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If you flash the wrong firmware image, then unpredictable things will happen. Make sure you have the right firmware

file. Read the release notes for the firmware update to determine if new firmware will do more harm than good.

Will SANtools help me figure out what firmware I need, or where to get it?

No. We have no idea what firmware image you need. If you have to ask this question, we feel that you should not be

changing firmware in the first place.

Anything else I need to know?

SES enclosures typically have more than one processor (CPU device). You need to make sure you flash all SES

processors.

1.17 Format Disk

The -format option, introduced in build 1.25 can be used to perform a low-level format of a SCSI, Fibre channel, or

IBM SSA type disk drive. This command sends out the FORMAT UNIT command which performs a physical

formatting of the disk drive. Depending on the options you supply, and the capabilities of the disk drive, you can use

this feature to clear the grown defects (GLIST) table, change the layout of the remapped data or specify a certain data

pattern to be written over the disk drive.

The -format option will only be accepted for disk drives. If you try to format a CDROM, for example, you will get an

error. The command will also be rejected for ATA type disks as well, as there is arguably no reason why this

command should ever be issued to an ATA family disk drive. Also, the command will only format one drive at a time,

and the program will stay "locked up" until the operation has been completed. It will not send any additional

commands to the drive until the format is complete. If your command-line uses wild-cards, or if you give it the device

name for more than one disk drive, only the first disk will be selected for formatting.

Usage

smartmon-ux -format DeviceName

Example

C:\>smartmon-ux -format \\.\SCSI2Port2Path0Target19Lun0

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* Warning: You have instructed the software to reformat the selected disk. No checks *

* will be made to verify that the disk isn't mounted or in use in any way. *

* (Although reformatting your boot disk will blow the O/S, it will work.) *

* *

* The process could take several hours to complete, and this program will *

* lock up until either the formatting is complete or the drive rejects the *

* command. Once the command is sent to the device, the software will *

* suspend and wait for the action to complete. *

* *

* Your operating system may attempt to query the disk unless you have *

* unmounted it (unassigned drive letter in Windows, umount in UNIX/LINUX). *

* *

* As a formatting disk is going to appear dead to your operating system, *

* you may have to endure some error or system log messages, or even force *

* the system to rediscover devices after the process has formatting has *

* been completed. WARNING: If the formatting is interrupted due to *

* a power failure or an external hardware/software problem, then you must *

* reformat the disk as this is the only way to recover from an incomplete *

* format. *

* *

* If you are formatting a disk as part of a disk drive firmware update and *

* drive cloning procedure, don't forget to also clone the mode pages *

* BEFORE reformatting, as the disk topology (sector sizes) and defect *

* layout are defined in the mode pages and used by the disk as part of *

* the formatting process. *

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This will format the SEAGATE ST336605FC disk at \\.\SCSI2Port2Path0Target19Lun0

Do you want to clear the grown defects (GLIST) as the disk is formatted? <Y/N>: N