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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

2039.0. "Please help with DECNDUP" by WKRP::HENRY (A hard-nosed, Displaced Yankee, in OHio) Wed Feb 22 1995 14:04

I am under the gun and I need some help upgrading a Hub900 firmware to
3.10

I have made a bootable floopy and unzipped the DECNDU zip file on it it
as the instructions suggested

I then edited the sddf.stp file and put the address of my machine the
gateway and subnet mask in

I boot off the floppy

I execute the command

   decndup /s 16.68.16.226 

and I get success 

If I execute the command:

   decndup /u /f hubmanv2 /n:9 16.68.16.226 c:\firmware\dmhub310.bin

Sometimes I will get the error

'Can't Read'

or sometime I will get 

'no such name'

Please help me!

Gary
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2039.1Wrong command line!ROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterWed Feb 22 1995 14:178
You want to use the /m (that's the 'module' switch) instead of /n (that's the
'nomanagement' switch which only applies to MOP/RBMS upgrades).

Try this command line instead:

	decndup /u /f hubmanv2 /m 9 16.68.16.226 c:\firmware\dmhub310.bin

..Roger...
2039.2Hub 900 v3.0.0-v3.1.0??NEWOA::HARRISONTo be or not to be eligible?Fri Feb 24 1995 10:5010
    Hi,
    
    Like .0 I need to upgrade my DEChub 900 to v3.1.0. I'm currently
    running v.3.0.0. Should I still use the syntax...
    
    a:\decndup /u /f  HUBMANV2 /m 9 16.182.192.214 c:\firmware\dmhub310.bin
    
    Is the target name for the upgrade still HUBMANV2 if I upgrade fromv3?
    
    Thanks Al
2039.3YEPCONSLT::BUZZELLFri Feb 24 1995 12:136
    
         YES. HUBMANV2 is a system descriptor and has nothing to do
    with the fiemware level. You just specify the right file as you
    have on the end of the string.
    
    
2039.4error downline loadingNEWOA::HARRISONTo be or not to be eligible?Fri Feb 24 1995 12:3319
    Ok tried it and failed with following error...
    
    [CDI_BIND Error -DLL_OPEN failed - 000c]
    DECnduplus: Beginning downline load
    
    HUB Background:
    My Hub is on an isolated LAN from the Easynet, however the the Hub and
    associated modules have been allocated unique DEC IP addresses.
    Customers will test WAN links out from our LAN when carrying out
    Disaster Recovery tests. We have no name server or gateway on the LAN.
    A PC running hubwatch for Windows v3.1 is the management platform. I
    have created a DECndup diskette and modified the SDDF.STP file to point
    to the PC IP address, I did specify the local nameserver and gateway on
    easynet, I assume this info will be ignored for the purposes of
    upgrading firmware on one local LAN??
    
    Can you offer any help.
    
    Thanks Al
2039.5NIC setup problem?ROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterFri Feb 24 1995 15:147
RE: .4

That really looks like a network configuration problem (i.e. your PROTOCOL.INI
file is not setup properly for your NIC).  Is the BIND error the very first
thing that comes up or are there any DECNDU messages prior to it?

...Roger...
2039.6It works!NEWOA::HARRISONTo be or not to be eligible?Mon Feb 27 1995 12:314
    Ok fixed it, I had to copy the Hubwatch for Windows v3.1 protocol.ini
    onto the DECndup bootable diskette, everything has worked fine.
    
    Thanks Al
2039.7TOOK::PASQUALEMon Feb 27 1995 15:574
    hmm.. don't recall seeing that in the readme document... ?
    
    /ray
    
2039.8Just be glad I don't make the decisions! :-}ROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterMon Feb 27 1995 17:5819
RE: .7

That's because it doesn't belong in the README file.  Getting your PC's network
connection up and running is *NOT* the responsibility of the application (this
is also a hot button for me with respect to HUBwatch for Windows).

You pick up the DECndu Plus kit (or HUBwatch for Windows), install it and then
expect it will just work with your particular configuration.  And when it
doesn't, you blame the application.  WRONG!!!  The mistake we in Engineering
have made is in trying to be nice and "assist" in getting your network
connnection up and running.

If I had my way, the following would appear right at the top of the README file
for DECndu Plus, HUBloader and HUBwatch:

THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES A WORKING NETWORK CONNECTION.  SETUP, CONFIGURATION
AND VERIFICATION OF THE NETWORK CONNECTION ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER.

...Roger...
2039.9*** CONCUR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***NETCAD::WAGNERCOFFILTue Feb 28 1995 13:496
>>THIS APPLICATION REQUIRES A WORKING NETWORK CONNECTION.  SETUP, CONFIGURATION
>>AND VERIFICATION OF THE NETWORK CONNECTION ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER.

	ROGER, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barb