<html><head><base href="x-msg://37/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Under what statue/laws would he be breaking? It's a pet peeve of mine that people throw around the word "illegal" when it would most likely be a civil contract manner. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Mar 1, 2011, at 6:17 AM, Mr. Dickerson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">First of all, it is illegal to "sell" any hardware OS that Brocade owns the property rights to, this includes the older Foundry code. I would highly recommend that nobody takes this road with you. Technically speaking, it is also illegal to "share" any access information with someone who is not an authorized user under that service contract which allows access to the sites. If someone is found sharing their access with a non-authorized user, they could potentially be denied access also.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>You best bet would be to contact Brocade and get an authorized copy of the software you need. Just to let you know, you will also need the boot image for your targeted software image before you can successfully perform your upgrade.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Thank you in advance.<br>Regards,<br><br>Terry Dickerson<br>Brocade Communications<br>Brocade Resident Consultant - 4<br>BCNP/BCNE/BCLE4-7/BCEFE<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"<a href="mailto:lausgans@gmail.com">lausgans@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:lausgans@gmail.com">lausgans@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net">foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tue, March 1, 2011 1:29:51 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[f-nsp] Fwd: Seeking firmware for Foundry / Brocade FES2402 switch<br></font><br>Hi! I'm currently seeking a firmware for Foundry<br>FastIron 2402 (FES2402) switch, non-premium version.<br>Mine is very old. Here is an output from my device.<br><br>BR-SSH@pigiron>sh ver<br> SW: Version 03.5.01Tc1 Copyright (c) 1996-2006 Foundry Networks, Inc.<br> Compiled on Jun 24 2006 at 21:37:14 labeled as FEL03501<br> (2732353 bytes) from Secondary fel03501.bin<br> Boot Monitor: Version 03.5.00Tc4<br> HW: Stackable FES2402<br>==========================================================================<br> Serial #: FWXXXXXXXX<br> 330 MHz Power PC processor 8245 (version 129/1014) 66 MHz bus<br> 512 KB boot flash memory<br>16384 KB code flash memory<br> 128 MB DRAM<br>The system uptime is 6 days 1 hours 32 minutes 7 seconds<br>The system started at 08:45:09 GMT+03 Wed Feb 23 2011<br><br>The system : started=cold start<br><br>BR-SSH@pigiron>sh flash<br>Compressed Pri Code size = 2207650, Version 03.5.01Tc1 (fes03501.bin)<br>Compressed Sec Code size = 2732353, Version 03.5.01Tc1 (fel03501.bin)<br>Compressed Boot-Monitor Image size = 49021, Version 03.5.00Tc4<br>Compressed Boot-Tftp Code size = 184111, Version 03.5.00Tc5<br>Default BootROM Contents Info:<br> Boot Loader Rev: 1a<br> Monitor Image Version: 03.01.02Tc4<br> Boot-Tftp Image Version: 03.01.02Tc5<br>Code Flash Free Space = 11337728<br><br>Can anybody share/sell most recent firmware for my device? Because i'm<br>ready to buy support contract from Brocade just to support single EOL<br>device.<br>Since many of you can have contract that allows access to KP Foundry<br>portal (legacy IP products), i hope someone can help me.<br><br>P.S.: The latest firmware at the 11/2010 was a FES 04.1.01c (i.e.<br>FES04101c) according to information that i got from Brocade support.<br><br>Thanks!<br>_______________________________________________<br>foundry-nsp mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net" href="mailto:foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net">foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net</a><br><a href="http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp" target="_blank">http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp</a><br></div></div></div><br><span><ATT00001..c></span></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>