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Converting Dell ST4000NM0025 to EQL DRIVE

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freddyk

Post subject: Converting Dell ST4000NM0025 to EQL DRIVE

Posted: December 5th, 2022, 9:00

Joined: December 5th, 2022, 8:50
Posts: 3
Location: Italy

I've got a broken EQL drive to replace with a newer one. As dell does not sell eql drives without a support contract, i'm looking on how to convert an enterprise drive with same part number to an EQL one.

I've downloaded DS04 firmware LOD file and got DE05 firmware LOD from the drive kit update.

Is there anything i can do? Looking at firmware code sections, it is looking to VENDOR ID to proceed with the upgrade.

Can anyone help?

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File comment: FIRMWARE DS04

DS04.lod.zip [1.1 MiB]
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freddyk

Post subject: Re: Converting Dell ST4000NM0025 to EQL DRIVE

Posted: December 7th, 2022, 11:06

Joined: December 5th, 2022, 8:50
Posts: 3
Location: Italy

I've managed to flash a DE05 firmware over DE07 drive (from compellent) using seaflash for linux.

DE05.lod can be obtained downloading from EQL website the Drive Firmware KIT

Code:

kit_V13.0_DriveFw_731036618.zip

Looking for the drive device using

Code:

./sealflashlin_048_064 -i

My disk was at /dev/sg5

Code:

./sealflashlin_048_064 -s 512 -m ST4000NM0025 -f DE05.lod /dev/sg5

I've captured a kind of partition on a working EQL drive in EQL.BIN and copied it.

I've used dmesg to get that /dev/sg5 is mapped to my /dev/sdd

Next i've copied the image i made to the disk with

Code:

dd if=./EQL.BIN of=/dev/sdd

Putting the disk into the storage was successfully with a correctly recognized drive.

Next step is to convert a drive with the Enterprise firmware or a NON OEM segate drive.

Attachments:

seaflashlin.zip [113.17 KiB]
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EQL.BIN.zip [100.35 KiB]
Downloaded 82 times

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DR-Kiev

Post subject: Re: Converting Dell ST4000NM0025 to EQL DRIVE

Posted: December 8th, 2022, 15:57

Joined: March 7th, 2009, 12:43
Posts: 1076
Location: Angel Data Recovery

Usually people do backward procedure. There are many dell drives with specific fw on eBay, cheaper than OEM .

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freddyk

Post subject: Re: Converting Dell ST4000NM0025 to EQL DRIVE

Posted: December 9th, 2022, 11:33

Joined: December 5th, 2022, 8:50
Posts: 3
Location: Italy

DR-Kiev wrote:

Usually people do backward procedure. There are many dell drives with specific fw on eBay, cheaper than OEM .

I can't find a working EQL drive on eBay anyway, that's why i asked for help here!

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aledr

Post subject: Re: Converting Dell ST4000NM0025 to EQL DRIVE

Posted: December 28th, 2022, 15:58

Joined: June 30th, 2021, 21:29
Posts: 5
Location: Home Home

Hi.

freddyk, I am trying to make my disks compatible with Compellent arrays.
Seems that they contain an EqualLogic firmware preventing them to work.

Do you have any hint?

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adeelleo

Post subject: Re: Converting Dell ST4000NM0025 to EQL DRIVE

Posted: Yesterday, 8:53

Joined: October 23rd, 2021, 12:45
Posts: 4
Location: Pakistan

freddyk wrote:

I've managed to flash a DE05 firmware over DE07 drive (from compellent) using seaflash for linux.

DE05.lod can be obtained downloading from EQL website the Drive Firmware KIT

Code:

kit_V13.0_DriveFw_731036618.zip

Looking for the drive device using

Code:

./sealflashlin_048_064 -i

My disk was at /dev/sg5

Code:

./sealflashlin_048_064 -s 512 -m ST4000NM0025 -f DE05.lod /dev/sg5

I've captured a kind of partition on a working EQL drive in EQL.BIN and copied it.

I've used dmesg to get that /dev/sg5 is mapped to my /dev/sdd

Next i've copied the image i made to the disk with

Code:

dd if=./EQL.BIN of=/dev/sdd

Putting the disk into the storage was successfully with a correctly recognized drive.

Next step is to convert a drive with the Enterprise firmware or a NON OEM segate drive.

Were you ever able to convert the Non OEM Disk with the EqualLogic firmware?
I am kind of in the same boat. Truing to convert an IBM DS8800 Storage disk into IBM V3700 Disk.

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