I did a disk firmware upgrade(in the light) yesterday at a site with 128 FC-AL disks on an F630..didn't time it exactly but it took around 20 minutes..be sure to boot floppy and then\ at the menu boot without rc(no network connections); after a 5.1.2 upgrade the disk_fw_update program can be run from the console

-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Quinlan [mailto:quinlan@transmeta.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 8:07 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Cc: support@netapp.com Subject: disk firmware versions required for 5.1.2

Can someone at NetApp tell me the firmware version required to run 5.1.2 before I upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1.2? I would like to know how much time I need to schedule for the upgrade. (It looks like it would also save me that first reboot, meaning less overall downtime.)

This information should really be included with the upgrade notes.

I would like to know this for the following systems and disks:

F630 SCSI : ST19171W and ST39173WC F630 FC : ST19171FC F540 : ST15150W F330 : ST15230N

(It actually looks like I might only need to know about the F630 FC, since it's the only firmware included with 5.1.2. The notes indicate that you end up with version FB37 after an upgrade, so maybe I have to upgrade if I don't have that, but maybe not. Anyway, I'd rather work in the light.)

Thanks.

• Dan