[Info-vax] BL890 i2 / c3000 enclosure help

[Gianluca Bonetti]

Hello

I recently got a cheap second hand BL890 i2 which I planned to install inside a c3000 enclosure I had sitting in a corner for years.
The C3000 powers up and detects very much of the four BL890 blades however, it fails to power them up and they show in "degraded" status.

I googled around and there's not very much information about these machines.
It seems I should update the firmware of the blades for being properly recognised.
The c3000 firmware is updated to hpoa497 version which seems to be the latest version (please correct me if I'm wrong)
I am now tring to locate the BL8x0 firmware bundle which should be named bl8x0ci2_fw_bndl_lin.tar.gz or bl8x0ci2_fw_bndl_win.exe (one or the other, I can run both)
However I am an hobbyist in the OpenVMS area, so I don't have an HP support contract.

Do you know if this bl8x0ci2_fw_bndl is covered by HP support contract only?
Or any chance anyone of you know where to find it?
Hope someone with a BL8x0 i2 may know and help!
Very appreciated!

Cheers
Gianluca