On Sat, Jun 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM Glen Slick <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM Jon Elson via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Oh my gosh! I just found a document that says units with > > A-D firmware rev levels do NOT have the firmware resident > > diagnostics! > > > > That seems to be the likely cause of the problem. Does > > anybody have the EPROM dump from an E65E or above firmware > > of an Emulex QD21 ESDI disk controller? I have plenty of > > 128K EPROMS here to reprogram. > > > > I have dumps of E65G and E65J handy. Those are 32KB dumps so you need > a 256K EPROM, not a 128K EPROM. E65J is what I currently have > installed on all of my QD21 controllers. >
The Rev G firmware has the following on board main menu: ======================================================== Emulex Corporation Copyright All rights reserved QD21 controller, firmware revision level IP address = Option menu 1 - Format 2 - Format and verify 3 - Verify 4 - Read only test 5 - Data reliability test 6 - List known units 7 - Replace block 8 - Display Novram 9 - Edit / Load Novram Enter option number: The Rev J firmware has the following on board main menu: ======================================================== Firmware-Resident Diagnostic Copyright (c) 1988 Emulex Corporation all rights reserved QD21 controller, firmware revision level IP address = Option menu 1 - Self Test Loop 2 - Format 3 - Verify 4 - Format and Verify 5 - Data Reliability Test 6 - Format, Verify, and Data Reliability Test 7 - Read Only Test 8 - List Known Units 9 - Replace Block 10 - Print RCT 11 - Display Novram 12 - Edit / Load Novram Enter option number:
