Hello

There are numerous comments on firmware upgrade for the H700 that has solved this problem.

The H710 has never blocked 3rd party drives. There is no firmware update to unblock 3rd party drives. That is unrelated.

I have purchased a Perc H710P for my Dell T320 server and my non Dell SAS drives show "blocked". The 710P firmware is the latest at 21.2.0.0007.

The latest firmware is 21.3:

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=YVY96&fileId=3375018949&osCode=WS8R2&productCode=poweredge-t420&languageCode=EN&categoryId=SF

I have Hitachi 450 SAS drives - HUS154545VLS300 Dell T320 server Dell also have a firmware upgrade on their web site for these Hitachi drives, but I am unable to update as the controller see them as blocked

You will not be able to install our firmware on 3rd party drives even if it wasn't blocked. You will need to use the firmware from the manufacturer or reseller of the drive.

If the drive is being blocked then the controller is not able to properly communicate with it. Make sure the connector the drive is using is good by testing a known good drive in the slot. I would suggest testing the drive for functionality in another system. If the connector and drive are both functional then it is simply a compatibility issue.

Thanks

Hi ...does anyone know how to upgrade the below firmware on Hitachi SAS HUS154545VLS300 drives outside of using the Ht10p controller....eg an engineering program http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=7TW7W