IronWolf Health Management compatibility
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 5:17 am
I purchased four IronWolf 12TB drives and an Asustor AS6404T from Amazon (Amazon was the seller in the case of the IronWolfs), with the understanding that the IronWolf Health Management feature would be supported. When the drives arrived, one drive was DOA, so I returned it. Amazon is taking a really long time to ship right now (even replacements for DOA), so I ordered from Newegg instead, opting for two drives so I could have a cold spare.
While I waited for the Newegg order, I naturally started getting familiar with the AS6404T interface. The three drives were recognized as IronWolf drives, but the IronWolf Health Management interface elements I expected to see were not there (Disk Doctor tab, IronWolf health status line, etc.). That seemed odd, but I had some other things going on, so I didn't dwell on it too much.
When the Newegg drives arrived, I installed one of them in the empty slot and then went into the Storage Manager to make sure it was recognized and healthy. I immediately noticed that I had the additional interface elements for the new drive, so I decided to tear down the new array config (RAID 10) and build anew with the other Newegg drives replacing one of the Amazon drives. Sure enough, the second Newegg drive also had the additional IHM interface elements.
There are some notable differences with the drives:
Drives with IHM present:
ST12000VN0008-2JH101
Firmware: SC60
Drives with IHM not present:
ST12000VN0008-2PH103
Firmware: SC61
So, the drive with the lower firmware version has the feature, but the later firmware does not. Strange.
I've opened a ticket with Seagate, but I thought I would seek input here as well, particularly from Asustor support folks who may have encountered this and might know where the issue lies. e.g., whether the drives were built without the feature or if ADM simply cannot detect it for some reason.
I'm on ADM version 3.5.0.R5D3, having just updated to that version last night.
Edit: So I just registered these drives and I find that there are more differences.
The drives purchased from Newegg show on the My Products page as having a slightly different model number (ST12000VN0008) than the ones purchased from Amazon (ST12000VNZ008). Also, the capacity is expressed differently (but still the same raw capacity).
It is rather strange that I am finding these differences with drives that I purchased within the same 1-month period and which were supposed to be the same product.
While I waited for the Newegg order, I naturally started getting familiar with the AS6404T interface. The three drives were recognized as IronWolf drives, but the IronWolf Health Management interface elements I expected to see were not there (Disk Doctor tab, IronWolf health status line, etc.). That seemed odd, but I had some other things going on, so I didn't dwell on it too much.
When the Newegg drives arrived, I installed one of them in the empty slot and then went into the Storage Manager to make sure it was recognized and healthy. I immediately noticed that I had the additional interface elements for the new drive, so I decided to tear down the new array config (RAID 10) and build anew with the other Newegg drives replacing one of the Amazon drives. Sure enough, the second Newegg drive also had the additional IHM interface elements.
There are some notable differences with the drives:
Drives with IHM present:
ST12000VN0008-2JH101
Firmware: SC60
Drives with IHM not present:
ST12000VN0008-2PH103
Firmware: SC61
So, the drive with the lower firmware version has the feature, but the later firmware does not. Strange.
I've opened a ticket with Seagate, but I thought I would seek input here as well, particularly from Asustor support folks who may have encountered this and might know where the issue lies. e.g., whether the drives were built without the feature or if ADM simply cannot detect it for some reason.
I'm on ADM version 3.5.0.R5D3, having just updated to that version last night.
Edit: So I just registered these drives and I find that there are more differences.
The drives purchased from Newegg show on the My Products page as having a slightly different model number (ST12000VN0008) than the ones purchased from Amazon (ST12000VNZ008). Also, the capacity is expressed differently (but still the same raw capacity).
It is rather strange that I am finding these differences with drives that I purchased within the same 1-month period and which were supposed to be the same product.