On Wed, February 10, 2010 12:27, Joe Gooch wrote: >> -----Original Message----- From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com >> [mailto:linux-poweredge- boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of J. Epperson >> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:37 AM To: >> >> Seriously, some of us used to re-flash some of the older LSI PERCs with >> the firmware for their LSI-branded counterpart. Could something like >> that be a possibility here? Could the H700 be reflashed with the LSI >> Megaraid 9260/9280 firmware? I guess someone would have to risk a >> brick to find out. > > I'd rather flash the drive firmware. If it's really superior with Dell > equipment, why not make the firmware available? It's not like Dell is > manufacturing the drive, and they already provide drive firmware upgrades > on the support site. >
Agreed. But the controller firmware is available. If Dell specified/required certain mfr/drive models and made their proprietary firmware available to reflash them from the mfr default firmware, I don't think they'd get nearly the backwash they're going to have from their current stance. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
