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CSCPAT_1066 DSSI Microcode T392 Upgrade ECO Summary

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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1994. All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  12-NOV-2001
Modification Type:  Note added regarding this kit is no longer
                    available through SSB.

OP/SYS:     OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT:  DSSI (RFxx) Disk Drives

SOURCE:     Digital Customer Support Center

ECO INFORMATION:

     CSCPAT Kit:  CSCPAT_1066 V1.3 (CSCPAT_1066013)
     CSCPAT Kit Size:  7100 blocks
     Engineering Cross Reference:  Not Applicable
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V5.0 or later

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*                            NOTE                                     *
*                                                                     *
*         THIS KIT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE THROUGH SSB.                *
*                                                                     *
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ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists that contains a firmware upgrade to T392 for
the RF31T, RF31T+, RF35, RF35+ and RF73 disk drives shipped prior to
November 13, 1992 that have not yet been upgraded to at least revision
level T387. This kit can be applied on OpenVMS VAX V5.0 or later
and addresses the following problem(s):

o  Systems with RF31T, RF31T+, RF35, RF73, and RF35+ disk drives
   installed may experience data corruption if an application using
   the IO$_WRITECHECK function is running.  (The only known DIGITAL
   application which uses this function is Volume Shadowing Phase
   II.)  When this condition occurs, no error messages or warnings
   are returned indicating that corruption has occurred on the drive.

NOTE:  If you firmware has been upgraded to T387 and you are still
       experiencing data corruption, it is strongly recommended
       that you install this kit as soon as possible.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist
in the OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using the search string
'CSCPAT_1066'.


ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:

[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools


INSTALLATION NOTES:

This ECO kit allows users the ability to upgrade their drive
firmware using an OpenVMS interactive program. In the past,
firmware upgrades required a physical swap of some hardware,
either the option, logic module or component containing the code.
This meant a field service engineer had to be dispatched to the
customer's site. However, with the implementation of FLASH memory
technology, we now have the capability of downline loading the
new firmware to the drive and writing it into FLASH memory. This
allows upgrades to be done by customers (if they so choose), the
CSCs remotely, or on-site by a Field Services engineer.

To install this firmware upgrade, a loader program must be run.
For more information, refer to the CSCPAT_10660nn.RELEASE_NOTES
and FIRMWARE_UPGRADE.TXT files contained in the patch kit.
  
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF1C_T392_DEC.EXE          |%X9CE7EDA1| V1.0            | 21-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 11:05:02.34  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF31_T392_DEC.EXE          |%X4A0F539C| V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 17:45:12.39  |
 \ +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF35_T392_DEC.EXE          |%XBD8D7232| V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 17:43:30.72  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF5C_T392_DEC.EXE          |%X2BBC9754| V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 17:41:40.15  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF73_T392_DEC.EXE          |%X847844D2| V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 17:39:14.01  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF1C_T392_DEC_ALPHA.EXE    | 62290AC7 | V1.0            | 21-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 10:13:50.51  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF31_T392_DEC_ALPHA.EXE    | 9EFAA42D | V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 17:11:29.94  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF35_T392_DEC_ALPHA.EXE    | 8B485E05 | V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 17:03:25.69  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF5C_T392_DEC_ALPHA.EXE    | D8149DB4 | V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 16:55:15.56  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | RF73_T392_DEC_ALPHA.EXE    | 6E43351E | V1.0            | 18-MAY-1993  |
  |                                       |                 | 16:47:17.18  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+



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