Routine firmware updates play a pivotal role in upholding your drives' performance, stability, and security. Such updates often encompass critical bug fixes, enhanced compatibility, and advanced security features that are indispensable for preserving your data integrity and maintaining optimal operational efficiency.
An important patch has been introduced in this new firmware (version 9CV10490). We strongly recommend updating your firmware to avoid premature failure.
Firmware Release Notes:
Mitigates the following issues, besides some other minor/corner case fixes:
- Admin Command Timeout During Read Intensive Workloads
- Drive May Fail to Enumerate Following Unplanned Power Cycle
- Failure of MOS-FET Component Leads to Higher Drive Failure Rate
The purpose of this guide is to help you upgrade your Solidigm D7-P5520 PCIe 4.0 NVMe firmware.
Drive Part Number:
- SSDPF2KX019T1O (1.92TB capacity)
- SSDPF2KX038T1O (3.84TB capacity)
- SSDPF2KX076T1O (7.86TB capacity)
- SSDPF2KX153T1O (15.36TB capacity)
Requirements
A bare metal server with a Solidigm D7-P5520 PCIe 4.0 NVMe device, from the following ranges:
- High Grade
- Scale
- Advance
- Rise (Processors: AMD Ryzen R5-5600X ; AMD Ryzen R7-5800X ; AMD Ryzen R7-3700pro ; AMD Epyc Epyc7302 ; Intel Xeon E5-2689v4)
Sections:
Instructions
- Before attempting any firmware update, a backup of the data on the drive must be made. Our Getting Started - Backing Up a Bare Metal Server with Veeam Enterprise guide can guide you through the process of using Object Storage as a backup and recovery solution.
- The firmware update does not format the data, but a firmware update failure may happen. Please do not power off the drive or the bare metal server during the firmware update process.
All commands must be run as root for Linux and VMware ESXi, and with an administrator account for Windows.
Linux
Software configuration tested by OVHcloud
| Platform | Flash tool | Firmware | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 11/12 OS | sofu 2.1 | 9CV10490 | OK |
| Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 OS | sofu 2.1 | 9CV10490 | OK |
| Rocky 8/9 OS | sofu 2.1 | 9CV10490 | OK |
Step 1 - Download the firmware package
Download the firmware package on your server:
Unpack the archive:
Step 2 - Make the tool executable
Step 3 - Update the firmware
The tool only detects Solidigm D7-P5520 NVMe devices and starts the flash if the firmware is not up to date:
Example result on a server with 3 Solidigm drives to update
The following message should be displayed for each NVMe Solidigm D7-P5520 device whose firmware was not up to date:
At this point, the firmware update is complete. You should now reboot your server.
Step 4 - Check the firmware version is up-to-date after the server reboot
To check that the firmware is up to date, simply run the Sofu tool once more:
The tool should return the following message for each drive: "The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release."
You can also check for each NVMe that the firmware version is the expected one: 9CV10490
Example result on a server with 3 Solidigm drives to update
ESXi 8.0
Software configuration tested by OVHcloud
| Platform | Flash tool | Firmware | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESXi 8.0U2c OS | sofu 2.2 | 9CV10490 | OK |
Step 1 - Download the firmware package
Download the firmware package on your server:
By default, ESXi's firewall policy blocks outbound HTTPS traffic. If you are unable to download the firmware, you may need to add a firewall rule to allow outbound HTTPS connections.
Unpack the archive:
Step 2 - Install Sofu
Run a server reboot, which is necessary to update the binary.
Step 3 - Update the firmware
Enter the tool directory:
The tool only detects Solidigm D7-P5520 NVMe devices and starts the flash if the firmware is not up to date:
Example result on a server with 4 Solidigm drives to update
The following message should be displayed for each NVMe Solidigm D7-P5520 device whose firmware was not up to date:
At this point, the firmware update is complete. You should now reboot your server.
Step 4 - Check the firmware version is up-to-date after the server reboot
To check that the firmware is up to date, simply run the Sofu tool once more:
The tool should return the following message for each drive: "The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release."
You can also check for each NVMe that the firmware version is the expected one: 9CV10490
Example result on a server with 4 Solidigm drives to update
Windows
Software configuration tested by OVHcloud
| Platform | Flash tool | Firmware | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 2019 | sofu 2.1 | 9CV10490 | OK |
| Windows 2022 | sofu 2.1 | 9CV10490 | OK |
| Windows 2025 | sofu 2.1 | 9CV10490 | OK |
Step 1 - Download the firmware package
Download the firmware package on your server: https://last-public-ovh-baremetal.snap.mirrors.ovh.us/hardware/P5520/P5520_FW_to_9CV10490_Win64.zip
Tool version: 2.1
Unzip the archive. The tool to use is sofu_2.1_win64.exe, it is located in the unzipped folder.
Step 2 - Update the firmware
Run Windows PowerShell as administrator, then run the following command in the directory where sofu_2.1_win64.exe was unzipped :
Example result on a server with 4 Solidigm drives to update
The following message should be displayed for each NVMe Solidigm D7-P5520 device whose firmware was not up to date:
At this point, the firmware update is complete. You should now reboot your server.
Step 3 - Check the firmware version is up-to-date after the server reboot
To check that the firmware is up to date, simply run the Sofu tool once more. Run Windows PowerShell as administrator, then run the following command in the directory where sofu_2.1_win64.exe was unzipped :
The tool should return the following message for each drive: "The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release."
You can also check for each NVMe that the firmware version is the expected one: 9CV10490
Example result on a server with 4 Solidigm drives to update
Go further
For more information and tutorials, please see our other Dedicated Servers support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.
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