Some of you have asked questions along this line:
> We received our kit yesterday. Have you heard why the documentation
> says that it contains an "Alpha Systems Firmware Update" but it was
> not included in the package? I'm having a <*> of a time trying to
> find out via the main support number.
>
> Any insight would be appreciated.
It turns out that the right firmware update for V5.0A is the V5.7 CD,
and that wasn't ready for delivery when the V5.0A update kits were
ready to go out the door. I suspect the service folks don't know
about this yet, unless someone sent them a service blitz (and I have
not seen one, and I get them all).
So, a decision was made to ship the Tru64 UNIX V5.0A update kits but
leave out the V5.7 firmware update CDROM and ship it later.
Unfortunately, a separate decision was made to omit the cover letter
that our product manager wrote explaining what was happening. So the
box has no firmware update CDROM, but several references to it.
The TruCluster Server Technical Overview manual is also included in
the kit, and the base OS installation manual references the rest of
the TruCluster Server installation documentation (and the hardware
compatibility book), but they are not included in this kit. I have
not yet pinned down the reason, but I suspect that it's because this
kit is really just the base OS update kit (and happens to have the
binaries for TruCluster Server on one of the AP CDs). I believe you
can get all of the updated TruCluster Server manuals in hardcopy if
you have the right documentation update service offering, but so far
I don't know the part number. I'll try to track that down. My guess
is that it's listed in the TruCluster Server SPD, but I have to find
that document and read it.
Tom
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Received on Wed May 03 2000 - 19:59:34 NZST