Dell R710 w/ PERC H700 & Seagate ST900MM0006 Drives

Hi All,

Looking for advice here, I am setting up this server for home use and currently have Dell ST9900805SS and want to expand the array with used Datacenter Seagate ST900MM0006 drives, which I got from a DC refresh recently.

The drives that came with the server (ST9900805SS) are on their last legs and want to replace them with ST900MM0006. I am yet to decide on the final disk config - but my main issue is when I try and create a VD group for the Seagate drives, the group is forced offline with a reported "Error".

My ask here is - Although the Seagate disks are not certified, should they work?

I have tried the following:

• Cleared Foreign Config, reset the controller to factory defaults, cleared VD configs
• Tried disks in different slots, created R-0 with 1 disk
• Updated PERC H700 to 12.10.7-0001

Any guidance here would be appreciated, thanks!