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тАО09-21-2005 03:01 AM
тАО09-21-2005 03:01 AM
Re: Firmware
Had to power cycle.
Found cd version 5.3 and tried to boot that. Idem.
Is the difference with 3.0 to big ?
Wim
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тАО09-21-2005 03:44 AM
тАО09-21-2005 03:44 AM
Re: Firmware
Wim
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тАО09-21-2005 05:00 AM
тАО09-21-2005 05:00 AM
Re: Firmware
The problem went away after I upgraded the system to OpenVMS V7.3-2.
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тАО09-21-2005 06:16 PM
тАО09-21-2005 06:16 PM
Re: Firmware
This node is connected to console manager but console=graphics was set (since 10 years ?).
Only the reaction of the 1000 is completely different from e.g. an AS500. You can enter the commands but the boot stops displaying on console after a few seconds. And control-p stops working.
I continue with the cd ...
Wim
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тАО09-21-2005 06:42 PM
тАО09-21-2005 06:42 PM
Re: Firmware
Few years ago also had problems with AS1000a with OpenVMS 6.2. This AS1000a had no graphics card. Firmware was upgraded to 5.1 and after few days console (terminal) stopped responding. After downgrading firmware to 3.6 there was no problem. Machines with graphics card installed (with graphics console) had no such problem.
Also had problem with two ES40 with OpenVMS 7.3 in cluster. After upgrade to firmware 6.9 machine crashed during boot with some strange errors. I put back firmware 6.2 and everithing worked OK. I did not have such a problem with ES40 running OpenVMS 7.3-1.
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тАО09-21-2005 11:35 PM
тАО09-21-2005 11:35 PM
Re: Firmware
Cheers, Colin.
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тАО09-21-2005 11:42 PM
тАО09-21-2005 11:42 PM
Re: Firmware
And yes, you can go to too high a version of firmware for an older version of VMS. In general start with a firmware CD with a date of around when the OS version shipped, then come forward a few years in firmware terms.
Expecting a big difference in time (eg: firmware many years newer than the OS version) could be unreasonable. Think of all the qualification and testing you'd have to do to be able to support that wide range of versions.
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тАО09-21-2005 11:44 PM
тАО09-21-2005 11:44 PM
Re: Firmware
I know that I didn't see a message in the case I have mentioned above.
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тАО09-23-2005 06:36 AM
тАО09-23-2005 06:36 AM
Re: Firmware
Yes, you can end up in trouble when things change in the firmware and the old OS version breaks. I'm not sure that they test for that set of circumstances in their regression testing and compatability testing.
So, I guess the advice has to be along the lines of "run a version of firmware" that's roughly of the same vintage as your OS, on the principle that "if it ain't broke - why fix it?".
I wonder how many places (other than some of the places I go) rigorously test their applications with both the OS version (and all the LP versions) and the firmware version? Brings a whole new dimension to configuration control, especially with all the firmware in the IO adapters.
Cheers, Colin.
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тАО09-23-2005 06:46 AM
тАО09-23-2005 06:46 AM