000000001405
  4     Start/Stop Count                   0            100     0x0000000002b7
  5     Reallocated Sector Count         140            200     0x000000000000
  7     Seek Error Rate                   51            200     0x000000000000
  9     Power-On Hours Count               0             76     0x000000004660
 10     Spin Retry Count                  51            100     0x000000000000
 11     Calibration Retry Count           51            100     0x000000000000
 12     Device Power Cycle Count           0            100     0x0000000001ec
192     Power-Off Retract Count            0            200     0x000000000124
193     Load Cycle Count                   0            200     0x0000000002b7
194     Temperature                        0            105     0x00000000002a
196     Reallocation Event Count           0            200     0x000000000000
197     Current Pending Sector Count       0            200     0x00000000000a
198     Off-Line Scan Uncorrectable Sect   0            200     0x000000000003
199     Ultra DMA CRC Error Count          0            200     0x00000000001d
200    *Write Error Rate                  51              1     0x00000000b290
One or more threshold values exceeded!

# atactl sd2 smartstatus
No SMART threshold exceeded

Either some threshold was exceeded or it wasn't:
am I missing some subtle semantics here?

        Jan

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