01-26-2013
Yes, we upgraded the array to all 600GB drives. The current firmware doesn't support using all 12 drives in single array. Furthermore, the current firmware has known performance issues.
When we first got the array, we were able to download all the software freely from Sun, including the CAM and firmware we have on there now. The latest firmware was also freely available on Sun's site prior to their acquisition and Oracle hasn't made any updates to the firmware that I'm aware of.
chilinski, to your point, lots of people were able get for free what Oracle is charging for now. An argument could be made that anyone who downloaded the firmware prior to the acquisition would have the license to install that firmware on any array.
Either way, I've called Oracle trying to buy a support contract, but they won't let me. From what I understand, without having an original receipt from Sun or an authorized Sun vendor, Oracle we simple cannot get a support contract for this Sun hardware. If anyone can tell me otherwise, I'm all ears.
I do have an Oracle support *account* that was migrated from the free Sun account, but I cannot access the firmware URL. I can only assume that's due to not having a support contract.
If I'd had any idea that Oracle would be like this, I would have stayed on top of the firmware and downloaded the later version prior to the buyout.
I just want a properly-working array.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
usbprog
USBPROG(1) USBprog USBPROG(1)
NAME
usbprog - Programmer for the USBprog hardware
SYNOPSIS
usbprog [options] [commands]
DESCRIPTION
USBprog has two modes: An interactive mode and a batch mode. Both mode use exactly the same commands. As every command takes a fixed number
of arguments, no separator is necessary between commands -- just specify as much commands as you would like to execute.
The help command gives a list of all commands, ? command can be used to get help for a specific command. Example:
(usbprog) help
(usbprog) ? upload
OPTIONS
Following options can be specified, both for the interactive and the batch mode:
-h | --help
Prints a short help.
-v | --version
Prints the version number to standard output.
-d | --datadir datadir
Uses datadir instead of ~/.usbprog.
-o | --offline
Don't try to connect to the internet. Use the cached firmware and index file(s) only.
-D | --debug
Enable debugging output.
COMMANDS
This section describes all commands. As mentioned above, the syntax is the same for interactive and batch usage.
help This just prints an overview about every command, i.e. the command name and an one-sentence description.
helpcmd | ? command
Print a detailed description for command.
exit | quit
Quit the program. On Unix, you can also send an EOF by pressing Ctrl-d on your terminal.
copying | license
Prints a short license (GPL) text and the version number of the program.
list | firmwares
Prints a list of available firmwares. A [*] shows that the firmware is available in the offline cache.
download firmware
Downloads the specified firmware. Use the same string as you retrieved from the firmwares command described above. This command
doesn't work in offline mode.
info firmware
Shows some basic information about firmware like what it does, the latest version number, the author and the USB ID which the
USBprog device has after this firmware has been uploaded. See also the pins command.
pins firmware
This shows the PIN assignment of firmware and the meaning of the LED and jumpers. See also the info command for basic information
about the firmware.
cache clean | delete
clean deletes all old firmware versions from the firmware cache, i.e. if the latest version of a firmware is 5, then it deletes the
versions 0 to 4 if they are still on disk. The delete command deletes the whole firmware cache. Only the index and history file are
in the cache directory after executing this command.
devices
Shows a list of connected USB devices related to USBprog. The currently used update device an be set with device and is also marked
in the output.
device number | name
Sets the update device for the upload command. You have to use the integer number or the device name you retrieved from the devices
command.
upload firmware | file
Uploads a new firmware. The firmware identifier can be found with the list command. Alternatively, you can also specify a file name
on the disk. The extension doesn't matter.
FILES
~/.usbprog/version.xml
Index file, downloaded from http://www.ixbat.de/usbprog/versions.xml.
~/.usbprog/history
The saved readline(1) history.
~/.usbprog/*
The rest in that directory are firmware files. The naming scheme is name.version.
AUTHOR
The USBprog program and documentation has been written by Bernhard Walle <bernhard@bwalle.de>.
SEE ALSO
usbprog-gui(1), http://www.embedded-projects.net/index.php?page_id=135
0.2.0 2010-01-04 USBPROG(1)