Sun x4500 and Harddrive firmware patches

If you have a x4500 ( Thumper ) with the 500g disks, make sure you install patch number 140576-03.

140576-03 sata firmware patch for 500gb Hitachi Drives

It only affects the following drives:

Disk Drive HDS725050KLA360, 500.0GB (Sun model number HDS7250SASUN500G) without disk firmware revision AV0A

The patch requires a reboot where it will go through disk by disk and install the firmware. With 48 disks, expect it to take a while.


Also install the latest Solaris patches and firmware for the x4500 which is 1.6 as of today.