How to get firmware from Oracle

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dragonme

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Oracle F320 is basically Samsung PM1725, and this older generation NVMe does not support multiple namespaces
the pm 1725 absolutely supports namespaces.. at least with the firmware I am running.. mine are the dell versions
 

dbTH

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the pm 1725 absolutely supports namespaces.. at least with the firmware I am running.. mine are the dell versions
What Dell firmware version do you have on your PM1725? And are you certain it is PM1725 and not PM1725a?

If you could provide the outputs of these command will help to confirm whether your device indeed supports multiple-namespaces and how many namespaces:

nvme list
nvme id-ctrl <device> | grep ^nn
Samsung PM1725a support multiple-namespaces. But Oracle version of PM1725 (F320) does NOT support multiple-namespace (it has only single-namespace) with KPYAIR3Q firmware for sure. Similarly, Dell PM1725 has only single-namespace with KPYABD3Q firmware. These are the outputs of above commands ran against 2 PM1725 disks I have (One is Dell and another one is Oracle):

[root@localhost ~]# nvme list
Node SN Model Namespace Usage Format FW Rev
--------------------- -------------------- ---------------------------------------- --------- -------------------------- ---------------- --------
/dev/nvme0n1 xxxxxxxxx Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 1.6TB AIC 1 1.60 TB / 1.60 TB 512 B + 0 B KPYABD3Q
/dev/nvme1n1 xxxxxxxxx MS1PC2DD3ORA3.2T 1 3.20 TB / 3.20 TB 512 B + 0 B KPYAIR3Q

[root@localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0 | grep ^nn
nn : 1

[root@localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1 | grep ^nn
nn : 1
Note: The SN of the devices have been repalced with 'xxxx'
 
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dragonme

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What Dell firmware version do you have on your PM1725? And are you certain it is PM1725 and not PM1725a?

If you could provide the outputs of these command will help to confirm whether your device indeed supports multiple-namespaces and how many namespaces:



Samsung PM1725a support multiple-namespaces. But Oracle version of PM1725 (F320) does NOT support multiple-namespace (it has only single-namespace) with KPYAIR3Q firmware for sure. Similarly, Dell PM1725 has only single-namespace with KPYABD3Q firmware. These are the outputs of above commands ran against 2 PM1725 disks I have (One is Dell and another one is Oracle):



Note: The SN of the devices have been repalced with 'xxxx'
I stand corrected.. its a Dell and it indeed is a 1725A...
 

dbTH

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I stand corrected.. its a Dell and it indeed is a 1725A...
The original question from one of forum members was:
Are there any firmware that can be flashed on the F320 that supports namespaces? Perhaps a way to crossflash another manufacturer's firmware?
And my reply was:
Oracle F320 is basically Samsung PM1725, and this older generation NVMe does not support multiple namespaces
PM1725A you have ( whether Dell or generic version) is NOT same as PM1725 or Oracle F320, but an updated/enhanced product of Samsung PM1725. So, I hope you are aware of the difference.