Conference 7.286::fddi

2234.0. "Concentrator 500 Upgrade?" by KERNEL::ANSONR () Wed Mar 05 1997 10:09

    Hi,
    
    We plan to upgrade our DECconcentrator 500's firmware to DEFCN version
    3.4a on the weekend of March 15/16 (we currently run DEFCN V3.1).
    
    The concentrator contains :
    
    1 x 6 port FDDI board
    1 x 4 port FDDI board
    
    The six port card contains of 2 ES/1's, 2 VAX 7000's, 1 Alpha 8400 and
    one
    empty port.
    
    The four port card contains 1 Alpha 8400.
    
    According to the upgrade release notes, I should record all previously
    saved nonvolatile settings and restore these settings after the downline
    load is completed. However, by connecting a terminal to the concentrator
    I can only do a SHOW DEVICE STATUS and SHOW DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS
    which gives the following
    output:
    
    
    Characteristics:
    
    Software Implementation Type DEFCN
    Software Version  3.1
    ROM Implementation Type  DEFCN
    ROM Version   1.0
    
    Status:
    device_state  OPERATE
    device broken reason
    NVRAM Failed Flag FALSE
    Device configuration:
    
    FRU Type  FRU State FRU ID  FRU Rev
    --------  --------- ------  -------
    Controller/Backplane Working  N/A  1
    4 line Ansi port card Working  Slot 1  1
    FI card   Working  Slot 2  0
    NULL   Empty  Slot 3  0
    Fan   Working  N/A  0Fan   Working  N/A  0
    OBM UART Card  Working  N/A  0
    NULL   Empty  N/A  0
    
    Trying to do a SHOW of anything else, it comes back with NO MANAGEMENT
    CARD.
    
    So, my question is: what nonvolatile settings does upgrading overwrite
    and how do I find out what they are currently set as? Do we need to install
    a management card?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Rich.