If that 5100 3.84TB has no possibility of getting the right Firmware, would it be somehow possible to dump EEPROM / Flash using some I2C/SPI Programmer and periodically reset the Drive (including all the Smart Statistics) every 2 Years or so ?
Micron 5200 firmware bug
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Thanks for the info, my only concern is that my 1.6TB Micron Cisco 5200 MAX drives arent listed in the hetzner firmware package and use a different firmware number scheme... but I assume it should still work? I thought that that the 1.6TB micron Maxes were overprovisioned 1.92tb micron pros so in theory it should work?
Maybe I'll wait until I hit the 65k theshold to try it. Maybe Cisco releases something by then.
Maybe I'll wait until I hit the 65k theshold to try it. Maybe Cisco releases something by then.
I've no experience with any of the cisco-branded micron drives, although I think some on this thread might be.
I'm not even sure at this point that there were different firmware streams for the ECO vs. MAX lines - as you say, TTBOMK the max series were just overprovisioned-out-of-the-box versions. Possibly model numbers might help - often vendors (like dell) will list those for a single firmware release. But as I don't have any of the max versions myself and all of the legit downloads have disappeared I can't say for sure.
Edit: Just took another peek in the firmware.properties file from Wallace's Hetzner pull and it explicitly references the MAX series for the <2TB models;
I'm not even sure at this point that there were different firmware streams for the ECO vs. MAX lines - as you say, TTBOMK the max series were just overprovisioned-out-of-the-box versions. Possibly model numbers might help - often vendors (like dell) will list those for a single firmware release. But as I don't have any of the max versions myself and all of the legit downloads have disappeared I can't say for sure.
Edit: Just took another peek in the firmware.properties file from Wallace's Hetzner pull and it explicitly references the MAX series for the <2TB models;
Code:
[D1MU040]
drive_model=5200ECO,5200PRO,5200MAX
firmware_type=MU
capacity=240,480,960,1920
display_version=D1MU040
Imho different firmware train and drive will deny update. Updates likely in Cisco UCS HUU ISO like 6.0(2) or 4.3(6).
I checked a few Cisco releases the other day and didnt see anything new for the 5200 series, maybe in the next one?
Maybe it isn't there or maybe you missed it or maybe they are hush about it. Let me know if 2nd pair of eyes is wanted.
Sure if you wouldnt mind, I searched the web for D1MH041 which I assumed would be the successor to D1MH031. And then I logged into Ciscos support portal and checked a few server HUU which all still had the old D1MH031.
Well I guess that's where I'm at a loss as I've never had a MAX series, and a quick search doesn't show up any 5200 MAX with a 1600GB capacity, e.g. the SSD wiki only lists 240, 480, 960 and 1920GB variants. What firmware are yours currently running and have you upgraded them at all via the Micron firmware?
Previous versions of the firmware.properties file used by the Micron tooling has the same sort of thing, e.g. this one from the (last official) current 03 series for the 5200:
Code:
pkg_ver=2
[D1MU030]
drive_model=5200ECO,5200PRO,5200MAX
firmware_type=MU
capacity=240,480,960,1920
display_version=D1MU030
[D1MU430]
drive_model=5200ECO
firmware_type=MU
capacity=3840
display_version=D1MU430
[D1MU530]
drive_model=5200PRO
firmware_type=MU
capacity=3840
display_version=D1MU530
[D1MU830]
drive_model=5200ECO
firmware_type=MU
capacity=7680
display_version=D1MU830Model Number is MTFDDAK1T6TDN which is a pretty uncommon drive. I'm not sure why the Cisco team decided that they needed a 1.6T Max and couldn't just use the 1.92T Max? Sounds like additional work for little gain.
I upgraded them a few years back using msecli to the D1MH031 firmware package I got from the Cisco HUU (documented my journey here: https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...bcf-100-obo-w-free-shipping.38722/post-459315). I never tried using OEM Micron firmware since at the time I was able to get the Cisco firmware. I'll try forcing the OEM firmware when my drives hit the 65k bug (assuming theyre impacted).
I upgraded them a few years back using msecli to the D1MH031 firmware package I got from the Cisco HUU (documented my journey here: https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...bcf-100-obo-w-free-shipping.38722/post-459315). I never tried using OEM Micron firmware since at the time I was able to get the Cisco firmware. I'll try forcing the OEM firmware when my drives hit the 65k bug (assuming theyre impacted).
Gotta catch 'em all!
Calendar reminder just went off to check the hours on my oldest 5200;
Just under 12.5 days to go, as you can see the 4x0 firmware is already applied. Hopefully looking forward to a nothing-burger.
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=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Micron 5100 / 52x0 / 5300 / 5400 SSDs
Device Model: Micron_5200_MTFDDAK3T8TDC
Serial Number:
LU WWN Device Id:
Firmware Version: D1MU440
User Capacity: 3,840,755,982,336 bytes [3.84 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
TRIM Command: Available, deterministic, zeroed
Device is: In smartctl database
ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Sat Sep 05 00:15:41 2026 GMTDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
...
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 65236
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age Always - 113
170 Reserved_Block_Pct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0
171 Program_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
172 Erase_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age Always - 0
173 Avg_Block-Erase_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 52
183 SATA_Int_Downshift_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 86
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 063 053 000 Old_age Always - 37 (Min/Max 13/47)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain 0x0030 100 100 001 Old_age Offline - 0
206 Write_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
246 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 12417105145
247 Host_Program_Page_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 393584635
248 Bckgnd_Program_Page_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 64265941
180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0033 000 000 000 Pre-fail Always - 26040
210 RAIN_Success_Recovered 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
211 Integ_Scan_Complete_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 15
212 Integ_Scan_Folding_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0Looks like Cisco has published a notice about the bug, so positive news for us Cisco drive holders that updated firmware may be forthcoming?
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Nothing-burger hopefully achieved. No signs of any IO problems yet, touch wood.
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=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Micron 5100 / 52x0 / 5300 / 5400 SSDs
Device Model: Micron_5200_MTFDDAK3T8TDC
Serial Number:
LU WWN Device Id:
Firmware Version: D1MU440
User Capacity: 3,840,755,982,336 bytes [3.84 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
TRIM Command: Available, deterministic, zeroed
Device is: In smartctl database
ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Fri Sep 18 19:49:42 2026 GMTDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
...
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 65568
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age Always - 113
170 Reserved_Block_Pct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0
171 Program_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
172 Erase_Fail_Count 0x0032 100 100 001 Old_age Always - 0
173 Avg_Block-Erase_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 52
183 SATA_Int_Downshift_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 86
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 065 053 000 Old_age Always - 35 (Min/Max 13/47)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
202 Percent_Lifetime_Remain 0x0030 100 100 001 Old_age Offline - 0
206 Write_Error_Rate 0x000e 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
246 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 12419131617
247 Host_Program_Page_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 393648911
248 Bckgnd_Program_Page_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 64339189
180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0033 000 000 000 Pre-fail Always - 26040
210 RAIN_Success_Recovered 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
211 Integ_Scan_Complete_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 17
212 Integ_Scan_Folding_Cnt 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0So it seems Lenovo provides updates for various drives https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht512202
I found the package in https://datacentersupport.lenovo.co...ers/thinksystem/sr635/7y99/downloads/ds581601
but the question now is -
Anyone tried either of these?
I found the package in https://datacentersupport.lenovo.co...ers/thinksystem/sr635/7y99/downloads/ds581601
but the question now is -
- can i flash the Lenoo FW onto my generic Micron drive?
- or can i extract the generic fw from the Lenovo binary to flash it (similar to what could be done with Dell FW)?
Anyone tried either of these?
By the way if someone has a hetzner account, has anyone tried to redownload the firmwares from the recovery partition? I remember that hetzner has 5100 (the guy said so on the reddit thread) and chances are they have some 5300 too. So perhaps they will have updated firmware for those models since Micron doesn't seem to be bothered to release them themselves.
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Answer to 1.: most likely not
Answer to 2: You can extract the lenovo binary. Download the payload file. Using 7zip, unzip it. The firmwares are in the images/files folder. The mapping of which firmware for which drive is in the "flashdrv.bin" file (open it in notepad++). Just checked your link, the firmware for the 5300 hasn't been updated recently (as it says in the relase notes). You can use Lenovo's onecli to update the drive, even on non lenovo server (but probably only on lenovo drive though I haven't tried). But that's not a generic binary. Don't know if a generic binary can be extracted from the lenovo binary.