[OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)

[Mark]

On 8/04/2012 3:26 p.m., Sergei wrote:
> Rich<rercola<at>  acm.jhu.edu>  writes:
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>> ...what FW modifications did they make?
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>> - Rich
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> They definitely made some as you can't flash Dell drive with Seagate/WD
> firmware. Or get support from Seagate/WD for Dell-branded drive.
>
That is specific to the firmware protection settings, and is "standard" 
for most OEM'd drives.
You probably can flash a Seagate with Dell firmware though.

> Specifically in this case drive reports support for this power management
> command but fails to respond correctly when Solaris sends such command. I'm
> pretty sure I was told that Seagate OEM drive works fine while we were having
> these power issues with identical drive purchased from Dell.
>
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