| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 4272.1 | Yeah, what *IS* it - I have no clue either | PTOJJD::DANZAK | Pittsburgher � | Thu Mar 13 1997 07:54 | 3 |
| *I* have the same question...what in the *$(#*(# is it and what do we
do with it?
j
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| 4272.2 | | NETCAD::DOODY | Michael Doody | Wed Mar 19 1997 09:17 | 13 |
| VNswitch specific questions such as this are best asked in
irocz::common_brouters.
In general, a boot block is a little bit of code that knows
only enough about the hardware to load the main firmware
image, and in the absence of firmware can load a new image
from the network.
For this particular boot block, you'd need to ask the
VNswitch people if you need to upgrade it.
-mike
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| 4272.3 | Boot blocks used for primitive/bootp image loads.... | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | | Wed Mar 19 1997 09:38 | 11 |
| This is the little piece of code used to do what some people
refer to as a "primitive load". For example in the DECswitch
products, it's used to perform image loads when the main
image is seen as being corrupt for whatever reason.
I would imagine that it serves the same purpose in the
VNswitch products. Best to check with the VNswitch developers
in the irocz::common_brouters conference as Mike suggestde though
to be sure you get the answer in the level of detail you may be
looking for.
Bob
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| 4272.4 | I know but why....arugh | PTOJJD::DANZAK | Pittsburgher � | Thu Mar 20 1997 07:36 | 5 |
| (sigh) I know what the boot block does....per se...but why is it out
there on the FIRMWARE page with the rest of it?
Duuh..and how do I upgrade it or reblast it?
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| 4272.5 | | NETCAD::FLOWERS | High Performance Networking; Dan | Mon Mar 24 1997 11:30 | 15 |
| > (sigh) I know what the boot block does....per se...but why is it out
> there on the FIRMWARE page with the rest of it?
V1.5.5 is on the VNswitch web pages because it is required for V1.5 of the
VNswitch EA (which is stated in the EA release notes). The field test units
of the EA only have version 1.5.4, so we felt it necessary to post the new
boot block image.
> Duuh..and how do I upgrade it or reblast it?
Again, it's in the release notes of the V1.5 VNswitch EA. (Short answer: the
same way you reload an operational image.)
Dan
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| 4272.6 | Where is it documented? | STKHLM::KLARSSON | Krister Larsson @LNK, NPB SE | Thu Mar 27 1997 05:42 | 6 |
| Re: .-1
I can't see any information about the boot block upgrade in the release
notes of the V1.5 VNswitch 900EA!
KL
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| 4272.7 | It's there...in the Addendum :-) | NETCAD::BATTERSBY | | Thu Mar 27 1997 09:04 | 5 |
| It's mentioned in the Release Notes Addendum link titled Updatem15
located on the same section of this web page under the bold title
"VNswitch 900EA Release Notes".
Bob
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