smartd gives 'smartd[PID]:Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed but has no entries (like /dev/hda)' message while booting the system

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

What do the messages mean and can they be safely ignored?

smartd[9181]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf 
smartd[9181]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed but has no entries (like /dev/hda) 
smartd[9181]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 0 SCSI devices

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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