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New Ultra 4 RNDU400 and 3TB Drives
Hi,
Thanks to the forum members I have finally decided to buy the Ultra 4 RNDU4000 (4-bay). I also purchased 2 3TB drives by Seagate. From the HCL:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3 TB 6Gb/s 64 MB No 1 Use firmware CC4H or newer http://knowledge.seagate.com/articl
On the hard drive itself is an Important notice which states that I may need to update the drive's firmware with capacities beyond 3TB. I presume that this is if I will connect the drive directly to the usb port.
The HCL also indicate to use firmware CC4H and I don't know if this is connected to the Important notice on the drive's label.
Q: Should I update the drive's firmware before setting up the Ultra 4? If so, how do I do that? Do I need to put it in a external drive enclosure and connect via usb? Or can I just directly put it in the Ultra, then do the ReadyNAS installation and update the firmware of the hard drive and the Ultra 4? Is there a step-by-step procedure?
Q: What other things should I watch out for during the installation process?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you.
Cmaker3
Thanks to the forum members I have finally decided to buy the Ultra 4 RNDU4000 (4-bay). I also purchased 2 3TB drives by Seagate. From the HCL:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3 TB 6Gb/s 64 MB No 1 Use firmware CC4H or newer http://knowledge.seagate.com/articl
On the hard drive itself is an Important notice which states that I may need to update the drive's firmware with capacities beyond 3TB. I presume that this is if I will connect the drive directly to the usb port.
The HCL also indicate to use firmware CC4H and I don't know if this is connected to the Important notice on the drive's label.
Q: Should I update the drive's firmware before setting up the Ultra 4? If so, how do I do that? Do I need to put it in a external drive enclosure and connect via usb? Or can I just directly put it in the Ultra, then do the ReadyNAS installation and update the firmware of the hard drive and the Ultra 4? Is there a step-by-step procedure?
Q: What other things should I watch out for during the installation process?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you.
Cmaker3
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- To update the disk's firmware you would need to connect the disk to an internal SATA port in your PC.
Put one 3TB disk in the NAS and do a factory default. If the NAS firmware is older than 4.2.16, update to 4.2.16 (http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_16_Notes) then to the latest firmware. Then power down, put the other disk in and do a factory default via the boot menu: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
In Frontview (web-admin interface of the NAS) you can check the disk firmware under Status > Health > SMART+ - Hi mgdm,
Thanks for the reply. As a follow up before I do the installation,mdgm wrote: To update the disk's firmware you would need to connect the disk to an internal SATA port in your PC.
do I need to update the disks' (I've got 2 of them) firmware first and then... update the NAS firmware ... or ...mdgm wrote: Put one 3TB disk in the NAS and do a factory default. If the NAS firmware is older than 4.2.16, update to 4.2.16 (http://www.readynas.com/RAIDiator_x86_4_2_16_Notes) then to the latest firmware. Then power down, put the other disk in and do a factory default via the boot menu: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_use_the_boot_menu
just directly update the NAS firmware (as above) since 4.2.16 has support for 3TB drives?
Sorry for the confusion but I know that with computers, there are times you need to do things in a specific order otherwise everything could get messed up.
Thanks again. - Well it depends what disk firmware comes on your disks. If the firmware is older than the required firmware then it would be best to update them to CC45 before using them in the NAS. They may have issues if you use older firmware.
4.2.16 is the most thoroughly tested update from firmware prior to 4.2.16 so I'd recommend updating to that before updating to the latest firmware if the unit comes with firmware prior to 4.2.16. A factory default after updating to the latest firmware would give you a clean setup on the new firmware which is desirable in my view. - And 4.2.16 or later is needed to support 3TB drives.
PapaBear wrote: And 4.2.16 or later is needed to support 3TB drives.
Hi PapaBear,
mgdm did suggest that it might be a good idea to update the drives' firmware if it is old. But I ran into some issues.
First, I only have my laptop. It has a USB/eSata port which I hope will work for my purpose.
Second, I will need to purchase an external hard drive enclosure. Will I need eSata or will Sata enclosure do? Can I just skip this process and just put one of the 3TB drives into the NAS and do a factory default and then update the NAS's firmware to 4.2.16 which supports 3TB drives?
Other questions comes to mind. Can I update the drive's firmware via RAIDair? Or should I just do the logical thing and buy the enclosure and update the drives' firmware first?
Thanks for any advice.
Cmaker3- You can't update the drive's firmware with RAIDar. The drive firmware is updated on your PC. You need the SATA enclosure for that (or use an internal SATA connection if you have one).
4.2.16 is the RAIDiator firmware on the NAS - totally different from the drive firmware - Hi StephenB,
Sorry I edited my previous post and didn't see your reply. Gotcha on that. I guess my follow up is on the enclosure. Should I go eSATA or SATA or any will do? Thanks. - I have an inexpensive USB/SATA/IDE conversion gadget (with power supply) - I don't recall the exact model, but it looks something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6812232002
My laptop also has an esata connection, so I bought a sata->esata cable separately - something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6812196321
Generally I use the power supply from the conversion gadget with the eSata cable, though sometimes the USB 2.0 conversion is useful. My laptop eSata wasn't fast enough to keep up with my SSD drive, so I had to clone that using USB. - Thanks for the links StephenB. I especially liked the adapter [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002]. A perfect tool if you will. It comes with a SATA cable but I got both just the same.
Cmaker3 - It comes with sata<->sata, what I use is esata<->sata
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