{"id":354,"date":"2020-04-04T22:10:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T20:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2020-04-04T22:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T20:14:03","slug":"how-to-identify-dell-hard-drive-properties-and-update-the-firmware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-to-identify-dell-hard-drive-properties-and-update-the-firmware\/","title":{"rendered":"How to identify Dell hard drive properties and update the firmware?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"354\" class=\"elementor elementor-354\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5690d791 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5690d791\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78483694\" data-id=\"78483694\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4756d2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4756d2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/dell-hdd-firmware-update.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-356\" alt=\"dell hdd firmware update\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/dell-hdd-firmware-update.png 623w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/dell-hdd-firmware-update-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-360057f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"360057f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Here you should be able to update the firmware of Dell drives; irrespective of the manufacturer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <strong>How to identify hard driver properties in OMSA?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>OpenManage Server Administrator\u00a0<\/strong>can be used to determine the make and model of a physical disk. The firmware version is also visible on the line labeled &#8220;<strong>revision<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>1.Launch OMSA on your PowerEdge server and navigate the menu on the left along the following path:<br><strong>System&nbsp;<\/strong>&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Storage&nbsp;<\/strong>&gt;&nbsp;<strong>PERC Model<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Connector X<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Enclosure<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Physical Disks<\/strong><br><br>Generally, there are 2 Connectors, 0 &amp; 1, because your PERC is setting up a redundant path between the controller card and backplane. Hard drives are distributed between each connector.<br><br><br>2.<strong>&nbsp;Select the physical disk&nbsp;<\/strong>to inspect and, on the new window, you will have all the details about the hard drive like Revision and Product ID (model).<br><br>Knowing the Product ID is important if you want to update your firmware or add other identical disks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbimg.dell.com\/library\/KB\/DELL_ORGANIZATIONAL_GROUPS\/DELL_GLOBAL\/Content%20Team\/hdd%20model%20(Custom).JPG\" alt=\"Identify dell hdd model\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>2. How to identify hard driver properties in the system setup page?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Press<strong>&nbsp;F2<\/strong>&nbsp;during the POST of your PowerEdge server to enter the system setup page and navigate the menu along the following path:<br><br><strong>System Setup<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Device Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>PERC Model<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Physical Disk Management<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;<strong>&nbsp;View Physical Disk Properties<br><br>Select the physical disk&nbsp;<\/strong>and you will have all the details about the hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbimg.dell.com\/library\/KB\/DELL_ORGANIZATIONAL_GROUPS\/DELL_GLOBAL\/image(14659).png\" alt=\"View Physical Disk Properties in System Setup Page\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>3<strong>. How to identify hard driver properties in the iDRAC interface?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To start, please connect to the iDRAC web interface using the defined IP Address with the admin credentials.<strong>Note<\/strong>: If the iDRAC is not yet configured, this article (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dell.com\/support\/article\/SLN306877\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SLN306877<\/a>&nbsp;) explains how to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the iDRAC Web Interface, go to&nbsp;<strong>Storage&nbsp;<\/strong>&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Physical Disks<\/strong>.<br><strong>Select the physical disk&nbsp;<\/strong>and you will have all the details about the hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbimg.dell.com\/library\/KB\/DELL_ORGANIZATIONAL_GROUPS\/DELL_GLOBAL\/image(14660).png\" alt=\"View Physical Disk Properties in iDRAC\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>4. How to Update the HDD Firmware?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Firmware is defined as a computer program that is hard-coded into the hard drive and contains its basic operational storage programming. Another way to think of it is that firmware is a software middleman that allows your hardware to talk to software (i.e., Windows operating systems, etc). For a hard drive, the firmware is a program that governs the behavior and factory settings, even the identity, of that drive. Any drive that comes out of the factory and is in use in a computer or server has firmware installed on it from the factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having the latest firmware can improve the performance and or reliability of your product. If newer firmware is available for a drive, it will reflect the improvements engineered for the latest manufacturing.<br><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Only physical drives members of the virtual disk in an optimal state can be updated.2 solutions are available to update multiple Hard Drives in a PowerEdge server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Individual update<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Locate the model firmware update on the Dell Support site and directly install it from a supported OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double-click the new file.<\/li><li>Read over the release information presented in the dialog window.<\/li><li>Download and install any prerequisites identified in the dialog window before proceeding.<\/li><li>Click the Install button.<\/li><li>Follow the remaining prompts to perform the update.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>All the physical drives corresponding to this firmware model will be updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Global update<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the Dell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility is probably one of the easiest and most flexible ways of updating your hard drive firmware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will find instructions on how to download and create a bootable device that will automatically update all your Dell-branded hard drives, independent on manufacturer and model.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Here you should be able to update the firmware of Dell drives; irrespective of the manufacturer How to identify hard driver properties in OMSA? OpenManage Server Administrator\u00a0can be used to determine the make and model of a physical disk. The firmware version is also visible on the line labeled &#8220;revision&#8220;. 1.Launch OMSA on your PowerEdge server and navigate the menu<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-to-identify-dell-hard-drive-properties-and-update-the-firmware\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,28,33,12,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-tos-and-other-useful-tips-and-tricks","category-partner-content","category-partner-resources","category-tekmart-enterprise-hardware-tips","category-why-explanations-on-data-center-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}