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ReadyNAS 516 - Making continual wurring noise?
Hi all I have recently purchased a Netgear ReadyNAS 516 and installed x4 brand new 6TB Seagate NAS HDD - ST60000VN0021 I have also upgarded the firmware to the latest version 6.6.0 Upon t...
If you go to System > Volumes and hover your mouse over a disk there will be a popup with some information including the disk firmware version.
If you download the logs you can also see the disk firmware version in some of the logs.You could hook the disks up to your PC and run the disk firmware update on them.
Which disk firmware is on these disks? Is it SC60? There is a SC61 firmware update for the disks you have which should help with the disk noise: https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Hardware-Compatibility/Avoid-Seagate-ST8000VN0002-Horrible-noise-issue/m-p/1161653#M14883
Whilst the thread is for the ST8000VN0002 the Release Notes for the disk firmware update mention that the firmware update is also for your ST6000VN0021 disks.
Thanks for the post mdgm. I have followed through the links and downloaded the firmware update.
I do have a question though, how do I find out the firmware that is on the disks when I have them installed in the NAS?
Also, how do I install the firmware on the x4 disks that are installed in the NAS?
If you go to System > Volumes and hover your mouse over a disk there will be a popup with some information including the disk firmware version.
If you download the logs you can also see the disk firmware version in some of the logs.You could hook the disks up to your PC and run the disk firmware update on them.
Thanks for that. I have checked that the firmware for all x4 disks is inded C60.
I will need to hook up the disks to my PC and apply the firmware updates.
Thanks for you help.
Cheers
Kezooz
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