Locate Current And Update Solidigm™ SSD Firmware Using Solidigm Tools

Verify Current And Newer Firmware And Perform Updates

Summary

Solidigm provides three different tools to get the latest firmware for our products.

  • Solidigm Synergy Toolkit (Toolkit)
  • Solidigm Storage Tool (SST)
NOTE

Review the Release Notes and User Guides for each tool to know which tool supports your product.

Resolution

Solidigm Synergy Toolkit

The Solidigm Synergy™ Toolkit is focused on Solidigm Client NVMe* SSDs.

  1. Launch the "Solidigm Synergy™ Toolkit."
  2. Locate the desired drive in the Drives tab
  3. Select "Firmware Update" in the Solidigm dropdown.
    • Status declares:
      • Up to Date or Out of Date
    • 'Current Firmware' is what is currently on the SSD.
    • 'Status' is newer firmware, if different.
  4. The "Update" button appears if newer firmware is available
  • Click "Update", to update to the latest firmware.

Solidigm Storage Tool

The Solidigm™ Storage Tool focuses on SolidigmData Center SSDs.

The CLI is the expected use case, for scripting SSD checks and mass updates.

If your drives are behind a RAID card, you may have to remove them for updating. See SST Configuration for possible passthrough support.

SST: CLI

  1. Open the CLI as admin. [Help]
  2. Get the reference to drive. [Help]
  3. Run the command:
    • sst load -ssd <ref>
  4. Read the warning message.
    • Type "Y", press "Enter" to proceed.

NOTE: Leaving the reference out will update all possible drives.

SST: GUI

  1. Launch the "Solidigm™ Storage Tool."
  2. Select "Firmware Update" tab.
  3. Locate the desired drive.
    • 'Current Firmware' is what is currently on the SSD.
    • 'Latest Firmware' is newer firmware, if different.
  4. The update button appears if newer firmware is available.
    • Click "Update", to update to the latest firmware.

Questions? Check out our Community Forum for help.

Issues? Contact Solidigm™ Customer Support:

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