HP Microserver Gen 8 - Controller firmware revision 2.10.00 NAND read failure: Media is in a WRITE-PROTECTED state

[juan9999]

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"

 

Also tried a reset within ILO. Has anyone reformatted it successfully? What issues am I likely to run into? I intend to use my SD slot to boot ESXi 

[juan9999]

UPDATE: found the format option, I had to press iLO Health twice.

 

Unfortunately, formatting the NAND and resetting 4 times with unplugging for a minutes in between didn't work for me.

 

I also tried upgrading/downgrading ILO firmware versions and that didn't work.

 

 

[E3000]

It seems a lot of people are getting this error recently, is there a reason why? 

[langers2k]

I think earlier ILO firmware versions had an issue causing excessive writes to the NAND. This can wear the NAND out with the only 'option' being to replace the system board.

 

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04996097

[E3000]

23 hours ago, langers2k said:

I think earlier ILO firmware versions had an issue causing excessive writes to the NAND. This can wear the NAND out with the only 'option' being to replace the system board.

 

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04996097

That seems quite a few versions ago but makes sense as many never update these things…