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Conference 7.286::fddi

Title:FDDI - The Next Generation
Moderator:NETCAD::STEFANI
Created:Thu Apr 27 1989
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2259
Total number of notes:8590

508.0. "Which NDU version does support DEMFA?" by EWBV06::IDO () Wed Mar 18 1992 23:04

I need to update DEMFA from V1.2 to V1.3.  Which version of NDU do I need
for DEMFA?  I tried to do the loading with NDU V1.1 but I had a device request 
error.  If NDU V1.2 or higher is available please let me know the pointer.

Thank you,
Naoki
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EWBV06>down sh ver
(c) Digital Equipment Corporation. 1991. All Rights Reserved.
DECndu (Network Device Upgrade) Utility V1.1
EWBV06>down sh dev fxa
(c) Digital Equipment Corporation. 1991. All Rights Reserved.
Name           DEMFA
Firmware Rev   V1.2
EWBV06>down load/log/conf fxa [.fddi]demfa013.sys
(c) Digital Equipment Corporation. 1991. All Rights Reserved.
Name           DEMFA
Firmware Rev   V1.2
Do you wish to continue? (y/n) yes sure!
%SYSTEM-F-DEVREQERR, device request error
EWBV06>
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
508.1Console SwitchPROXY::JEANMAUREEN JEANThu Mar 19 1992 12:026

Is the console switch on the 6000 in the update position?   


Maureen
508.2Thank you ..EWBV06::IDOSun Mar 22 1992 22:3538
Yes, I could update firmware in update position of VAX6000 console. I had a
no idea about console switch. Thank you for that info, Maureen.
The following is command and meessage from VAX when I did update DEMFA. 
I expected inteructive manner because I sead /conf, but NDU seemed to terminate
after just typed out the current version. (New vaersion was not typed out 
then.) 
After just I rebooted the sysyetm NDU showed me the new version. It was very 
confused to me. (especially for parson who knows NDU/ULTRIX and DEFZA upgrade 
should be confused). 

Naoki

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EWBV06>down load/conf/log fxa0 [.fddi]demfa013.sys
(c) Digital Equipment Corporation. 1991. All Rights Reserved.

Name           DEMFA
Firmware Rev   V1.2  
Do you wish to continue? (y/n) y
Name           DEMFA
Firmware Rev   V1.2  
EWBV06>down sh dev fxa
(c) Digital Equipment Corporation. 1991. All Rights Reserved.

Name           DEMFA
Firmware Rev   V1.2  
EWBV06>

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	Reboot the system
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EWBV06>down sh dev fxa
(c) Digital Equipment Corporation. 1991. All Rights Reserved.

Name           DEMFA
Firmware Rev   V1.3
508.3A littl explanationSTAR::SALKEWICZIt missed... therefore, I am Mon Mar 23 1992 15:5313
    
    At the very end of a firmware update,... NDU issues a special $QIO
    to FXDRIVER which makes it declare a fatal error, and isseu a reset
    to the device. This is a "phony" error whose purpose is only to force
    the devicde through its initialization and cause it to start executing
    the newly loaded firmware image. This method is not completely clean
    and results in some weird behavior sometimes, likethat described in
    .-1.
    
    Ugly yes,.. but it works.
    
    								/Bill
508.4/reset switchPROXY::JEANMAUREEN JEANMon Mar 23 1992 16:168
    
    
    With the command line that you were using,  the code update will not
    occur until the adapter is reset for some reason.   To get the update
    to happen right away, the /reset switch would have to be added to your
    command line.
    
    Maureen