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Conference ssdevo::hsj40_product

Title:	HSJ30/40 Product Conference

Moderator:	SSDEVO::EDMONDS

Created:	Mon Jul 12 1993
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1264
Total number of notes:	4958

1244.0. "disk f/w update program for Alpha/VMS?" by MANM01::NOELGESMUNDO () Tue Apr 29 1997 07:26

    Hello!
    
    We just upgraded the disks on our clients HSJ40 to the latest firmwares
    but we encounter a problem updating the disks directly connected to the
    local SCSI controllers. This customer has an AS 8400 with CIXCD to
    connect to the star coupler and 2 KZMSA connected to 2 BA356 bays each.
    They ahve 2 HSJ40s connected to the star coupler with 6 BA56 bays each.
    The bulk of the disk (RZ28, RZ28M, RZ28D, and RZ29B) are on the HSJ40
    controller. We updated these disks using the HSUTIL utility and were
    unable to update the disks connected thru the KZMSA controllers (local
    disks). The release notes mentions about the EXE files which only run
    on VAX/VMS. We have not tried the RZTOOLS yet which I believe would be
    for VAX/VMS as well. 
    
    Does anybody know of similar programs that will run on Alpha/VMS 6.2 or
    6.2-1h3? The system is on production and we have very limited time to
    update these disks. The customer would not allow us to move the disks
    to the HSJ40 bays unless it is the only option.
    
    Any help would be appreciated.
    
    Thanks.
    
    Noel Gesmundo
    MCS/Digital Philippines

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1244.1 sorry... SUBSYS::VIDIOT::PATENAUDE Ask your boss for ARRAY's... Tue Apr 29 1997 09:43 13

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1244.1	sorry...	SUBSYS::VIDIOT::PATENAUDE	Ask your boss for ARRAY's...	`Tue Apr 29 1997 09:43`	13
	HSutil works for all. ARC console works for all. RZtools only works on RZ28 (not RZ28B,RZ28M,RZ28D,etc) and RZ26L drives. There is not VMS native way to update direct connect devices dues to a 64K per I/O limitation of VMS. The drives need a singular 256K unsegmented download. You only choice is move them to the HS or leave them alone. roger.

HSutil works for all.

ARC console works for all.

RZtools only works on RZ28 (not RZ28B,RZ28M,RZ28D,etc) and RZ26L drives.

There is not VMS native way to update direct connect devices dues to a 64K per
I/O limitation of VMS. The drives need a singular 256K unsegmented download.

You only choice is move them to the HS or leave them alone.

roger.