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Power Timer not turning on OS6 FW 6.4.1 - Legacy Ultra 6
I recently acquired an Ultra 6 Plus, which I upgraded to OS 6, FW 6.4.1, for use in backups. The Power Timer function (which I liked better in the old NV+ models, since I could specify minutes) turns...
kevinb1 wrote:According to the bios_ver.log, I have a 05/26/2010 FLAME6-2 V1.1 product.
Ah then this is not an issue with OS6 on legacy at all. There is a known power on issue with an old BIOS on an Ultra 6.
You will need to update the BIOS to the latest: 06/10/2010: http://www.readynas.com/download/addons ... .5-x86.binEasiest way to install would be to:
1. Power down
2. Remove your disks (label order)
3. Put a scratch disk in (must not be from your array)
4. Do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything)
5. Downgrade to RAIDiator-x86-4.2: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Community-Add-ons/Downgrade-to-RAIDiator-x86-from-ReadyNAS-OS-notsupported/td-p/859412
6. Install the BIOS update add-on7. After you get an alert that the add-on has installed successfully, reboot and check bios_ver.log to make sure the BIOS has updated.
8. Update the box back to 6.4.1
9. Power down
10. Remove your scratch disk
11. Put your disks back in same order as before
12. Set the power timer again and see if it works
Note that it is important not to interrupt the BIOS upgrade whilst it is in progress as it would brick the system.
kevinb1 wrote:
According to the bios_ver.log, I have a 05/26/2010 FLAME6-2 V1.1 product.
Ah then this is not an issue with OS6 on legacy at all. There is a known power on issue with an old BIOS on an Ultra 6.
You will need to update the BIOS to the latest: 06/10/2010: http://www.readynas.com/download/addons ... .5-x86.bin
Easiest way to install would be to:
1. Power down
2. Remove your disks (label order)
3. Put a scratch disk in (must not be from your array)
4. Do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything)
5. Downgrade to RAIDiator-x86-4.2: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Community-Add-ons/Downgrade-to-RAIDiator-x86-from-ReadyNAS-OS-notsupported/td-p/859412
6. Install the BIOS update add-on
7. After you get an alert that the add-on has installed successfully, reboot and check bios_ver.log to make sure the BIOS has updated.
8. Update the box back to 6.4.1
9. Power down
10. Remove your scratch disk
11. Put your disks back in same order as before
12. Set the power timer again and see if it works
Note that it is important not to interrupt the BIOS upgrade whilst it is in progress as it would brick the system.
Though not the most fun I've ever had, I did the above procedure.
The result was an update from
05/26/2010 FLAME6-2 V1.1
to
06/10/2010 FLAME6-2 V1.1
which now appears to work.
I might note that it's important, when updating from Raidiator 4 to To NASOS 6, to allow a full reboot after loading the new firmware and then let it go through an upgrade cycle, and not to do the factory reset until after you get a discovery error message.
Thank you, mdgm, for providing the solution.
Although I do wonder why Frontview's Admin Page>System->[power dropdown]->[Shut Down button] doesn't use (or perhaps add an option for) the /frontview/bin/autopoweroff sequence (including setting the RTC wakeup) so that the Power Timer can continue working after an shutdown originating from Frontview. Heck, maybe it could be a "Hibernate" button, nicht wahr?
It would seem to me to be an elegant way of keeping it working as designed, and saving the Big Blue Button for real emergency shutoffs.
kevinb1 wrote:
Although I do wonder why Frontview's Admin Page>System->[power dropdown]->[Shut Down button] doesn't use (or perhaps add an option for) the /frontview/bin/autopoweroff sequence (including setting the RTC wakeup) so that the Power Timer can continue working after an shutdown originating from Frontview. Heck, maybe it could be a "Hibernate" button, nicht wahr?
It would seem to me to be an elegant way of keeping it working as designed, and saving the Big Blue Button for real emergency shutoffs.
/frontview/bin/autopoweroff doesn't set up the RTC wake alarm. It just decides whether to shut down normally, or defer shutdown if volume maintenance is running. The RTC wake alarm will get set no matter how you shut down, so it already works the way you're asking it to.
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