Western Digital SAS WD3001BKHG, WD6001BKHG and WD9001BKHG firmware version A06

Driver Id : WD3HJ

Importance : Recommended

Version : D1S6, A06 Latest version Recommended version Latest and Recommended version

Release Date : 30 Jul 2013

Download Type : Firmware

Category : SAS Drive

This release contains firmware version D1S6 for Western Digital SAS (10K rpm 2.5 SAS) 300GB, 600GB and 900GB Hard Drives. Dell. Vendor model numbers WD3001BKHG, WD6001BKHG and WD9001BKHG.

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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_WD3HJ_WN64_D1S6_A06.EXE

File size: 19.05 MB

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

MD5: 0242e5426b2e70e2c712a10e3591dc84

SHA1: d27cea1186712f60d0892a271cbbf739d2ef968f

SHA-256: 8958f7a4f70e511efcb1519ebbfe4261fd097d6057239f3fa9db1a7d31d4ff7e

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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_WD3HJ_LN_D1S6_A06.BIN.sign

File size: 189 Bytes

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

MD5: cb11e61f7302a7e61478a9e32dc08dbc

SHA1: fd740c3b6cf1416dfa23e5e72c0ab5b6ec518806

SHA-256: 7981eb705c98ef1d095396a6dc425b3b875d76b7d1541f4d7eb1b4f2d0d6b8f3

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File Format: Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 32bit format have been designed to run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. Dell Update Packages (DUP) in Microsoft Windows 64bit format will only run on Microsoft Windows 64bit Operating Systems. When selecting a device driver update be sure to select the one that is appropriate for your operating system.

File Name: SAS-Drive_Firmware_WD3HJ_WN32_D1S6_A06.EXE

File size: 11.9 MB

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

MD5: 01327814f6b1acee8cb73e70e8747e8d

SHA1: 6bfb8fb651fe3b1c6df576499ff6da783926475e

SHA-256: 46ce33ceaad144ca46b01ff21ad7b5f1c794961138661044a1645dd7afd4bcb9

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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_WD3HJ_LN_D1S6_A06.BIN

File size: 10.63 MB

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

MD5: b61172c5b986e5d0f931419c6b7cf42f

SHA1: 1f44a561bd8c1f82bf533daeffcc7354abcb94de

SHA-256: f504ceb9ba21a591ebc4eff63f695be1da644b2e913eb12bdc1248f054a33dad

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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes:
-Resolved certain host command service failure right after drive reported being ready
-Resolved drive reset/fail caused by an interrupt by a head-of-queue command
-Resolved drive rest/fail caused by a servo error during WRITE operation
-Resolved drive hang or reset under certain WRITE CACHE enabled condition
-Resolved drive hang or reset when certain operations are halted with unique drive failure (servo error)
-Resolved issue that could cause Host EDC (04/41) error reported to host
-Changed response to avoid hard reset from some expanders in certain cases of an OPEN ADDRESS collision

Enhancements:
-General drive robustness improvements

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

PowerEdge M620 (for PE VRTX)

Supported Operating Systems

Novell SuSE Linux ES 11

Windows Server 2008 x64

Red Hat® Ent Linux 4.5

Red Hat® Ent Linux 4.6

SuSE Linux ES 9

Suse Linux ES 9

Suse Linux ES 10

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4.5

Windows Server 2012

Red Hat® Ent Linux 4.7

Red Hat® Ent Linux 5.2

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat® Ent Linux 5

Novell SuSE Linux ES 10

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2008 x86

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2003 x64

Installation instructions

Download

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.