How can I retrieve SMART data from the 3Ware Escalade 9750 controller?

Problem:

How can I retrieve SMART data from the 3Ware Escalade 9750 controller?

Details:

Versions of smartmontools prior to 5.40 cannot access the SMART data of drives attached to the 9750 controller.

Solution:

An updated version of smartmontools for several Linux distributions can be found on the ASL driver CD: