Seagate firmware version CSD7 for model numbers ST4000NM015A. Capacity of 4TB

Driver Id : R0JHY

Importance : Urgent

Version : CSD7, A00 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 18 Jun 2021

Download Type : Firmware

Category : SAS Drive

This release contains firmware version CSD7 for STX model numbers ST4000NM015A. Capacity of 4TB

Download Files

File Format: Dell Update Packages in native Microsoft Windows 64-bit format do not require that Microsoft WOW64 be installed on the Microsoft Windows Server.

File Name: SAS-Drive_Firmware_R0JHY_WN64_CSD7_A00.EXE

File size: 10.74 MB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: a6641955546a1c53bfbad0e688b5abeb

SHA1: da433fdcce201514ef2499daceb17762f777487f

SHA-256: 9b0b78ad76088896e45ed0384d12ba03cd98ed43859e9bb7d6e93b7a7ad1957d

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File Format: The GnuPG signature for Red Hat Linux Update Package can be used to authenticate Dell's identity in the correlated Red Hat Linux Update Package.

File Name: SAS-Drive_Firmware_R0JHY_LN64_CSD7_A00.BIN.sign

File size: 226 Bytes

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: caf66c198e36c47f0b73da49ae811742

SHA1: 70a0394ea4aa96878d2bbbce815fb8de9c379b6a

SHA-256: 04ddb9c6c5c9fb6da61210de0c8956caf724fb15ac4357e49906ee280d7eb235

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File Format: Dell Update Packages for Linux can be used as stand-alone applications that ensure that specific validation criteria are met, then apply an update.
Note: Update Packages for Linux are open source. See the Dell Update Packages for Linux Readme for details.

File Name: SAS-Drive_Firmware_R0JHY_LN64_CSD7_A00.BIN

File size: 3.89 MB

To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.

MD5: f432d5ef3f11baf52e0a1947474c12a8

SHA1: 597cebd1928571024dd3949b430aa972f7607fb2

SHA-256: 73720b5c9718f529fb94f97a3300c11eabcb84515a944fbc07da86fa8545b95e

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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes:
-Fix an issue where inaccurate write timing can cause unrecoverable read error
-Fix the issue where drive stops responding to COMINIT after hard reset
-Fix the issue where SANITIZE does not resume after host reset
-Fix the issue where the SAS speed negotiation can fail at lower interface speed
-Fix the issue where unexpected Reservation Conflict status is reported after firmware download
-Fix issues where assert can result
-Fix issues where hang condition can result
-Fix issues where command timeout can result
-Fix an issue where IOEDC error can result

Enhancements:
-Improve reliability features
-Improve event logging/sense data reporting accuracy
-Improve throughput performance for specific workloads
-Improve throughput performance during certain system vibrations
-Improve recovery paths for various error situations

Important Information

This update will not run if any of the following conditions exist
1. Any Virtual Disk that is not optimal.
2. A RAID container that is performing a Background Initialization or Consistency Check.
3. A Rebuild, Resync, or copyback function is taking place.
4. A RAID set that is Partially Degraded or in a Degraded state.

This update will run on drives remaining in a RAID set that is in a Offline state.

There is an architectural constraint with Dell DUP HDD firmware update utility, related to system memory utilization, which is typically encountered on systems with minimal system memory, memory-intensive configurations, multiple RAID controllers, or memory-intensive applications. This issue is typically reported as - The operation was not successful because the device buffer write has failed. And will result in an aborted attempt to update firmware on the identified HDD. Error codes associated with this failure mode include 8009 and 8017. Once an error is detected, the update session is aborted. There is no data integrity or data availability risk associated with this issue. Subsequent attempts to update the HDD firmware may succeed, particularly if system resources are freed up.

Compatible Systems

Dell EMC vSAN C6420 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R440 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R640 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R6415 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R6515 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R740 Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R740xd Ready Node

Dell EMC vSAN R7515 Ready Node

Dell EMC XC Core XC7525

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Server 2008 x64

Red Hat® Linux 6.1

Red Hat® Linux 6.2

Red Hat® Linux 7.0

Red Hat® Linux 7.1

Red Hat® Linux 7.2

Red Hat® Linux 7.3

Red Hat® Linux 8.0

Red Hat® Linux 9.0

Windows Server 2012

Not Applicable

Red Hat® Ent Linux 5.2

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat® Ent Linux 5

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 8

Windows Storage Server 2012 R2

SUSE Linux ES 12

SuSE Linux ES 15

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2008 x86

Windows Server 2019 LTSC

Windows Server 2022 LTSC

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Storage Server 2012

Windows Server 2016

Installation instructions

1. Click the 'Download Now' link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click 'Save' to save the file to your hard drive.
Installation
1. Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file.
2. Read over the release information presented in the dialog window.
3. Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window before proceeding.
4. Click the Install button.
5. Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.