On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Mark <mark0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/04/2012 3:26 p.m., Sergei wrote: > >> Rich<rercola<at> acm.jhu.edu> writes: >> >> >>> ...what FW modifications did they make? >>> >>> - Rich >>> >> >> >> >> They definitely made some as you can't flash Dell drive with Seagate/WD >> firmware. Or get support from Seagate/WD for Dell-branded drive. >> >> That is specific to the firmware protection settings, and is "standard" > for most OEM'd drives. > You probably can flash a Seagate with Dell firmware though. > > > Specifically in this case drive reports support for this power management >> command but fails to respond correctly when Solaris sends such command. >> I'm >> pretty sure I was told that Seagate OEM drive works fine while we were >> having >> these power issues with identical drive purchased from Dell. >> >> >> This issue has previously been reported with Dell firmware. The workaround stated at https://www.illumos.org/issues/2091 is correct.
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