| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2714.1 | | NPSS::WADE | Network Systems Support | Wed Sep 06 1995 12:38 | 6 |
| Yes 1.4 firmware is compatible with both the DECbridge900MX and the
DECswitch900EF.
Bill Wade
Network Product Support
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| 2714.2 | Yes, but downgrade to (I think) rev 1.4.3 | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | | Wed Sep 06 1995 13:18 | 14 |
| Yes (unfortunately for your customer), the DECswitch900EF can
be downgraded to 1.4 (please be sure to downgrade to 1.4.3
rather than the straight 1.4 rev). The 1.4.3 (Bill Wade correct
me if I've got the sub-rev wrong or not), has some fixes in it
that are included in the wave 3 release (1.5), but are manageable
with the wave 3 image of HUBwatch. It's too bad we couldn't loan
some customers like yours a PC with HUBwatch 4.0 installed on it
while they were waiting for the HUBwatch 4.0 VMS upgrade to become
available. That way the customer could take full advantage of all the
new features available with the full upgrade to all their modules
including the DECswitch900EF.
Bob
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| 2714.3 | | NPSS::WADE | Network Systems Support | Wed Sep 06 1995 15:57 | 5 |
| 1.4 should be fine as long as the customer is not seeing any errors in the
DECswitch900EF error logs. The 1.4.x images should only be given to
those customers who are seeing the specific problems that they address.
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| 2714.4 | | UTRTSC::GROOT_R | Ronald de Groot | Thu Sep 07 1995 07:44 | 14 |
| Thanks,
The problem is not that we couldn't loan the customer a PC with
HUBwatch 4.0 installed but the problem is that if we bring out
new products with new firmware and orther firmware and software
must be upgraded the customer will hear this 3 months ago!
The total of new switches we must downgrade is 22 and also 6 NAM's
from 4.0 to 3.1. This site will first test new software,firmware
hardware in a seperate test network before it's goes in production.
The customer is the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. This are sites were
if something goes wronge you can read it in the papers a day later.
Ronald
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| 2714.5 | also needed old PEswitch firmware | UTRTSC::GROOT_R | Ronald de Groot | Fri Sep 08 1995 04:50 | 7 |
| Help, I also have needed the old V1.0.? PEswitch firmware. Can you
give me a pointer or can you copy this images (DESBF1??.BIN) to me.
I have now the total number of new! HUB products we must downgrade
16x MAM, 20x DECcon900MX, 15x DECswitch900EF, 8x DECrep900TM and
5x DECrep900TM. I am not happy with that but it is a nice order.
Ronald
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| 2714.6 | | NPSS::WADE | Network Systems Support | Fri Sep 08 1995 13:18 | 3 |
| I sent Ronald a pointer to DESBF 1.0.2.
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| 2714.7 | Maybe just upgrade hub MAMs...? | PTOJJD::DANZAK | Pittsburgher � | Sat Sep 09 1995 08:55 | 25 |
| Just as a note of interest....
I've upgraded the MAM's in hubs which were running and in production.
It was my understanding that the hub would NOT cause a 'blip' on the
networks at all.
In actuality, it does cause a second or two 'blip' in the network as
the modules and MAM talk after the upgrade.....but.....the ONLY traffic
that noticed it was SNA over Ethernet. It seemed that FDDI and
Ethernet stuff was fairly immune to the hub upgrade/reset.
So, it may be possible to upgrade a PRODUCTION HUB and only cause a
second or two 'blip' that the higher levels of the protocols would
easily tolerate. (Bill Wade or Bob Battersby may have more detail on
this...)
Just a thought that may make them feel a bit easier about the upgrade.
Also, upgrading a concentrator or DECswitch 900EF does cause a major
reset on those modules. (It takes minutes and is non-trivial from a
time standpoint.)
regards,
j
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