Re: 7.3 supported ethernet

johnhreinhardt_at_yahoo.com
Date: 08/23/05 

Date: 23 Aug 2005 08:22:22 -0700

Bart Zorn wrote:
> Has anyone had success using a DE602-AA in an Alphaserver 1000A 5/300
> or similar machine?
> SRM does not see the device (but that is not the problem) and OpenVMS
> hangs at an early stage of the boot process.
>
> Is the 1000A sufficiently different from a 1200 that this card does not
> work?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bart Zorn

Yeah, it is. The 1200 is a baby (i.e. 2-slot) 4000/4100 while the
1000/1000a is a whole different architecture. I had a devil of a time
even getting one 1000a I had to use a DE500. The firmware had to be
upgraded and you need a minimum of VMS V6.2-3H IIRC. Check to see if
there are any new firmware updates for the 1000a. For the DE60x you
need VMS V7.1-2 or better. If you're booting at a version earlier than
this then that may be causing the hang.

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