EXPIRED Ebay 3.84TB Netapp SAS SSD - $100

[nev_neo]

If I can get hold of the firmware, sure I will update it. But I can't find it anywhere.

Here you go.
The command I used in ubuntu for my drives were:
sg_write_buffer -b 4k -m dmc_offs_save -I X357_S16433T8ATE.NA54.LOD /dev/xxxx

ofcourse the .LOD is different in your case.
Good luck !

More info here - https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...z-ilt3t8a-2-5-289-98.32725/page-7#post-333134

 

[nev_neo]

If yall find anymore of these 3.84TB drives for cheap, please let me know. I'm trying to migrate away from my spinners to SSD's and these would've been perfect for my home nas.

 

[ca3y6]

Sir, thank you for this, I successfully updated one of my two drives. You will get advance notice of my next finds!

 

[nev_neo]

Sir, thank you for this, I successfully updated one of my two drives. You will get advance notice of my next finds!

rename to .7z

 

[tjasko]

I was able to update some NetApp X357 3.84TB SAS SSDs from NA54 to NA55 using storcli, on multiple servers of mine.


Drives:

• NETAPP X357_SLNGE3T8ATE
• NA54 -> NA55
• NA54 release: 0209E85B

Controller examples tested:

1. AVAGO MegaRAID SAS 9460-16i
2. Dell PERC H740P

First, find the controller and drives:

storcli show
storcli /call/eall/sall show all | egrep -i 'Controller|EID:Slt|X357|SLNGE|NA54|NA55|SN =|Firmware Revision|Firmware Release|State'

Example output identifying drives:

64:12 Onln ... X357_SLNGE3T8ATE
SN = HLY03EV1
Firmware Revision = NA54
Firmware Release Number = 0209E85B

64:14 Onln ... X357_SLNGE3T8ATE
SN = HLY03B2P
Firmware Revision = NA55
Firmware Release Number = 0408E862

Set the firmware path:

export FW=/tmp/X357_SLNGE3T8ATE.NA55.LOD

To flash a specific drive:

storcli /c0/e64/s12 download src="$FW"

To flash all known NA54 X357 drives, continuing even if one fails (though I had no failures):

for slot in 12 13 15; do
  echo "===== flashing /c0/e64/s${slot} ====="
  storcli /c0/e64/s${slot} download src="$FW"
  echo "rc=$?"
  echo
done | tee /root/netapp-na55-flash-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log

A successful firmware flash should look like:

Starting microcode update .....please wait...
MicroCode Update Operation not allowed. Retrying...
MicroCode Update Operation not allowed. Retrying...
MicroCode Update Operation not allowed. Retrying...
Flashing PD image .....please wait...
CLI Version = 007.2705.0000.0000 August 24, 2023
Operating system = Linux 6.14.8-2-pve
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = Firmware Download Succeeded.

For a different enclosure/controller, adjust /c0/e64/sXX. On another system mine were /c0/e98/s0, /c0/e98/s2, etc.

After flashing, verify:

storcli /c0/eall/sall show all | egrep -i 'EID:Slt|X357|NA54|NA55|SN =|Firmware Revision|Firmware Release'

Expected result:

Firmware Revision = NA55
Firmware Release Number = 0408E862

If the drives are in a virtual drive, check the array first:

storcli /c0/vall show
storcli /c0/dall show

One interesting result: I had one drive that had previously shown as UBad/foreign/bad, and I was still able to flash it to NA55. After clearing/setting it good, it reported normally again. So at least some “bricked” or controller-marked-bad drives may still be recoverable if they still enumerate and accept commands.

Hope that helps anyone else out!