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fmarchitects
Jan 09, 2012Aspirant
Replacement NV+ chassis
My NV+ went up in smoke yesterday and I'm expecting a replacement chassis from the nice people at Netgear. The RMA is showing the model as RND4000-300WWB. Is this a Readyas NV+ v1 or V2? and which Raidiator version would be the best to install? I use the Nas as a file server in a small office.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredWell considering you currently have a NV+ v1, the replacement chassis would also be a NV+ v1.
The NV+ v2 is going by the model number RND4000-200
It can be a bit confusing.
If you have a spare disk (not from your array) you could put that in the NAS and confirm it's running RAIDiator 4.1.x or earlier. I'd suggest updating the NAS to the latest firmware, verify update completed successfully, then power down, remove the spare disk and migrate your disks across: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_migrate_disks_over_from_an_existing_readynas_to_another - fmarchitectsAspirantThank you. The only reason I ask is the 300 suffix, which I haven't seen on any posts but it seems logical that it will be a V1.
- mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredWell there were some minor hardware changes to the v1 over time over the years. Giving new labels to stick on these NV+ units would be helpful for NetGear troubleshooting defective units to know what hardware they are dealing with.
I've written a new article How to tell whether I have a Duo v1 or Duo v2 or NV+ v1 or NV+ v2 which describes a number of ways of telling whether you have a v1 or v2 unit. - fmarchitectsAspirantThanks Again.
- maxblackAspirant
fmarchitects wrote: The only reason I ask is the 300 suffix, which I haven't seen on any posts but it seems logical that it will be a V1.
That's right; a "300 suffix" unit as your replacement. I'd gotten a similar one recently and Googled about it to no avail, must be some sort of internal designation for a v1 chassis.
You will see when it arrives that at least the back panel has the same connectors, though it could be an older unit with e.g. black rubber feet and/or no "Netgear" on the side panels. I was disappointed to receive such a unit but it works fine and I have no intention to sell anyway (which is when the older-looking chassis might become an issue).
p.s. nice article mdgm--shows the diffs clearly. - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredAh, that is a possibility I hadn't thought of. Distinguishing refurb units with a distinct model number is a sensible idea, though perhaps a bit confusing for the end-user.
With warranty replacements you get a refurb unit. Since the NV+ was first introduced years ago there are a wide variety of units it could be. - maxblackAspirant
mdgm wrote: ...there are a wide variety of units it could be.
Yeah not only as I said was my refurb "no Netgear side panels and black rubber feet" but the innards themselves were actually more recent than my original, e.g. the SATA backplane said Netgear while mine had said Infrant.
What was REALLY wierd too was that the side panels did not fit my (newer, defective) chassis, i.e. I couldn't swap my NETGEAR side panels onto the replacement--the holes did not align! I'd love to see the facility (in Memphis I think) where they assemble-and-test these refurbs. I'll bet it is a real mess... - PapaBear1ApprenticeI have an original late model Infrant NV+ (still running with the original PSU that is in the "suspect" number range) with no "Netgear" on the front or side panels. I also have two NVX units that are about 18 months old and have the Netgear side panels, Netgear on the front door and the larger feet. I always thought the side panels were the same die except for the brand name, but maybe not. But, over the long run of this basic chassis design, small differences are sure to creep in.
- fmarchitectsAspirantReplacement Chassis arrived and appears to be brand new rather than refurbed. Followed mdgm's advice to use spare disk to upgrade Frontview to 4.1.8 and then repopulated my old drives - really straightforward and worked a treat.
One slight issue is that my windows 7 & XP machines can't access shares without a logon window popping up, which didn't happen before. I have security mode set to 'share' with my workgroup defined and I've got read-write access for everyone. I can't remember what frontview my dead machine was running but it was probably 4.1.7.
Can someone tell me what, if anything, has changed?
Thanks - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee Retiredhttp://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_4_1_8_Notes
Did you follow the migration procedure I linked to above doing firmware re-install to ensure firmware on disks matches what's on the flash and a fan recalibration?
You might want to contact tech support again for some more assistance on your logon issue.
It's no longer recommended to use share mode. There are instructions for migrating to user mode here: How to Migrate to User Security Mode
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