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August 11th, 2008 14:00

Ax150i - New Disks are Unsupported

I purchased (6) drives from Dell for a Dell-EMC Ax150i.  Trying to use them, I get the Ax150i message:

 

"You have inserted unsupported disk drive(s) in the storage system.  Please verify that all disk drives are SATA II."

 

Only difference in labeling:
Working Drives:  Lot Number: W-01-0801-2
New, incompatible drives: Lot Number: W-01-0804-2
Otherwise, all other numbers match:
    Seagate Barracuda ES
    250GB
    P/N ST3250820NS  9BL13E-236 
    Firmware: 3.BAJ
A call to my Dell "Silver" sales support said I was sold drives with "Incorrect Flare Codes" and pushed the issue back to sales.
  
Any help would be appreciated.

 

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August 11th, 2008 19:00

First check if you're on the latest flare (software) for the AX150i.

http://www.emc.com/dell-ax150support -> register for the download here.

Prepare for downtime on your server.

After the upgrade try the drives again. If you still get that message, I'd suggest to contact your Dell salesperson and check he/she didn't get you AX100 drives.

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August 11th, 2008 21:00

I have the latest Flare OS 02.20.150.5.026.   I guess the question is, are the drives secretly formatted in some way so you must buy drives from EMC/Dell?  Back to sales.

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August 27th, 2008 03:00

I believe you need to use specific drives that are formatted correctly. It certainly seems like you were sold the incorrect drives.

August 27th, 2008 18:00

Flare does look for specific information on the drives and if it does not find it, will report the drives as unsupported.   If you have the latest flare and it is still reporting that then they are not supported.  If they were purchased from Dell, tell them you were sold the wrong drives.  if you puchased them somewhere else, you are out of luck.

September 20th, 2019 09:00

Hi, I know it's been a long time since this thread started, but I have the same problem. Did you find a solution? Do you know where can I find the latest firmware for the AX150i? Kind regards,
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