Hi Julian

sysconfig -v should give you a bit more information about what these drives are and what firmware release they have on them.
 
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/diskfw/ is a list of the latest firmware for various NetApp drives, and if I look there I see that NA13 is indeed the latest firmware for the ST318203FC.

I would try visiting http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/diskqual/ and installing the latest disk qualification file -- this is basically a table of what disks the filer accepts.  Beyond this it would probably be worth getting us a copy of sysconfig -v; I would check that the shelf contains all the same disks.
 
Finally it is possible that a reboot will fix it, so I would probably try that.
 
cheers,
Kenneth

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> From: julian.grunnell@pipex.net
> To: toasters@mathworks.com
> Subject: "Remove or update those downrev disks" Errors
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:23:11 +0100
>
> Hi - hoping someone can advise me with some errors I'm seeing on a NetApp
> F740 I've recently started looking after. I don't really know any of the
> history of the filer other than that OnTap 6.5.6 has recently been
> installed.
>
> NetApp F740
> Ontap 6.5.6
> 3 fully populated disk shelves
>
> In the messages file it constantly reports:
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.41 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.42 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.43 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.48 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.49 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.50 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.51 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.52 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.53 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.56 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** Disk 3.40 has downrev firmware.
> Please update it.
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [statd:warning]: *** WARNING *** Remove or update
> those downrev disks!!
> Thu Jun 22 07:00:00 GMT [monitor.downRevDisks:warning]: Downrev disks still
> present!!
>
> This is for a total of 8 disks out of 3 shelves. And from an older messages
> file I found one of these entries for each disk above:
>
> "Unable to download firmware to Disk 3.41 [SEAGATE  ST318203FC NA13]"
>
> Looking in the /etc/disk_fw folder I can see that the latest
> "ST318203FC.NA13.LOD" firmware file is there and the NetApp documentation
> states that for OnTap 6.1 and later, disk drive firmware is automatically
> updated during bootup or when a disk is added to the system.
>
> Any help would be appreciated before I go rebooting, trying to update
> manually ... if that's possible as in earlier versions etc. or trying
> anything else.
>
> Thanks in advance - Julian.
>
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