Firmware Update: Netgear ReadyNAS 6.1.8

Netgear has released a new version of ReadyNAS OS 6. This software runs on Netgear’s various NAS devices, namely the ARM processor equipped RN102, RN104 and RN2120, and the RN312, RN314, RN316, RN516, RN716x, RN3220 and RN4220, which have an onboard x86 processor. Although the changelog doesn’t explicitly state this, the Heartbleed security issue is fixed with this update fixed. The changelog for this release shows the following changes and improvements:

ReadyNAS OS V6.1.8 Release Notes:

• Fixed Admin UI compatibility issue with Chrome browser version 34.
• Fixed for potential volume mounting issue after reboot.
• Fixed backup manager not aborting with out of space errors

Deployment Notes / Limitations:

• After deleting a volume and creating a new one the old volume may still show up until after a reboot.
• WOL will not be supported on 3220/4220 at this time for 10GbE. Use 1GbE port for WOL.
• Disk failure on the 3220 and 4220 will not show LED failure for the exact drive that has failed, use local web admin page for disk failure information.
• Deleting volume with ReadyNAS Vault enabled will show error. User must turn off vault first.
• Can’t set up bond on interfaces that are not already connected.
• If the USB key is missing from the system for Encryption, there is no error message presented.
• If USB key is missing for encryption, the user has to wait on a 10 minute timeout. After that, the encrypted volume is displayed as inactive.
• If a Flex-RAID volume has been expanded, the volume cannot be switched back to X-RAID mode.
• If you wish to remove a USB storage device, you should follow the safe removal procedure of first unmounting before removing the USB device. If these steps are not followed then you may develop errors on the file system on the USB device.
• UPS may report incorrect status after reboot, it may send out a warning during this time. After sometime, the UPS will start reporting the correct information.
• ReadyNAS 102, 104, and 2120 only support creating iSCSI LUNs 8TB and smaller.

The following downloads are available:
arm (RN102 / RN104 / RN2120)
x86 (RN312/RN314/RN316/RN516/RN716x/RN3220/RN4220)