HCL-Seagate 3TB ST3000DM001: Is newer p/n:1CH166 included?

refles wrote:

hi guys, I just ran into the same problem w/ my Pro6, I already had 2 ST3000DM001's in place added 2 more a week ago with the firmware CC4H and I got an additional 2 more drives from Amazon this week but they came in with CC43 fimware (p/n 1CH166-300). I emailed Seagate a few moments before and they only responded back with the following link https://apps1.seagate.com/downloads/request.html I don't have any of the serials of my CC4H drives handy currently as I'm at work, but I threw in the 2 serials from Amazon that had the CC43 firmware and said "No New Firmware Available" ... if someone would throw their CC4H serial in maybe it'll say whether or not CC43 is the newer version via their DB records. Maybe that will tell us if its definitely newer, but obviously if it works or not official word hasn't been given, but the few that reported here that they've been using it already in smaller setups appears encouraging as I would hate to have failure due to a such a change. if no one gets a chance I'll report back my findings tonight when I get a chance to throw my serial in.