ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo smartctl /dev/sdb -a -s on
smartctl 6.5 2016-01-24 r4214 [x86_64-linux-4.8.0-36-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     PS3109S9
Serial Number:    [No Information Found]
Firmware Version: S9RBOOT2
User Capacity:    20,972,032 bytes [20.9 MB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ATA/ATAPI-7 T13/1532D revision 4a
Local Time is:    Thu Jan 11 14:47:05 2018 UTC
SMART support is: Unavailable - device lacks SMART capability.

A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.