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I had to change a drive in my IBM DS3512 SAN, I bought it by model (Seagate model) and not by IBM FRU code. I tried to put the drive but it fails with error "incompatible drive". I saw that the model is really the same of other drives but firmware version and manufacturer name is different.

Probably I have to give the drive back and look for the FRU part, but firstly I want to know if is there any way to override this problem, maybe flashing the IBM firmware in the drive.

This SAN is not in production enviroment but only for testing

Tobia
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I would get the new drive by using the FRU and not use that one. It's important to have a array running off all the same hard drive/firmware.

If you have the firmware in hand, yes, you could flash it, but the fact the manufacturer is not the same I would not use it, as I can't tell if something else than the firmware is different.

Keep in mind that IBM, or other SAN vendor do that as they add function to the drive, to allow the SAN to better use the hard drive, thus to make the SAN more robust.

yagmoth555
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  • Thanks for you reply. I added a notice in my question: this is not a production enviroment! Let's say that I shouldn't, but do you think I could? How? I should find firmware download utiliy and the firmware packages (or something to get it from other drive of the same type) – Tobia Apr 19 '18 at 14:12
  • @Tobia Their support usually do it, as those firmware are not available to the public usually. If your SAN is not in prod, for LAB, you could just replace all disk with normal's one and recreate your array, but you loose the SAN resiliance function, but we talk for LAB. – yagmoth555 Apr 19 '18 at 15:18
  • Unfortunately this SAN is not under support, and I don't want to recreate/move all data from this array. I think the best option is to get the right part. Thank you anyway – Tobia Apr 19 '18 at 15:20