Is a secure-erase suggested after the firmware update? Sometimes manufacturers do that.
> On Sep 1, 2023, at 05:16, Frédéric Nass <frederic.n...@univ-lorraine.fr> > wrote: > > Hello, > > This message to inform you that DELL has released a new firmwares for these > SSD drives to fix the 70.000 POH issue: > > [ > https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=69j5f&oscode=w12r2&productcode=poweredge-r730xd > | Toshiba A3B4 for model number(s) PX02SMF020, PX02SMF040, PX02SMF080 and > PX02SMB160. ] > [ > https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=31jmh&lwp=rt > | Toshiba A4B4 for model number(s) PX02SSF010, PX02SSF020, PX02SSF040 and > PX02SSB080. ] [ > https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=69j5f&oscode=w12r2&productcode=poweredge-r730xd > ] > [ > https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=tc8kc&lwp=rt > | Toshiba A5B4 for model number(s) PX03SNF020, PX03SNF080 and PX03SNB160. ] > > Based on our recent experience, this firmware gets dead SSD drives back to > life with their data (after the upgrade, you may need to import foreign > config by pressing 'F' key on the next start) > > Many thanks to DELL French TAMs and DELL engineering for providing this > firmware in a short time. > > Best regards, > Frédéric. > > ----- Le 19 Juin 23, à 10:46, Frédéric Nass <frederic.n...@univ-lorraine.fr> > a écrit : > >> Hello, > >> This message does not concern Ceph itself but a hardware vulnerability which >> can >> lead to permanent loss of data on a Ceph cluster equipped with the same >> hardware in separate fault domains. > >> The DELL / Toshiba PX02SMF020, PX02SMF040, PX02SMF080 and PX02SMB160 SSD >> drives >> of the 13G generation of DELL servers are subject to a vulnerability which >> renders them unusable after 70,000 hours of operation, i.e. approximately 7 >> years and 11 months of activity. > >> This topic has been discussed here: >> https://www.dell.com/community/PowerVault/TOSHIBA-PX02SMF080-has-lost-communication-on-the-same-date/td-p/8353438 > >> The risk is all the greater since these disks may die at the same time in the >> same server leading to the loss of all data in the server. > >> To date, DELL has not provided any firmware fixing this vulnerability, the >> latest firmware version being "A3B3" released on Sept. 12, 2016: >> https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/ >> drivers/driversdetails?driverid=hhd9k > >> If your have servers running these drives, check their uptime. If they are >> close >> to the 70,000 hour limit, replace them immediately. > >> The smartctl tool does not report the uptime for these SSDs, but if you have >> HDDs in the server, you can query their SMART status and get their uptime, >> which should be about the same as the SSDs. >> The smartctl command is: smartctl -a -d megaraid,XX /dev/sdc (where XX is the >> iSCSI bus number). > >> We have informed DELL about this but have no information yet on the arrival >> of a >> fix. > >> We have lost 6 disks, in 3 different servers, in the last few weeks. Our >> observation shows that the drives don't survive full shutdown and restart of >> the machine (power off then power on in iDrac), but they may also die during >> a >> single reboot (init 6) or even while the machine is running. > >> Fujitsu released a corrective firmware in June 2021 but this firmware is most >> certainly not applicable to DELL drives: >> https://www.fujitsu.com/us/imagesgig5/PY-CIB070-00.pdf > >> Regards, >> Frederic > >> Sous-direction Infrastructure and Services >> Direction du Numérique >> Université de Lorraine >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io >> To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@ceph.io To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-le...@ceph.io
