Automatic update of drive firmware

For clusters running OneFS 7.2 or later, install the latest drive support package on a node to automatically update the firmware for a new or replacement drive.

The information within the drive support package determines whether the firmware of a drive must be updated before the drive is formatted and used. If an update is available, the drive is automatically updated with the latest firmware.

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New and replacement drives added to a cluster are formatted regardless of the status of their firmware revision. You can identify a firmware update failure by viewing the firmware status for the drives on a specific node. In case of a failure, run the isi devices command with the fwupdate action on the node to update the firmware manually. For example, run the following command to manually update the firmware on node 1: 
isi devices -a fwupdate -d 1