HPE provides only Linux-based updater for new firmware while the old one has a Windows-based updater. You can find both a new and an old firmware on HPE site You are using a HPE-customized HDD or SSD This trick can be replicated on the following scenario: Open the extraction path for HPK4 and move the following files to HPK2 folder: CP037962.xml, payload.json, spannsK4.rel Open the extraction path for HPK2 and delete the following files: cp033283.xml (updater UI definition), payload.json (installation directive), spannsk2.rel (firmware binary)ĥ. Use 7-Zip to extract both of them to two different foldersĤ.

and a Windows-based updater for HPK2 here: Drivers & Software - HPE Support Center.Ģ. You can see HPE provides a Linux-based updater for HPK4 here: Drivers & Software - HPE Support Center. You can use my trick on the following models:ġ. I don't want to burn a Linux Live CD for doing this, so I tried to extract and replace the firmware file into HPK2 updater, and flashed my drive successfully.īecause Seagate's own NVMe drive management tool nytrocli cannot support their HPE variants, while HPE uses an unique format for firmware binary, I can only use this method to update firmware on Windows.

I can find HPK4 on HPE site, but they only provide a Linux-based updater for this version. I have a HPE-rebranded Seagate XF1440 NVMe drive with model number VK001920KWDUH.

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