From: Steve Chandler (schandler@APPLE.COM)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 11:00:38 EST
There is no downloadable firmware for the 6205 card. As far as I know this
card is not flashable.
steve
Ron Bramblett wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been fighting a problem since early last month.
> System: RS /6000 7025 Model F40
> OS: Was 4.2.1 on Nov 1st. Dec 14th upgraded to 4.3.3 ML08
>
> Nov 1st IBM came out and installed some new hardware including a FC
> 6205: PCI Dual Channel Ultra2 SCSI (Type 4-R) controller. Our lovely
> T/S people could not find the driver they needed for this controller so
> I RTFM and pointed out to them exactly what one to load. In the mean
> time they installed anything that might be right. (not sure what they
> loaded)
>
> Dec 3rd we tried the Upgrade but did not have access to the P21 system
> or data so we went back.
> Dec 14th I upgraded to 4.3.3 all went well except
>
> ON 4.2.1 we had rootvg mirrored with another drive.
> Now on 4.3.3 we have our data mirrored but the rootvg is not
> mirrored and it fails because it says that this devices doesn't support
> booting from our 4th drive. (It is on the new controller)
>
> OUR lovely T/S people have been telling me that they don't know what is
> going on. So I pressed for an escalation to IBM. The CE came out and we
> loaded the latest firmware on the system and all of the disks. He could
> not find the firmware for the card. Our lovely T/S people say that it
> is hardware not software.
>
> Any ideas where I can find the firmware for this card?? How do I find
> out what firmware is now on the card??
> Is it even flashable??
>
> --
> Ron Bramblett
> Sys Admin
> Fuller Brush Company
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