PowerEdge 2900 showing predicted failure after disk replacement

Hello

I posted this same message in the forum of the disk drives, then I realized there's a specific forum for disks hard server so I'm copying here.

We have a Poweredge 2900 with HDs 2x500Gb on RAID-1. One of the drives has failed and we replaced it with an identical disk that works very well (same brand, model number Seagate, etc.), but without a Dell PN.

After replacement, the controller began to rebuild the RAID, but it shows "predicted failure = Yes" for this new album. The disc is currently still under reconstruction.

One thing to notice is that apparently the Perc firmware is outdated. OpenManage shows that the current Perc 6 / i firmware version is 6.0.2 - 0002, and the minimum required version of the firmware is 6.2.0 - 0012. If I go to the Dell support site and enter a label for the Server service, it shows me a download available for the Perc firmware with version 6.3.3 - 0002.

The questions are:

-Is generally allowed to use not Dell certified readers if they are of the same brand and model as the other disk?

-How would I determine the source for the warning of predicted failure?

-It would have something to do with obsolete Perc firmware? Are there risks associated with Perc firmware upgrade?

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

--
Julio.

Update for our fans to the forum thread. Original poster concluded that used replacement drive was indeed bad. He is later replaced by a good drive and will update the server accordingly.

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