[Info-vax] Integrity firmware version vs VMS version docs

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-07-11, Robert A. Brooks <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> wrote:
> On 7/11/2019 8:17 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> Is there anything like a JTAG port which a HPE engineer can use to
>> install a working version of the firmware ?
>
> For certain platforms, yes.  I wrote firmware for the IA64 i2 blades
> and rx2800 iLO, and for the Superdome X enclosure.
>
> The Superdome X definitely had a JTAG interface;  I'm not sure about the iLO.
>
> I never actually *saw* the hardware; I was working remotely in Massachusetts, 
> and the systems were in Texas and California.
>

Interesting that you were able to write and debug firmware remotely. :-)

Thanks for the information.

Simon.

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