Conference pcbuoa::server_works

    I have RSM installed on a ZX6 and have not encountered this problem.
    You may have an ISA card that is occupying a large portion of BIOS
    space.
    Can you check that? A good Extended BIOS address to use is D8000.
    Also there is no need to have an IRQ set for RSM until we give you a
    driver for the card.
    If you can get the 3.14 version loaded on another machine, a tip to
    check the Extended BIOS addresses that do not work is:
       . from the reset window of the RSM application keep change the
    EBIOS address.
       . then perform a warm boot and wait to see if the boot completes.
       . if it fails attempt the next address until one is found that
    works.
      . if you find one make it permanent with the SCU.
      . if it still fails let me know in this conference withe a
    description of wether it came up with the RSM start banner on the
    console before failing and if it failed at the time of attempting to
    read the boot device. Can you boot from floppy?
    
    The reason it stops in the programming of RSM EBIOS at a certain % is
    that the protocol has pushed that much to the board before it realized
    it can not get at the extended BIOS space that it is trying to program
    into.
    
    Please keep us informed,
    
    Rich   

	
	We had several off these problems as well when were using
	a Null modem. Replaced it by a real modem, and everything worked.
	(This was during Cebit preparation, and another roadshow some time
	 later)

	Pjotrr

    Rich,
    
    I have tried your suggestion of changing EBIOS addresses but I get the
    same result whatever I use. The only way anything will boot (i.e. get 
    passed the hardware check phase) is to set "no bios address" from the
    RSM window and reset the firmware. This is only good when I can
    actually connect to the card. Most times when this happens it is
    impossible to connect as I keep getting a message claiming the EBIOS
    rev is too low and needs updating. This update always fails at 37%
    complete. I've tried 2 separate cards, same result.
    
    I used the SCU to check the available resourses and there is 64K spare
    at D8000 so that's where I configured it first. It may be I missed
    something in the set-up/install phase. All I've seen is the RSM hardware
    installation guide and that's quite sketchy.
    
    We need to use null modem connections as we plan to connect via reverse
    LAT terminal servers over a dedicated WAN link. The eventual plan is to
    manage hundreds of servers in the same location.
    
    Any other suggestions?
    
    Les
                                       

    
>    I have tried your suggestion of changing EBIOS addresses but I get the
>    same result whatever I use. The only way anything will boot (i.e. get 
>    passed the hardware check phase) is to set "no bios address" from the
>    RSM window and reset the firmware. This is only good when I can
>    actually connect to the card. Most times when this happens it is
>    impossible to connect as I keep getting a message claiming the EBIOS
>    rev is too low and needs updating. This update always fails at 37%
>    complete. I've tried 2 separate cards, same result.

     Can you upgrade the EBIOS on some other Server(non ZX6)?
    
>    I used the SCU to check the available resourses and there is 64K spare
>    at D8000 so that's where I configured it first. It may be I missed
>    something in the set-up/install phase. All I've seen is the RSM hardware
>    installation guide and that's quite sketchy.
     
     You can still have a conflict with an ISA card. SCUs can not check on
     ISA card conflicts.
     Remove any ISA cards.
     Where exactly does the Booting stop?
     What is the last message on the console?
     Does it get to RSM EBIOS nessage?
    
>    We need to use null modem connections as we plan to connect via reverse
>    LAT terminal servers over a dedicated WAN link. The eventual plan is to
>    manage hundreds of servers in the same location.
    
     Are you sure the full set of signals are present for H/W Flow Control?
     If you were able to upgrade the RSM ObBoard Firmware via the same cable
     then that is probably not the problem.

    I only have an HX5133 to play with although the final installation will
    be into ZX6200MP's
    
    Ther are no other cards in the ISA/EISA slots. All I have is the system
    card with on-board Adaptec SCSI and a PCI Mylex RAID card.
    
    The boot stops at:-
    
    	Quicklaunch--> stops at Loading MS Windows, after showing the
    system details box.
    	WNT----------> stops at NTdetect checking hardware... it normally
    takes about 5 seconds then switches to OS Loader. When it hangs it
    never gets to OS Loader screen.
    
    Yes, the RSM BIOS loaded message appears.
    
    The cable was designed and made after reading all the notes about it! I
    don't have DSR connected though. Does this matter?
    
    Thanks
    Les

    With RSM EBIOS 3.10-11 there was a problem of someone overwriting RSM's
    RAM Memory when CD bootable BIOS came out. This was resolved in RSM1.1
    with the EBIOS 3.14 version moving the stack pointer down further 
    in memory. This should not prevent the upgrade of EBIOS however.
    
    Please add the DSR pin 6 connecting it up with 8(CD) and 20(DTR).
    Try the download again. You never answered the question if the Firmware
    upgrade to 1.1 happened using this same cable?
    
    Rich

    Rich,
    
    I will modify the cable as you suggest and let you know if things
    improve. The firmware uploads fine using the current cable wiring.
    
    Les