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Conference decwet::winnt-clusters

Title:	WinNT-Clusters
Notice:	Info directories moved to DECWET::SHARE1$:[NT_CLSTR]
Moderator:	DECWET::CAPPELLOF

Created:	Thu Oct 19 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	863
Total number of notes:	3478

615.0. "RA310 firmware upgrade problems" by ADOV01::JARMAN () Wed Feb 12 1997 02:21

    I'm trying to upgrade the firmware on a RA310 from V27Z-0 to V30Z so I
    can use it in a cluster
    
    I got the files V30Z.IMG and V30Z-2.IMG from 
    
    CSC32::ISG$COMMON:[HSZ40] as pointed to by note 6.6 in this conf
    
    using the VMS copy command. I then FTP'd them (using binary) to my NT4
    Alpha.
    
    Using KEATERM I logged onto the HSZ20, ran clcp and used the inbuilt
    Kermit to write the files over the serial link. in both cases the file
    transfer seemed ok, but it then aborted with 
    'EDC check failed on downloaded file'
    
    Does this mean the files on CSC32 are have probs or did I do something
    stupendously stupid?
    
    thanks for any thoughts
    Brian Jarman, Technical Support, Adelaide, South Australia

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
615.1	My fault - sort of...	ADOV01::JARMAN		`Fri Feb 14 1997 08:14`	22
	Sigh - why do simple things have to be so hard? I didn't use the RA310 GUI software on my NT host because it refgused to communicate with the RA10 at all. (I subsequently found something on the storage WWW server which points out that this sw only runs on 3.51 of NT After trying another machine , and using a standard copy of Kermit I gave up tryingto use a terminal emulator on the serial port - it continued to give the same error after the 28 min download So I'vo downgraded my server back to 3.51, installed the GUI and the firmware upgrade worked first time. The only thing I noticed was that the inbuilt Kermit used a 94 byte block size on the ttransfer, all the other Kermits I tried negotiated a 98 byte block size - so maybe the transfer didn't really work right? So now it's back to reinstalling NT4 so I cvan start installing the FT kit of 1.1 Brian
615.2		MSE1::PCOTE	Rebuilt NT: 163, Rebuilt VMS:1	`Fri Feb 14 1997 09:23`	10
	I've use the procedure outlined in the storageworks raid array installation guide for nt clusters using the terminal application and clcp which worked just fine. You shouldn't have had to downgrade to do this. Perhaps you should review the section of the manual on the firmware upgrade to determine what is different. I'll post a reply to note 6 for reference to this manual (and others)
615.3		MSE1::PCOTE	Rebuilt NT: 163, Rebuilt VMS:1	`Fri Feb 14 1997 09:51`	4
	note, the 'errata' document for upgrading firmware. AV-R0PKA-TE
615.4	Use Hyperterm	CIVPR1::SIMMONS	Mike Simmons (301) 918-5597	`Fri Mar 14 1997 22:36`	3
	There is much discussion of this in the HSZ40 notes conference. Apparently, there are problems using Keaterm's Kermit. Hyperterm was recommended. It works well for me.
615.5	thanks	ADOV01::JARMAN		`Wed May 07 1997 17:05`	4
	only just back into this conf - just wanted to say thanks for the replies ..brian