pi@pi4:~ $ sudo smartctl /dev/sde
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [aarch64-linux-5.10.103-v8+] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

/dev/sde: Unknown USB bridge [0x0bc2:0x2037 (0x1901)]
Please specify device type with the -d option.

Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary

pi@pi4:~ $ sudo smartctl -x -d sat -T permissive /dev/sde
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [aarch64-linux-5.10.103-v8+] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Read Device Identity failed: scsi error unsupported field in scsi command

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     [No Information Found]
Serial Number:    [No Information Found]
Firmware Version: [No Information Found]
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   [No Information Found]
Local Time is:    Thu Jul 28 11:59:41 2022 AEST
SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 82-83 don't show if SMART supported.
SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 85-87 don't show if SMART is enabled.
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.