Hello,
I am about to upgrade to an AlpahServer 1000A/533 to DU4.0D from DU4.0B and
am wondering about updating the firmware first. This is something I have
not done in the past.
I have created a bootable floppies with the V5.1 firmware updates, as
described at:
http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/alpha1000a.html#method_3
The instructions say to:
Insert the floppy and boot it from the SRM console:
P00>>> boot dva0
Is the SRM console the >>> prompt I get when I shutdown the system?
Are there any gotchas or do I simply boot the floppy, type the update
command, exit and then upgrade to DU4.0D?
I gathered the follwoing from uerf/sys_check:
CPU slot: 0 Firmware revision: 4.8-74 Palcode revision: 1.21-6
Found these scsi devices:
device vendor drive firmware
------ ------ ----- --------
rz0 DEC RZ28M (C) DEC 0616
rz1 DEC RZ29B (C) DEC 0016
rz2 DEC RZ29B (C) DEC 0016
rz3 DEC RZ40-AA (C) DEC LYJ0
rz4 DEC RRD45 (C) DEC 0436
rmt0 DEC TLZ06 (C)DEC 491A
rmt1 DEC TZ88 (C) DEC CD50
sp0: QLOGIC ISP1020A, isp0: Firmware revision 2.10 (loaded_by console)
fta0: DEC DEFPA (PDQ) FDDI Interface, _Hardware address: 00-00-F8-60-11-1A
fta0: Firmware rev: 3.10
tu0: DECchip 21140: Revision: 1.2
Ellen Davis
Ellen.Davis_at_uc.edu
Received on Thu Jun 11 1998 - 19:28:21 NZST