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April 8th, 2016 16:00
Finding CX version installed on vault drives without proper SPE
Hello again,
Is there a way to find the FLARE OS version which is installed on the vault drives without having the proper service processor hardware?
Just bought (yes, from ebay:) ) a bunch of DAEs and one of them has the yellow sticker on the first 5 drives which makes me think if there is really a FLARE OS installed or the sticker has just been added there for whatever reasons.
I have a CX3-20 spare SPE and one half-dead SPS so I thought: would it possible to connect this DAE to the SPE, boot it up, plug in the DB9 cable and...hope that I could figure out if there is really a FLARE or not and if yes, to which CX does it belong...what do you think? would this possible? Do you have any other ideas ?
Regards,
Raul
kelleg
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April 11th, 2016 09:00
It would be possible using the serial cable and monitoring the boot process - I think with will state what flare is installed, but it's been a long time since I've tried this, so I can't be 100% sure.
glen
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April 11th, 2016 13:00
Will try that once I get a micro db9 cable and come back with the feedback.
A bit of topic, is there a way to force FLARE update while the system has errors?
AnkitMehta
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April 12th, 2016 11:00
Nope. You can still try it if there's no DATA on the disks, it will fail but who knows you might get lucky!