Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsb!irwin From: irwin@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: Verdict: avoid Emulex TC7000 + Cip Message-ID: <165900002@uiucdcsb> Date: 16 Dec 87 21:52:00 GMT References: <7544@elsie.UUCP> Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:elsie.UUCP:7544:uiucdcsb:165900002:000:691 Nf-From: uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu!irwin Dec 16 15:52:00 1987 Now, for the other side of the coin. We have a Vax750, with a TC7000, handling a Kennedy tri-density 9400 tape drive. We HAD the same bug when we installed it. I called Tech Support at Emulex, and they said ahhhhh, I know what the bug is. We will send you a new firmware set (free) to put in your TC7000 and the bug will be gone. They did, we installed it and the bug went away. We have now been using this for two years, BUG FREE. It would seem that not everyone has had the same luck that you have. As a matter of fact, with nine Vaxen in house, almost all of the controllers are Emulex and we have had very good luck with them and their tech support group, when ever a question came up.