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Daziest

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January 24th, 2021 20:00

Disabling writes to flash as the flash part has gone bad

Hello,

We have a DELL PowerEdge R730, and yesterday after an update our server restarted but our services did not start. When I checked the server there was an error message in BIOS:

"Disabling writes to flash as the flash part has gone bad.

Please contact technical support to resolve this issue.

Please press 'Y' to continue."

Does anybody know what does it mean by "flash part"?

I've updated the firmware, but the error is still showing.

Is it bad to click 'Y' and continue using using the server?

 

Thanks in advance.140244743_1665981896943772_6626693388409974084_n.jpg

Dell-Stephane T

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January 25th, 2021 07:00

Hi,

 

Are you using freeBSD OS?

You can use the Yes option to continue but i've checked with L3 that this error means that PERC card need to be replaced.

You can contact your local support to perform this action.

 

I remain at your disposal

Best regards,

Dell-Stephane T

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January 25th, 2021 02:00

Hi,

 

To avoid any data lost, I'll collect some information and will back to you soon.

 

Regards,

 

Daziest

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January 27th, 2021 23:00

Hi Stéphane,

 

Thank you for replying.

We're using MS Server 2012 R2 OS,.

I will contact our local support as you suggested. 

 

Best Regards,

Bat-Erdene

BriFar

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September 15th, 2021 00:00

Hi Stephanie,

we are using FreeBSD and have encountered this issue 2 times already.

We are going to apply the latest firmware update before proceeding with replacing the controller.

I am curious as to why you mentioned freebsd specifically, is there something we need to do to avoid this?

thanks in advance

DELL-Marco B

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September 15th, 2021 02:00

Hello,

In the case of FreeBSD the driver may be the cause of this error, hence a prior update in this case.

Thanks

Marco

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