| Title: | DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE |
| Notice: | Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7 |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::COLELLA DT |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4455 |
| Total number of notes: | 16761 |
Hi,
My name is Andy Robinson,I work in MCS at nottingham,England.
I have recently moved into this arena so to speak. I have a customer
running HUBWATCH V4.0.1 on Novell and he needs to upgrade his firmware
on his hubs. This is because he has added a new DECrepeater900tm which
is not seen by Hubwatch. The MAM firmware is V3.1, he has
9xDECrepeater900TM's 1xDECrepeater900GM and three DECswitch900EF's. He
is asking me if there is any way that he can upgrade the firmware but
not power cycle the modules/hub at the time of the upgrade to minimise
downtime to the users. Is this possible? and also if anyone knows of
any gotcha's,rat-holes etc when performing this procedure. Any info
gratefully received.
Thanks
Andy.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3114.1 | There's one particular one | NETRIX::"[email protected]" | steven Freke | Wed Jan 03 1996 16:34 | 17 |
Andy When upgrading the hub/module/hubwatch etc you need to be careful how you do it because you find yourself with an unmanageable hub, and module doing strange things. The latest version of hubwatch for windows is 4.1 this comes with a utility called Hubloader. Which is very useful in upgrading modules, and the MAM module on the hub itself. The order to upgrade is the version of hubwatch (V4.1), the MAM module using hubloader to V4.1, then the modules to the latest version of firmware depending on what module you have. The latest version can be found on FTP.DIGITAL.COM /pub/digital/hub900/firmware Regards Steven Freke LAN Team CSC, Basingstoke [Posted by WWW Notes gateway] | |||||
| 3114.2 | You cant avoid shutting down the users. | MSDOA::REED | John Reed @CBO = Network Services | Mon Jan 08 1996 10:00 | 11 |
You cannot upgrade a module while it is being used. (you can download
the image into the landing pad, but once the actual firmware moves from
the hub landing pad into the working firmware area of a module, THAT
MODULE will temporarily shut down, and reboot itself when it is done.
Firmware upgrades are a traffic stopping event. It must be scheduled
with your customer base. The most recent versions are available
online at www.networks.digital.com, or many of the other pointers in
this file.
JR
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