Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Re: smarttools, you can't install software on an EQL storage array.
At the CLI, you can do:
GrpName>member select <member name> show version
VirtRack> mem sel VirtRack-Member1 show version
Component Part# Rev SN ECO
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I have to agree, get a couple of used, but know EQL drives for the short term. I understand about being leery of using used drives. I would ask the vendor if the drive was reset. A new drive with a valid RAIDlevel will generate problems on the running system. Depending on FW it could believe...
EQL firmware is not publicly available. The license to use the software is part of the new warranty and continues as long you have a valid support control. Technically, once you warranty/contract expires you license expires as well.
Re: Drives. It is dependent on the model and firmware...