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Re: K360 Firmware

 
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tkc
Esteemed Contributor

Re: K360 Firmware

FIRMWARE revision 39.12 adds the following fixes and enhancements:

FIXES:

- Freezes CPU Drive Strength value during boot.

This firmware change negates the need for the Upvtfix tool which was
provided in PF_CUPVTFIX. It is recommended that Upvtfix tool be removed
from the system after installation of firmware revision 39.12.

The tool removal can be accomplished using the following command:

swremove Upvtfix

If the Upvtfix tool was installed by means other than using swinstall,
it will have to be removed manually.

- Fixes incorrect warning messages when PDCINFO is run on
a 11.xx HP-UX system.

- Does not delete the PDC LANID when the EEPROM is cleared.

- Fixes the HP-PB I/O bus converter/card cage problem when
a PSI card is used. When PDCINFO gets called from the OS
by Predictive Support, and a PSI is plugged into the HP-PB
external card cage, HP-UX does not fail with a flt anymore.

- Systems with Service-Guard configurations can now run
PDCINFO using Predictive support without failure. The
PDC procedure "PDC_SYSTEM_INFO" is now cached in memory,
which significantly improves the speed at which PDCINFO
will execute, thus preventing the problems associated
with Service-Guard.


ENHANCEMENTS:

- Provides support for HP-UX boot time improvement, which allows
the OS to set PDC selftest parameters for the next boot. This
feature is not currently supported by the OS.
tkc
Esteemed Contributor

Re: K360 Firmware


Firmware revision 39.43 adds the following fixes:

- System hangs for varying duration of time that can not be interrupted
by TOC.

- System clock (software maintained) loses time. The time loss occurs randomly
and may result in large losses over a relatively short time period.

Occurrences of the above problem have only been reported against the HP3000
979KS/x00 (Mohawk) systems. Software applications that perform frequent
calling of a PDC routine, PDC_CHASSIS, affect the amount of time lost by
the system clock.
tkc
Esteemed Contributor

Re: K360 Firmware

One other question: It is a requirement to be at firmware level 41.33 in order to install the 64bit kernel on my K360?

None of the later firmware actually fixes the issue you faced. K360 itself can support 64 bit kernel. So not an issue here. You probably need to look into the nfs issue. Could be some nfs patch needed.
Robert Loureiro
Advisor

Re: K360 Firmware

I have found out from HP that my K360 does not support a 64bit kernel, regardless of the firmware upgrade I perform.

Thanks to everyone that replied.

This thread can be closed.
Robert Loureiro
Advisor

Re: K360 Firmware

Thread closed.
cnb
Honored Contributor

Re: K360 Firmware

"I have found out from HP that my K360 does not support a 64bit kernel, regardless of the firmware upgrade I perform."

Hmmm...if *your* specific K360 is the wrong system hardware revsion (Hvers) then that may be correct, but o/s and f/w docs indicate that K360 systems *do* support 64-bit:

http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/sfm/sfr_04init.htm

PA-RISC servers (HP-UX 11i v1) - 32-Bit Platforms
A180, A180C
D200, D210, D280 (Hvers 0x589 not 0x5A9), D350, D360
K100, K210, K220, K360 (HVERS 0x591 not 0x5A6), K370, K380, K400, K410, K420
PA-RISC servers (HP-UX 11i v1) - 32/64-Bit Platforms
D390
K450, K460, K570, K580
PA-RISC servers (HP-UX 11i v1) - 64-Bit Platforms
A400, A500
K250, K260, **K360 (HVERS 0x5B6 not 0x5A6)**, K370, K380
L1000, L2000, L3000
N4000
rp7410
rp8400
SD16000, SD32000, SD64000

Regards,



Robert Loureiro
Advisor

Re: K360 Firmware

I ran cstm to find out that my Hardware model is 0x590. Does this indicate that this machine is NOT capable of a 64-bit kernel?