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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

728.0. "firmware from UNIX system ?" by MARS03::THOMAS () Mon Sep 28 1992 12:48

	The firmware of the DC 500 and the firmware of the DB 5XX/6XX are
updated from a VMS or an ULTRIX system (downline loaded).

	May we update the firmware of these products from a UNIX system (for
my customer it would be an HP UNIX) with TFTP or ... ? 

	If yes:
		- do i use the ULTRIX kit ?
		- how do i apply the update ?

	If no, is there any plan to be able to do the update from a UNIX system?

	Regards


	Beranrd
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728.1ANY DOS systems present ?BONNET::LISSDANIELSThu Oct 01 1992 14:5523
Bernard,

The issue is to SUPPORT  SW on MANY non-DEC operating systems.
For UNIX it will be easier when UNIX = OSF wich HP-UX probably
will too in the future.

In the mean time we will provide DEC-NDU for all systems for
wich we support our FDDI controllers.

OpenVMS, ULTRIX, Alpha-OSF, MIPS-OSF, MS-DOS etc
etc include Windows/NT during 1993.

SO - would not your customer have a PC somewhere ?

I DON't think it needs to sit on FDDI, Ethernet should do,
but that the development team need to confirm.

torbjorn

PS,

DEC-NDU product manager is Mike DELNI::Bouchard
728.2yes but 1 network managment stationMFOIS1::THOMASTue Oct 06 1992 08:545
    
    	Of course, there are PC, even VMS systems. But, he tries/wants to
    have only one network managment station.
    
    	regards,
728.3UNIX - yes but wich ?BONNET::LISSDANIELSTue Oct 06 1992 14:2111
Is there anyone reading this conference that would be prepared
to provide a SHORT list of NON-DEC UNIX to support for loading
FDDI firmware ? 

What additional business volume would you see as a result compared
to just providing DEC NDU on DOS (Novell+Microsoft), Windows/NT, 
SCO UNIX, ULTRIX/OSF and OpenVMS ?

Torbjorn