[Info-vax] rx2800 i2 firmware

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 11/25/2011 4:27 PM, SeanOBanion wrote:
> On Nov 25, 12:15 pm, MG<marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl>  wrote:
>> On 25-11-2011 20:05, ditt... at dittman.net wrote:
>>
>>> I've got someone trying to update the firmware on a couple
>>> of rx2800 i2 systems.  He's having problems because he's
>>> remote.  I was wondering why that would be a problem and
>>> apparently the SFW and iLO firmware can only be updated
>>> using a remote Windows or Linux system.  He was told by
>>> HP that the Windows or Linux system must be on the same
>>> subnet as the iLO.
>>
>> That's very strange.  Especially since Windows and Linux for
>> IA-64 are both dropped platforms.  (The former in particular
>> and most definitely.)  Purely out of curiosity, have you tried
>> to see what is inside these firmware packages?
>>
>>> I know the rx2600 and rx2620 firmware can be updated from
>>> a CD or USB memory device.  I've done some checking and I
>>> can't find any equivalent FW update files for the rx2800 i2.
>>
>> Strange!  (Especially since the newer iLO/MP cards offer so-
>> called 'virtual media', or don't they?)
>>
>>> Does anyone know if there's a way around this?
>>
>> If someone could kindly donate rx2800 i2 to me, I'd get onto
>> it ASAP!
>>
>>    - MG
>
> The remote Linux or Windows systems do not need to be Integrity based:
> The release notes specifies X86 Linux and the Windows kit doesn't
> specify the architecture.

What do you think Windows runs on??

AFAIK, Windows runs on X86 based hardware.  ISTR that there was a 
Windows for Alpha which never, AFAIK, caught on!  DEC's pricing might 
have accounted for that.

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