1. You can't cross flash OEM and retail drives. You can try to force it, but if you google it, you'll find it bricks the drives about half the time. Best option is to make sure all are certified OEM. Next best is to make sure all are retail. Next best, if you must mix them, is to make sure all drives are at their latest respective revisions. 2. Only certain types of drives can be updated from the OS. Most of them, you need to boot to update media. 
Hello, this my my first post-question. first of all sorry for my english. i have troubles with r710 perc6i raid 5. 1 of 3 sas hdd is failed (there is installed 7CV6H : Module,Hard Drive,300G,SAS6,15 K,3.5,Seagate - info is from dell support page by tag number). And then i have bought this one: Dell 300GB 15K 6Gb/s SAS 3.5-inch HD Single Port (SP) Hot-Plug Dell Hard Drive in Dell F238F 3.5-inch Hot-Plug Hard Drive Tray (as pictured)Genuine Dell serial number and firmwareDell Certified Hard Drive  Part Number(s)Dell Part# 7CV6HSeagate Part# ST3300657SS    Now i have installed the new hdd and saw that orange error on dell screen is disappeared and it became blue without error, but 2 hdd lights is on and not blinking. Then i have checked the dell openmanage server administration tool 8.2.0 and there is still trouble with storage.  But there is another information about perc 6i firmware. Is it problem for displaying correct information about storage troubles? or problem with new hdd? another step i was checked that i have installed in 6th free slot second new sas hdd and it is not appeared  in openmange software, but it have spinning noise and 2 unblinking lights on.  I want to check is my system is in good condition and rebuilding process is finished. so can you help me?
R710 PERC6i RAID5 troubles