Updating the HGST HDD & SSD firmware
- Thread starter Vahan
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How do I flash it?
Tried the following:
Code:
sg_write_buffer -vvvvv -m 5 --in BPGNB969.bin /dev/sg49
found sg_bsg_major=243
found sg_nvme_char_major=508
open /dev/sg49 with flags=0x802
tried to read 8388608 bytes from BPGNB969.bin, got 2572288 bytes
will write 2572288 bytes
sending single write buffer, mode=0x5, mpsec=0, id=0, offset=0, len=2572288
Write buffer cdb: [3b 05 00 00 00 00 27 40 00 00]
Write buffer parameter list (first 256 bytes):
27 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 47 53 54
2c 20 61 20 57 65 73 74 65 72 6e 20 44 69 67 69
74 61 6c 20 43 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 20 49 43 33 35
4c 78 78 78 55 78 44 33 32 31 30 2d 30 20 4d 69
63 72 6f 63 6f 64 65 20 28 43 29 20 43 6f 70 79
72 69 67 68 74 20 57 65 73 74 65 72 6e 20 44 69
67 69 74 61 6c 20 43 6f 72 70 2e 20 32 30 31 32
2d 32 30 32 34 20 41 6c 6c 20 72 69 67 68 74 73
20 72 65 73 65 72 76 65 64 2e 20 20 55 53 20 47
6f 76 65 72 6e 6d 65 6e 74 20 55 73 65 72 73 20
52 65 73 74 72 69 63 74 65 64 20 52 69 67 68 74
73 20 2d 20 55 73 65 20 64 75 70 6c 69 63 61 74
69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 64 69 73 63 6c 6f 73 75
72 65 20 72 65 73 74 72 69 63 74 65 64 20 62 79
20 47 43 41 20 41 44 50 20 53 63 68 65 64 75 6c
check_file_type: file descriptor is sg device
duration=379 ms
Write buffer:
Fixed format, current; Sense key: Illegal Request
Additional sense: Parameter value invalid
Raw sense data (in hex), sb_len=32, embedded_len=32
70 00 05 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 26 02 00 00
00 00 00 00 f1 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Write buffer failed: Illegal request, type: sense key, apart from Invalid opcode
Code:
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor: WDC
Product: WUSTR6480ASS200
Revision: A925
Compliance: SPC-5
User Capacity: 800,166,076,416 bytes [800 GB]
Logical block size: 4096 bytes
LU is resource provisioned, LBPRZ=1
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Logical Unit id: 0x5000cca0a670de3c
Serial number: V6xxxxxx
Device type: disk
Transport protocol: SAS (SPL-4)
Local Time is: Sat May 16 18:23:42 2026 EDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
Temperature Warning: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Health Status: OK
Percentage used endurance indicator: 28%
Current Drive Temperature: 31 C
Drive Trip Temperature: 70 C
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Also tried Hugo, no-go:
Code:
hugo u -s V6xxxxxx -f BPGNB969.bin
Attempting to update Firmware on 1 Devices...
Attempting retry 1 of 2 for this device: V6xxxxxx
Attempting retry 2 of 2 for this device: V6xxxxxx
Error updating Firmware on device: V6xxxxxx
Reason: Device failed to update firmware.
WARNING: Firmware on device V6xxxxxx did not change from previous version.
Update Successful on 0 devices.
HGST recommends power cycling updated devices.Use Cisco firmware then. If it doesn't work with HUGO, you'll need to borrow CISCO UCS for update))
Hi, did you find the NE02 firmware for that drive? I have the same HDD model and it seems someone following good tradition for corporate SSD planted another timebomb there
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