Help! SCSI and OSX related thread..help, help

[Ruudman]

I have a couple of Seagate Cheetah ST336607LW drives, and an Atto Ul3D controller.
I've had lots of troubles with this setup, and I suspect my drives need to update their firmware ( they both have Rev:0004).

Anyone know how to update firmware on SCSI drives in OSX (Panther)??

Or better: has anyone the same setup that works?

My setup:

G4 QS 2002, 933, OS 10.3.4
Atto UL3D Ultra 320 card
Seagate Cheetah ST336607LW Rev:0004 drives


thanks,
ruudman

[Ruudman]

Ok, I think I need to upgrade the firmware on my Cheetahs.
On pc. Which have no SCSI in my case.........

Has anyone got suggestions for a transfer method via pc?

A SCSI to Firewire converter maybe?? Does an Ultra 320 to FW converter even exist?

ruudman

[d_fu]

Originally Posted by Ruudman

Ok, I think I need to upgrade the firmware on my Cheetahs.

I haven't been using any modern SCSI drives (my last ones were in the 4 GB range...), but if I had problems with a computer setup, trying to update the firmware on a hard drive would be absolutely the last thing I'd think of as a potential solution... What makes you think that this will solve your particular problem (which you didn't actually specify)?

Daniel

PS: Just BTW... http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/

[Ruudman]

Originally Posted by d_fu

What makes you think that this will solve your particular problem (which you didn't actually specify)?

I didn't specify anything but my main question (about updating firmware in OSX).

The reason for asking, is this (pasted from Seagate.com):

Ultra 320 Time-Out Firmware Upgrade

The Ultra 320 firmware update applies to the following Seagate hard drives:
Cheetah 10K.6: ST3146807; ST373307; ST336607
Cheetah 15K.3: ST373453; ST336753; ST318453

Problem description

Some Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 hard drives with OEM firmware up to 0006 and Cheetah 15K.3 hard drives with OEM firmware up to 0005 on Ultra 320 SCSI host adapters are experiencing time out issues when running RAID 0, 1 and 5 with some host adapters. This issue has been observed using U320 Adaptec and LSI SCSI controllers, but may not limited to these host adapter manufacturers.

Root cause

The Cheetah 10K.6 and 15K.3 drives (models listed above) will sometimes hang due to an issue in the firmware when reading and writing at U320 packetized mode.

Corrective Action

Seagate has modified the firmware and added an additional register check while in U320 packetized mode thus preventing the time out issue due to system hang.

soo, anyone with good ideas converting scsi to either firewire or usb?

thanks,
ruudman

[hociman]

Don't lose sight of your problem. If you are not using a RAID configuration, the firmware is not your problem.

[Ruudman]

I see that their statement had to do with RAID solutions.

That doesn't rule out the possibility of firmware issues. In fact, I have been recommended to update by Seagate.

Oh well, I will try some other disks in the mean time..


Sorry if I have not been very informative, but I was simply wondering about HOW to update via mac os.
Seagate has cleared that up, it is is simply a no go.