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

[Albert Lee]

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Mark <mark0x01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/04/2012 3:26 p.m., Sergei wrote:
>
>> Rich<rercola<at>  acm.jhu.edu>  writes:
>>
>>
>>> ...what FW modifications did they make?
>>>
>>> - Rich
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
This issue has previously been reported with Dell firmware. The workaround
stated at
https://www.illumos.org/issues/2091 is correct.

-Albert