Good advice....I'll check it out this morning...

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Gary Andresen wrote:

> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:40:50 -0800
> From: Gary Andresen <gary.andresen AT pnwdata DOT com>
> To: 'Kathryn Hemness' <kfhemness AT ucdavis DOT edu>,
>      'Tim Hoke' <thoke AT northpeak DOT org>
> Cc: "'Chapman, Scott'" <Scott.Chapman AT icbc DOT com>,
>      veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] RE:Veritas-bu] End of Tape (from Nov. 2004)
>
> Unless you know for sure that the HBA's were manufactured two months ago you
> can't go by purchase date as a way to guarantee the HBA has the latest
> firmware. Before you purchased the HBA's they could have been sitting on a
> shelf for who knows how long :--).
>
> G
>
> Gary Andresen
> Impossible Happens, Plan Ahead
> Pacific Northwest Data Inc.
> Tel: 503.701.5185
> Fax: 503.692.3910
> gary.andresen AT pnwdata DOT com
> www.pnwdata.com
>
>

--kathy

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