Hey everyone,
I've got my hands on a few of these drives and I know the firmware must be updated to prevent it from dying. Currently the drives has firmware HPD0. Do I need an HPE machine to update the firmware? Is there a way around this or do I have to grab a used machine off eBay to update these? If so, what machine do you guys recommend and do I need an active support contract with HPE? (I hope not, but I don't mind buying an HPE server.)
Drive details:
1645
Rev 0
2016.11
F/W HP00
HPE GPN No: N/A
Model: MZ-ILS15T0
Size: 15.36TB
Has P/N, S/N, WWN and HPE P/N.
The drives have nearly 0 power on hours according to HD Sentinel. I guess I have a while before they blow up haha.
I've got my hands on a few of these drives and I know the firmware must be updated to prevent it from dying. Currently the drives has firmware HPD0. Do I need an HPE machine to update the firmware? Is there a way around this or do I have to grab a used machine off eBay to update these? If so, what machine do you guys recommend and do I need an active support contract with HPE? (I hope not, but I don't mind buying an HPE server.)
Drive details:
1645
Rev 0
2016.11
F/W HP00
HPE GPN No: N/A
Model: MZ-ILS15T0
Size: 15.36TB
Has P/N, S/N, WWN and HPE P/N.
The drives have nearly 0 power on hours according to HD Sentinel. I guess I have a while before they blow up haha.