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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
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

3553.0. "DECconcentrator 900FH won't upgrade" by STRWRS::KOCH_P (It never hurts to ask...) Thu May 23 1996 16:51

    
    I have a DECconcentrator 900FH which I have on loan from Engineering.
    It is running firmware V3.2.2. I downloaded V3.2.4 from the WWW page,
    updated DCFFILES.DAT and HUBloader seems to know what to do. However,
    whatever method I use to try and upload the new firmware gives me an
    error. If I try to load it directly, I simply get [ERROR] with no
    additional explanation. I tried to load it from "Hub Managed" and it
    loads it to the landing pad, but right after that it fails again.
    
    Can anoyone offer an explanation as to what could be happening?
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3553.1NETCAD::DOODYMichael DoodyThu May 23 1996 18:209
-make sure you got defhm324.bin and not defhu324.bin
-redirect to the concentrator and do "show current settings" 
  - see what it says about last downline upgrade status
-make sure you transferred the file correctly if going
 from one operating system to another.

(I haven't tried this image myself, yet).

-Mike
3553.2STRWRS::KOCH_PIt never hurts to ask...Fri May 24 1996 07:5317
    
    1. I donwloaded the image from the WWW page. Is there a way to verify
    that the right image was posted (a rename error possible?) It seems to
    be the same size as the DEFHU320 image. Is there some sort of header
    info which a Windows app could tell us about?
    
    2. I haven't done this yet, but will post it ASAP.
    
    3. I transferred it from the WWW page to my MS-DOS system. 
    
    Is there any way to get more information about the "ERROR"? Seems
    pretty un-iformative at this point.
    
    Please try the image AFTER you have DOWNLOADED it from
    www.networks.digital.com and please post the results. I'd like to
    FEDEX this device to the customer today. Any extra effort you could
    provide to me to diagnose this problem would be appreciated!!!
3553.3STRWRS::KOCH_PIt never hurts to ask...Fri May 24 1996 08:4210
    
    Results of re-direct 
    
    TFTP Write
    00:24:04 7 Resets
    Transfer Complete
    
    The R/W community is "public".
    
    Any ideas now?
3553.4STRWRS::KOCH_PIt never hurts to ask...Fri May 24 1996 09:144
    
    Well, it seems that I've found it. My entry in DCFFILES.DAT had an
    extra "C" in PCOMMON, namely "PCCOMMON", but HUBloader didn't tell me
    that. So, it is loading now...
3553.5Physical ports on the DC900BSS::RIGGENMon Jun 10 1996 21:4511
    I have a customer attempting to use a DC900FH in a DEChub1 MX and he
    tells me that the front panel MIC connectors do not lock ?
    
    This is news to me unless we are saving another dime for different MIC
    connectors on the front panel than the MIC connectors we are very
    familiar with. His claim is this is the 3rd Concentrator with these
    "bad connectors". 
    
    Whats up ?
    
    Jeff
3553.6Post another noteGIDDAY::STANISLAUSMon Aug 05 1996 01:216
Jeff,

	You won't get a reply in this note because it doesn't pertain to problem
in .0. So post a fresh note rather than as a reply to note 3553.

Alphonse