Re: WD Red SN700 4000GB, F/W: 11C120WD (Device not ready; aborting reset, CSTS=0x1)

From: Dr. David Alan Gilbert
Date: Tue Nov 25 2025 - 09:53:52 EST


* Justin Piszcz (jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Issue/Summary:
> 1. Usually once a month, a random WD Red SN700 4TB NVME drive will
> drop out of a NAS array, after power cycling the device, it rebuilds
> successfully.
>
> Questions:

> 3. Are there any debug options that can be enabled that could help to
> pinpoint the root cause?

Have you tried using the 'nvme' command to see if the drives have
anything in their smart or error logs?

(I don't know any more than suggesting looking at those logs to see
if the drive is showing errors or what it says during the timeouts,
so I'll leave it to others to dig deeper).

Dave
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