[Help] F8 SSD Plus missing info on Disk > Overview page after V02 to V07 BIOS update [SOLVED]

[Sihastru]

After updating the F8 SSD Plus to the V07 BIOS (from the factory V02), the Disk > Overview page no longer displays the number of drives and the slot occupancy information:


Also, the Disk > Disk page shows my drives mounted as "sdz":


I am using BTRFS, all drives in one storage pool, a single volume, one drive as parity. All data was preserved, I can still access all my files on the volume. Steps I already tried:

• BIOS - restore optimized defaults > no change

• BIOS - used "Ctrl+," to expose and toggle CSM on/off > no change

• TOS - restore to factory defaults > no change

Note that the BIOS update was done following the official procedure, I removed all NVME drives, noting their slots numbers, and the USB boot drive from the unit, I updated with a freshly formatted drive, left the procedure run its course, the NAS restarted, the BIOS was updated successfully. After that I reinstalled all NVME drives in their corresponding slots and the original USB boot drive in the internal port.

[TMzethar]

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[Sihastru]

Hi TMzethar,

You were correct, I mistakenly assumed that after the BIOS is updated and the system restarts a few times, when presented again with the shell, it would update the BIOS again, so I stopped there. But, in fact, there is another step in the automated shell where a few SMBIOS strings are updated:

• System SKU number

• System product

I don't have an image to upload here so others will see, but when you see it, it will be very clear. After these are updated, I was presented with the same over and over again, so that's the time to stop and consider the update process complete.

As you can see, all seems well now:



I'm just updating the thread in case someone else will make the same assumptions I did.

As a note, I updated the BIOS as it seems to be a prerequisite for the upcoming full release of TOS 7, which should drop soon. Normally, I would not touch it, unless there are actual issues, a per case situation.

RESOLVED.

Thank you!