SSD sas firmware

[ToniR]

in MSA 2060 SAS Storage Management Utility has this firmware update place where you can select firmware file but i cant find a file that you can use in there. Is that update in maintenance just for show or you can actually use it to update firmware to your disk's? 

under

Maintenance / Firmware / disk

0002 Recommended Firmware 0002 for drive(s): XS3840SE70084, XS1920SE70084, XS960SE70084

Select Disks View Firmware

Upload the firmware file to install to the selected disks. 

but i cant find file to use from this view firmware link webpage.

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/swd/detail?swItemId=MTX_a2be51630f724d2cbbbd5b884a

ps. for some reason i cant upload screen shot to here to show. 

https://imgur.com/a/vePHs4P

[Torsten.]

You need to run the downloaded *.exe file on your PC, did you do that?

[ToniR]

I can download them but I am interested about that update system that is integrated in that MSA maintenance. It should be just single file what you can put in there and it will update disk firmware with out runing exe/rpm in windows/linux. 

well at least is looks like it should work like that. 

[Torsten.]

The file format for updating from SMU is obsolete, running the *.exe is now the recommended procedure.

[Schwarzemezza]

Hi @ToniR 

For what its worth i asked myself the same question a few months ago while setting up our new MSA2060. Since the option is there in SMU to upload a file to update the disks surely there should be a way to obtain this file from somewhere and perform disk firmware updates within SMU. 

So its just a big mystery or the a bit confusing why the option to update disk firmware using a firmware update file you upload in SMU is there but then make this way of updating disk firmware or the "file format" of the firmware update file  as @torsten puts it, "obsolete"

Nonetheless, @ToniR try running the smart component file you downloaded from the HPE support that is the "cpxxxxxx.exe" and when is it displays the "HPE Package Setup" dialog box, choose to Extract... the files and then check extracted files to see if you can't use a file from there to upload in SMU to update disk firmware. 

Its been a while since i setup our MSA2060, will jog my memory and share feedback if recall more info in this regard.

[Torsten.]

See this:

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=a00094840en_us

The SMU option was used before, but now it is obsolete.

[Schwarzemezza]

Hi @Torsten. 

Great feedback! Thanks for sharing the official HPE Support statement and conclusively putting this issue to rest.

Our ways are evolving Thanks again @Torsten.