Hi Tru64ers
My questions were about Y2k compliance of the DEC3000-M400 and
related to that whether a firmware upgrade was really needed
to upgrade to OS version 4.0E.
I posted a preliminary summary earlier but now I've got some more
information.
On the subject of Y2k compliance:
Rick Rosa of Compaq Australia pointed me to:
http://ww1.digital.com/year2000/position.asp
It says there:
All AlphaServer systems and Alpha based workstations
running Year 2000 Ready versions of the operating systems
are Year 2000 Ready.
So I take that to mean our DEC 3000s are compliant and since
they're not mentioned in the list of exceptions I assume the
firmware is compliant as well.
I got a few queries about this quote in my first summary:
> There are a few older ethernet controllers that won't be Y2K compliant.
> AFAIK, that's the only hardware-related issue.
So I asked Alan for some more information. He said:
> I no longer have access to the internal Y2K qual databases.
> I searched the one on the web site (which is supposed to match,
> but because there are two vastly different groups managing them, they don't)
> and the DE425 isn't listed. That's the one that I remember having problems.
> When I asked, I was told that there are registers on the board that aren't
> large enough to handle the y2k time/date stamp from the network packets.
On the subject of the firmware:
Most replies recommended upgrading the firmware but a few said
they were running 4.0D or E successfully with older firmware.
I decided to go ahead and upgrade one machine to 4.0E without
upgrading the firmware.
That was last Sunday and it's been running without a hitch since
with scores of logins starting about an hour after I finished the
upgrade - on Sunday morning! (This place never sleeps).
Regards
Ian
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Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 05:33:58 NZST