Hi again - SUCCESS !! I had a bit of trouble finding a USB key that the flash utility would write too, but once I found one, I was able to write the image to USB key and boot the server from that. The utility found the PERC and the PV220 so I have been able to flash the drives to the latest firmware. I did try the CD in another (non-Dell) server and got the same "Invalid PBR" message when it tried to load the system from the CD. It looks like the CD image will only work on a Dell System and/or CD Drive, but now that I can boot the image from USB key, I don't have a problem, regards Dave
Hi, I know that this hardware is very old, but........ Can anyone tell me if is it possible to flash the firmware on the SCSI drives (300GB Seagate ST3300007LC f/w D701) attached to a PowerVault 220s without booting from the firmware download image? When I write the image to CD and try to boot, I get an "Invalid PBR" (I have created the image more than once). The PowerVault Array is attached to a PERC 4/DC in an HP Proliant Server (yes, I know it would be easier with a Dell server) and the server won't boot from the CD image - it gives the "Invalid PBR" message. That in itself was no great surprise, but I had hoped...... What was a bigger surprise was that I get the same error on a PowerEdge 4400 (yes, I know it's even older), but I thought that the CD would at least boot in the PE-4400. Does anyone know of any other way that I can flash the drives from D701 to D704 which I believe corrects are timing issue with the drives which causes low read/write IO speeds? regards Dave
Flash HDs in PowerVault 220S 