jj-lolo Posted March 9, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 9, 2022 I'm setting up a HP Microserver Gen 8 as a backup NAS. Server hasn't been used in a while so I upgraded it to to iLO Firmware Version 2.78, I noticed this error: Controller firmware revision 2.10.00 NAND read failure: Media is in a WRITE-PROTECTED state After some research I found this: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00048622en_us Basically, it says to format the NAND. I tried to do it within ILO (Option 1) but I don't have the format option as in the screenshot. So I tried option 3- From Windows OS (using the HPQLOCFG.exe utility but I got the following error Quote CPQLOCFG.exe: ERROR: Malformed RIB response: (30): HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented CPQLOCFG.exe: Script succeeded on "192.168.200.21:443" Has anyone solved this problem? I intend to use my SD slot to boot ESXi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphée Posted March 9, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 9, 2022 Try to re-flash ILO, I remember I had a similar issue, but can't remember exactly what I did, but I think I reflashed ILO. There is also a new 2.79 release. But I downgraded to 2.60 with hacked ILO version to be able to manage FAN speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj-lolo Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted March 9, 2022 thanks for the tip. any idea where to get the hacked version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphée Posted March 9, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 9, 2022 Actually the ILO hacked release is 2.73 : But you are on your own, I won't help on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocopico Posted March 9, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, jj-lolo said: I'm setting up a HP Microserver Gen 8 as a backup NAS. Server hasn't been used in a while so I upgraded it to to iLO Firmware Version 2.78, I noticed this error: Controller firmware revision 2.10.00 NAND read failure: Media is in a WRITE-PROTECTED state After some research I found this: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00048622en_us Basically, it says to format the NAND. I tried to do it within ILO (Option 1) but I don't have the format option as in the screenshot. So I tried option 3- From Windows OS (using the HPQLOCFG.exe utility but I got the following error Has anyone solved this problem? I intend to use my SD slot to boot ESXi I have the impression that the NAND media is not intended for that purpose. Its mainly used to store internal iLO stuff and boot the Inteligent Provisioning tool. You can though install a very inexpensive MicroSD card in the MicroSD Slot. Edited March 9, 2022 by pocopico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj-lolo Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted March 10, 2022 21 hours ago, Orphée said: Actually the ILO hacked release is 2.73 : But you are on your own, I won't help on this Thanks. Thanks, found the format option, I had to press iLO Health twice. Unfortunately, pressing formatting the NAND and resetting 4 times with unplugging for a minutes in between didn't work. I also tried upgrading/downgrading ILO firmware versions and that didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj-lolo Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted March 10, 2022 12 hours ago, pocopico said: I have the impression that the NAND media is not intended for that purpose. Its mainly used to store internal iLO stuff and boot the Inteligent Provisioning tool. You can though install a very inexpensive MicroSD card in the MicroSD Slot. I was able to find the format and that unfortunately didn't work for me. I wasn't sure if the microsd would stop working if the nand degraded more since in the instructions it says not to have an SD card in there. Not sure I understand your SD card comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocopico Posted March 10, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, jj-lolo said: I was able to find the format and that unfortunately didn't work for me. I wasn't sure if the microsd would stop working if the nand degraded more since in the instructions it says not to have an SD card in there. Not sure I understand your SD card comment? NAND and MicroSD port is something different. When you choose to format the NAND, you are formating a part of the NAND media that is used by iLO to write internal logs etc. You can still use the MicroSD port to install a MicroSD card and install ESXi there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippobimbo Posted June 6, 2022 Share #9 Posted June 6, 2022 (edited) Hi, Same thing here. Format NAND failed. Edited June 6, 2022 by pippobimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeCox Posted June 14, 2022 Share #10 Posted June 14, 2022 If the Nand format fails for Gen8 and Gen9 systems the only remediation is to replace the systemboard. I confirmed this with some iLO Product Team folks I know. Just no way around it. The newer systems don't have the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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