It's probably easier to return the drive and get something not labelled Samsung…
----- Opprinnelig melding ----- > Isn't it possible to somehow make the drive dump the firmware somehow, > edit it with a HEX editor (and recalculate firmware checksums) and > flash > the modified .bin file back to the drive? I guess that the WWN must be > found in the firmware somewhere. > > > On 2012-10-19 02:38, Scott Marcy wrote: > > FWIW, this is what Samsung tech support had to say about the SSD 840 > > Pro: > > > > "The next generation Samsung SSD 840 Pro series will have WWN. The > > Samsung 840 Pro is aimed for customers who need to use them on > > servers which is why only the 840 Pro will have the WWN identifier." > > > > Guess I'll get in line for a few and find out. > > > > -Scott > > > > > > On Oct 17, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Scott Marcy<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I am returning the 4 drives I planned to use in the expanders, but > >> will keep the two I'm using as my mirrored boot pool. > >> > >> My intention was to use these are ZIL and L2ARC drives, so I can do > >> without them for now. I've had very good luck with these Samsung > >> drives in non-SAS usages—quite a bit more reliable in my > >> (admittedly quite limited) experience than the SanForce-based SSDs. > >> > >> Here's hoping they've fixed this on the 840 Pro models. > >> > >> Thank you all for your help. I learned something new and now > >> understand why it doesn't work. :-) > >> > >> -Scott > >> > >> On Oct 17, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Bob > >> Friesenhahn<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012, Scott Marcy wrote: > >>>> I called Samsung and they basically told me there was nothing > >>>> they could do. The guy I spoke with said the 830s weren't > >>>> intended to be used in servers. (He did seem to understand what I > >>>> was talking about, which was actually more than I expected from > >>>> simply picking up the phone and getting transferred twice to get > >>>> to the right department. So at least kudos to Samsung there.) > >>> Maybe you should try to return these and get your money back. The > >>> problem does not seem to be specific to use in a "server". > >>> > >>> The physical block size also seems to be reported incorrectly. > >>> > >>> Samsung cut corners by not taking the time to give each device a > >>> unique addressable ID as part of their manufacturing process. It > >>> may even be that a step was "accidentally" skipped in the > >>> manufacturing process (to make quotas) and that some devices are > >>> correctly configured from the factory while others are not. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> -- > >>> Bob Friesenhahn > >>> [email protected], > >>> http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > >>> GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > . > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 98013356 [email protected] http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ GPG Public key: http://karlsbakk.net/roysigurdkarlsbakk.pubkey.txt -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med xenotyp etymologi. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
