[Info-vax] IA64 MPC Firmware

[SMS]

Hein RMS van den Heuvel wrote:

> Those rx2600 ship with very old firmware which looks and feels
> different from current.
> Just download the more recent firmware from the web.
> I opted for the stepped approach, as it was not too much work and in
> the background. The tar files were abotu 3mb each.

   That was my impression, too.  From what I read [1], it
seemed that some steps were needed.  I, too, fetched the
PF_CEVERMPE0226 and PF_CEVERMPE0229 kits, and used my normal
VMS (Alpha) FTP server.  Had to specify a full path (like
"/dka0/sms/rx2600/PF_CEVERMPE0226") to get things to work, but
otherwise it was happy.

[1]
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?swItem=ux-21688-1&lang=en&cc=us&idx=0&mode=4&

      CAUTIONS:
      1 - If the currently installed firmware is older than
      E.02.10 then updating to MP firmware revision E.02.29
      requires updating to E.02.10 first.
      2 - Upgrades to MP firmware beyond E.02.26 will require
      updating to MP firmware revision E.02.26 first.


   After getting to "MP E.02.29", it's possible to do
everything from a CD.  The latest kit I found was
PF_CPEAKSYS0231B.iso, which left me at:

Shell> info all
[...]
FIRMWARE INFORMATION

   Firmware Revision: 2.31 [4411]

   PAL_A Revision: 7.31/5.37
   PAL_B Revision: 5.65

   SAL Spec Revision: 3.01
   SAL_A Revision: 2.00
   SAL_B Revision: 2.31

   EFI Spec Revision: 1.10
   EFI Intel Drop Revision: 14.61
   EFI Build Revision: 1.22

   POSSE Revision: 0.10

   ACPI Revision: 7.00

   BMC Revision 1.53
   IPMI Revision: 1.00
   SMBIOS Revision: 2.3.2a
   Management Processor Revision: E.03.30


   Whee.