Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 9.3.1 User’s Guide

Viewing Physical Disk Firmware Version Report

NOTE: : This option is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features

The Physical Disk Firmware Version Report compares the current firmware against a list of currently available firmware and legacy driver models.

NOTE: : To generate the HDD firmware version report, negotiable speed and the model number of the drives are used as keys for indexing entries in the hddfwver.csv file. If the negotiable speed of the drive is not available from the controller, then the model number of the drive is used as the key for indexing entries in the hddfwver.csv file.

You can run the report on each controller basis or for the storage system.

For each controller report, click Storage > Controller > Information/Configuration > Available Reports > View Physical Disk Firmware Version Report > Execute.

For a storage system report, select Storage > Information/Configuration > Global Tasks > View Physical Disk Firmware Version Report > Execute.

If you do not have the latest compare file (hddfwver.csv), contact your service provider to download the latest compare file. Replace the existing hddfwver.csv file with the new file at the following location:

On systems running Windows:

C:\<Program Files (x86)>\Dell\SysMgt\sm

where C:\Program files may vary based on the system.

On systems running Linux:

/opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/srvadmin-storage/hddfwver.csv

On systems running ESXi:

/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/hddfwver.csv

If the existing firmware(s) for all physical disks is the latest, the following message is displayed:

There are no physical disks available that require firmware update.