[b]Firmware for Seagate Drives[/b] 1

[Luis37]

Hi,

Can someone tell me how to flash firmware into a Seagate drive, and what tool can I use to do it?

The frimware that Ineed to flash is not a seagate firmware therefore I could not use seatools to do it.

Thanks,

Luis

 

[comtec17]

Why would you use another vendor firmware on Seagate instead of Seagates?

 

[Luis37]

I am trying to use this drive within a clariion

 

[comtec17]

You cannot just use any drive with a Clariion. You must us an excepted part from EMC.

 

[Luis37]

yes, I have a drive that is supported by the clariion, but it has the wrong firmware on it. It is also formated to 520 bytes/block.

 

[bltserv]

What is the drive P/N ? IE STxxxxFCV
What firmware are you looking for ?
What F/W is on the drive now ?
Is the drive in a working Clariion array ?

 

[Luis37]

Yes, the drive is in a working clariion, but the clariion does not see it. The drive is a Seagate ST3146807FCV and the current firmware on it is D010.

 

[bltserv]

That ST3146807FCV with D010 is not the correct F/W
for Clariion or CX. D010 is a Symmetrix DMX drive.
They are not interchangable.
Correct CX/Clariion firmware is 7A04 or higher.
The firmware file is impossible to get out of EMC.
If you find it. It will have a .lod file extension.
fdf. download files will not work. They are for drives
that are mounted and bound to an array and are flashed
via navisphere or CLI.

 

[Luis37]

Thanks for the information, I have the file .fdf but I could not get it to work. I thought I was only for upgrading firmware to drives that already have the EMC firmware in it.

 

[bltserv]

.fdf files load only on drives that
are of the proper EMC family.
Drive must be online and bound.
And only via the native system.
So a Symmetrix drive D010 cannot be flashed on a
Clariion system and vice a versa.