Firmware upgrade ds4700 disk

System Requirements: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 8.1


RETAIN tip: H201983 Symptom Under idle conditions, some drives may exhibit a higher than expected failure rate. The affected drives are listed below: Fibre Channel Drives Product ID Size ST373455 FC 73 GB ST3146855 FC 146 GB ST3300655 FC 300 GB ST3450856 FC 450 GB ST3300656 FC 300 GB ST3146356 FC 146 GB ST3450056 FC 450 GB ST3300056 FC 300 GB ST3146756 FC 146 GB ST3600057 FC 600 GB ST3450857 FC 450 GB ST3300657 FC 300 GB ST3600957 FC 600 GB ST3450757 FC 450 GB ST3300557 FC 300 GB Serial Attached SCSI ( SAS) and Nearline SAS ( NL- SAS) Drives Product ID Size ST373455 SS 73 GB ST3146855 SS 146 GB ST3300655 SS 300 GB ST3450856 SS 450 GB ST3300656 SS 300 GB ST3146356 SS 146 GB ST9300603 SS 300 GB ST9146803 SS 146 GB ST9300503 SS 300 GB ST9146852 SS 146 GB ST3600057 SS 600 GB ST3450857 SS 450 GB ST3300657 SS 300 GB ST3600957 SS 600 GB ST9500430 SS 500 GB ST9600204 SS 600 GB ST9600104 SS 600 GB ST32000444 SS 2 terabytes ( TB) ST31000424 SS 1 TB ST3300555 SS 300 GB ST3146755 SS 146 GB ST373355 SS 73 GB Serial Advanced Technology Attachment ( SATA) Drives Product ID Size ST31000340 NS 1 TB ST3750330 NS 750 GB ST3500320 NS 500 GB Affected configurations The system may be any of the following IBM servers: DS4300 ( FASt T600) Dual Controller and Turbo Storage Server, type 1722, any model DS4500 ( FASt T900) Storage Server, type 1742, any model DS4700 Storage Server, type 1814, any model DS4800 Storage Server, type 1815, any model EXP3000, type 1727, any model IBM System Storage DS3200, type 1726, any model IBM System Storage DS3300, type 1726, any model IBM System Storage DS3400, type 1726, any model IBM System Storage DS3950 Express, type 1814, any model IBM System Storage DS5020 Disk Controller (1814-20 A any model IBM System Storage DS5100 Storage Controller, type 1818, any model IBM System Storage DS5300 Storage Controller, type 1818, any model The system is configured with one or more of the following IBM Options.
Upgrade Firmware Controller, ESM and ESM config (without disk firmware upgrade) DS5000 DS4000 via DS Storage Manager. For further details go to these links.