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Flashing firmware on ST32000644NS under Windows
Is there any way to flash firmware on ST32000644NS under Windows ?
I don't have direct access to my server but I would like to upgrade firmware on my drive from KD03 to KA06.
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April 11th, 2012 10:00
Are these Dell-certified drives or generic/retail? What server? There is at least a 99% chance that this must be done with bootable media and not from within Windows.
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April 11th, 2012 11:00
Yes. These are Dell certified drives Dell EqualLogic. I use these drives in just normal PC-based server based on ASUS motherboard.
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April 11th, 2012 11:00
Then, no, you cannot update the drive firmware from Windows. A few Dell drives are DUP-enabled, meaning they can be flashed while online, but this must be done on a Dell machine with drives attached to a supported Dell controller. To update these drives in your configuration, you will need to update via bootable media.
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April 11th, 2012 12:00
If the drives are Dell-certified, then you will need to use the Dell firmware update utility for these drives, but I don't know if they will run on a non-Dell system. I suspect they will from bootable media, but I can't tell you that for sure.
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April 11th, 2012 12:00
Just got some very old Compaq notebook and it's seems to be working ok. Now all I have to do is to just get a normal desktop PC with SATA port.
It seems that KD03 is the oldest firmware, then there was KA05 and after it there was KA06.
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April 11th, 2012 12:00
Got some of them in my office, but we use Apple Mac Pro's only and when I boot nautilus.iso DVD it's not working.
Does the updater work only on Dell computers or I can run it on any other PC ?