Remote unlocking HDDs from VSP systems: DKR5C, -5D, -5E etc

[E123]

There is a difference between "Hitachi" and "HGST".

[terminator2]

Hi
I am keen to know what is technical or manufacturer difference between Hitachi and HGST drives , HGST are fragile and not rock solid reliable like pure Hitachi

[terminator2]

Hi
I am keen to know what is technical or manufacturer difference between Hitachi and HGST drives , HGST are fragile and not rock solid reliable like pure Hitachi

[juppin]

@E123 Can you assist me to get my Hitachi DKR5C-J600SS working on linux?
Please PM me if you can make the drive working. I will provide you your required setup if you give me the instructions.
I have a LSI 9207-4i4e (IT mode) and a couple of computers which I can configure it like you need for "unlocking".

Out of curiosity i have one of six DKR5C-J600SS that is working after a simple reformat to 512b sectors.

Thanks, juppin

[fyphonsilter1]

Hello,

I sent you a PM, not sure if you got it?

Please contact me.

[thavinci]

E123, Could you please contact me irt unlocking the DKR5G-J1R8SS HEHE drives? I have two

[jefftee]

E123, Hi, are you still offering the service to unlock DKR5D-J90SS HGST 900GB disk drives? I'm in need of unlocking a handful of them. Thanks

[saulius_2006]

E123,

Greetings,

I got your credentials from "napalm_atx" at "https://forums.servethehome.com"
I have purchased HUC101212CSS600 on ebay with came with 520 block size.
After long long research I manage to covert from 520 to 512 block size.
However the HDD still can't be used as apparently requires firmware upgrade.
Which bring me to another problem, thanks to "napalm_atx" I received the firmware version with command line how to upgrade.
But it turns out that the HDD is vendor-lock. By know if that would be just a single HDD is would of lost my hopes and would just throw the HDD away, problem is I purchased 19 of them, that is around 300euros.
After looking at your forums and video I managed to install the Niagara software, however I find too complicated to understand where and what to do in order to remove the vendor-lock. As "napalm_atx" advised me, would you be able to provide me some guidance how to remove that vendor-lock in order to update the firmware?
Here is some HDD details and firmware upgrade output:
Vendor: HITACHI
Product: DKR5E-J1R2SS
Revision: GCGC
Compliance: SPC-4
User Capacity: 1,200,243,695,616 bytes [1.20 TB]
Logical block size: 512 bytes
Rotation Rate: 10020 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Logical Unit id: 0x5000cca01d631f8c
Serial number: KZHSHY7G
Device type: disk
Transport protocol: SAS (SPL-3)
Local Time is: Tue Nov 21 16:00:48 2023 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
Temperature Warning: Enabled

[root@supermicro-02 admin_user]# sg_write_buffer -vvvvvv -m 5 --in CPGNA469.bin /dev/sg2
found bsg_major=248
open /dev/sg2 with flags=0x802
tried to read 8388608 bytes from CPGNA469.bin, got 884736 bytes
will write 884736 bytes
Write buffer cmd: 3b 05 00 00 00 00 0d 80 00 00
Write buffer parameter list (first 256 bytes):
0d 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 37 f0 ff ff ff
48 47 53 54 2c 20 61 20 57 65 73 74 65 72 6e 20
44 69 67 69 74 61 6c 20 43 6f 6d 70 61 6e 79 20
49 43 33 35 4c 78 78 78 55 78 44 33 32 31 30 2d
30 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 63 6f 64 65 20 28 43 29 20
43 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 57 65 73 74 65 72
6e 20 44 69 67 69 74 61 6c 20 43 6f 72 70 2e 20
32 30 31 32 2c 20 32 30 31 32 2d 32 30 31 32 2e
20 41 6c 6c 20 72 69 67 68 74 73 20 72 65 73 65
72 76 65 64 2e 20 20 55 53 20 47 6f 76 65 72 6e
6d 65 6e 74 20 55 73 65 72 73 20 52 65 73 74 72
69 63 74 65 64 20 52 69 67 68 74 73 20 2d 20 55
73 65 20 64 75 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 66
6f 72 20 64 69 73 63 6c 6f 73 75 72 65 20 72 65
73 74 72 69 63 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 47 43 41 20
duration=11 ms
write buffer: Fixed format, current; Sense key: Illegal Request
Additional sense: Parameter value invalid
Raw sense data (in hex):
70 00 05 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 26 02 00 00
00 00 00 00 f1 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
bad field in Write buffer cdb

[gnarfy]

I am not sure if he still active, I never got any reply to my emails.

[E123]

gnarfy, I still waiting your "details" via e-mail more than 2 weeks. Try to write again.

[mmuratusta]

E123, Can you please send me your e-mail address for HITACHI DKR5G-J1R8SS HEHE netapp disks?

[E123]

mmuratusta, E-mail for communication: evrus.lab@gmail.com