seagate usb3 8TB drive

[fry]

hello

my first try :
smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [armv7l-linux-4.19.97-v7l+] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
/dev/sda: Unknown USB bridge [0x0bc2:0x3343 (0x100)]
Please specify device type with the -d option.
Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary

looking at supported drives, my second try:
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda -d sat
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [armv7l-linux-4.19.97-v7l+] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
Read Device Identity failed: scsi error unsupported field in scsi command
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.

then third:
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda -d sat -T permissive
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [armv7l-linux-4.19.97-v7l+] (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: Wed Apr 1 12:12:07 2020 BST
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.

as the device id was not in the ​http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids i added it and it is now pending validation
i don't know much more than what is listed on amazon :
​https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-STGY8000400-Disque-externe-bureau/dp/B07DQBFQ2D (or ​https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CQJBSQL/ as i see no difference)

i am willing to run any command that could help (but "format" or anything that imply writing as the drive is in use)