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ReadyNAS Pro Business eth ports + sys fan failed [17039386]
Hi, Just opened a new case via neteagr support portal. I have a ReadyNAS Pro which has been working flawlessly until today. Midway thru streamng media it dropped off the network. Rebooted my switch a...
muggsy,
I think the ReadyNAS boots from the disks, not the internal flash firmware.
Like you, I was suspicious of just moving my drives across so I played with the new chassis with a spare drive. My replacement shipped with 4.2.17 but my existing setup had 4.2.19. I upgraded the replacement chassis to 4.2.19 with the spare drive which presumably updates the firmware stored on the internal flash.
After I was comfortable that the replacement chassis was working well, including doing a Boot Menu memory test for a few hours, I swapped in the disks from my old chassis. The NAS booted and looks just like the old NAS with all configurations as expected. I don't have many addons installed, but I think they come along for the ride on the disks.
I think the ReadyNAS boots from the disks, not the internal flash firmware.
Like you, I was suspicious of just moving my drives across so I played with the new chassis with a spare drive. My replacement shipped with 4.2.17 but my existing setup had 4.2.19. I upgraded the replacement chassis to 4.2.19 with the spare drive which presumably updates the firmware stored on the internal flash.
After I was comfortable that the replacement chassis was working well, including doing a Boot Menu memory test for a few hours, I swapped in the disks from my old chassis. The NAS booted and looks just like the old NAS with all configurations as expected. I don't have many addons installed, but I think they come along for the ride on the disks.
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