drive-firmware-revision · shipping · also drive firmware version

Drive firmware revision

A drive firmware revision is the vendor-assigned version identifier reported for the firmware running on a storage drive.

Related Observatory article: Drive firmware revision on hesela.com

Interpret the identifier with the exact model and OEM/platform, not as a globally comparable number. HPE's separate 32K and 40K issue packages are explicitly not interchangeable. [1] Inventory should establish the running revision; Cisco documents management and inquiry paths for its affected drives. [3] A downloaded update package alone does not demonstrate that the device is remediated. A serial-number advisory lookup may be a historical applicability list rather than a live remediation record: Cisco's 28,224-hour FAQ says its list is not updated after software fixes. [4]

Relations

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power-on-hours, smart, ssd, sas

Citations

  1. HPE SAS SSD remediation guide: separate 32K/40K issues, affected-model matrices and firmware applicability (accessed 2026-10-16)
  2. Dell D417 release notes, 13 February 2020: logging circular-buffer-index assertion fix (accessed 2026-10-16)
  3. Cisco FN70545, revision 2.0: 40,000-hour failure, C405 firmware and runtime collection (accessed 2026-10-16)
  4. Cisco SSD issue FAQ: historical serial-number lookup and revision-based identification (accessed 2026-10-16)

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