RE: IBM 5394 Controllers corrupting diskettes

[bdietz@xxxxxx]

download the latest patches here --->

http://www.networking.ibm.com/support/code.nsf/5394code?OpenView


-------------------------
 Bryan Dietz
3X Corporation
614-410-9205




midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/10/2003 02:31:55 PM:

> At his point, what we have surmised is:
>
> Devices on the port 1 string go into Recovery Pending status upon
> booting the controller. If we can quickly vary those devices off, then
> the diskette is not corrupted. Once the other port(s) come up, then we
> can vary on those devices and everything works, otherwise the diskette
> get hammered and is unusable.
>
> DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS A REVISON OF THE 5394 SOFTWARE LATER THAN
> VERSION 2.3 ? COULD A LATER REVISION OF THE HARDWARE (BASED ON SERIAL
> NUMBER OF THE UNIT) REQUIRE A LATER VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE? I'm
> grabbing at straws I'm sure, but I've not seen this scenario in any
> other location, and we've been running these units flawlessly for almost
> 7 years now. The particular units we are working with at this location
> have a much higher serial number than the original 35 units purchased 7
> years ago, but we're using the same 2.3 version of the siftware......
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eduard van den Braken [mailto:e.vd.braken@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:18 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: IBM 5394 Controllers corrupting diskettes
>
> Chuck
>
> 1.
> Any big accu-loader at the other side of the wall or nearby, this took
> me in
> the past.
> 2.
> Did you try to connect the 5393 to another wall-outlet on another
> currentbreaker. (I call it dirty powerproblem)
>
> Groetjes (Greetings)
> ===========================================================
> Name: Eduard van den Braken
> E-mail: e.vd.braken@xxxxxxxxx
> Town: Leusden -- the Netherlands
> Homepage: http://home.hccnet.nl/e.vd.braken/
> ===========================================================
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Graves, Chuck
> Verzonden: dinsdag 10 juni 2003 18:39
> Aan: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Onderwerp: RE: IBM 5394 Controllers corrupting diskettes
>
>
> These are original IBM 5394 system diskettes (got 100+ originally from
> IBM) The one thing that is different at this location is that one
> string(port) is twinax, and the other port is CAT5 w/baluns.
> Plus....this
> site has been running since December!
>
>
>
>
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