PCI Mux Release Notes

Release Note for HP-UX 11.0x
What’s New in Version B.11.00.15
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What’s New in Version B.11.00.15
The information in this section is for the current version of the PCI RS-232 Mux products.
Features and Benefits
This version of the PCI Mux software offers the following new features and benefits:
• When you order any of the PCI cards, the software ships free. The software is bundled
with the hardware and requires no software license or codeword. Software support,
manuals, and release notes are also part of the hardware product structure.
All Versions PCI Mux card and driver
#0B1 Add manual set (HP EISA/PCI Multiplexer Family Cabling, Diagnostics
and Troubleshooting Manual)
#0D1 Factory integration and software ignition
#AVN Release notes
#Support Hardware and software support
• The tool emux_diag displays the board revision number to determine whether a card is a
3.3 volt version or a 5.0 volt version without having to open the system cabinet. The board
version number may be found under the drop-down menu titled Driver Status, selection
Board Status, field Rev_ID. The meaning of each code is as follows:
— Revision number 5 means a 3.3 volt, 8-port PCI mux card
— Revision number 4 or 6 means a 3.3 volt, 64-port PCI mux card
— Any other number means a 5 volt card
• q4 debugging functionality has been added. PCI-MUX code symbols and data structures
from can be formatted using q4. This helps faster analysis of crash dumps in new library
file libpci_muxdbg.o.