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DSI Development Package for Linux - Release Notes Release Notes for V6.03

Release Notes for V6.03

1 Overview

This release of the Dialogic

SS7 Development Package for Linux includes

updated support for the Dialogic

DSI SS7MD Network Interface Board to

allow termination of ATM Q.SAAL links. This release also includes

enhancements to the inter-process message passing mechanism to allow 64

bit applications to co-exist with the 32 bit Dialogic

DSI Host Protocol

Software.

This is the first release since V6.01 and is backwards compatible with that

release although all users will need to adjust the kernel settings as detailed in

section 2.1 to provision additional capacity within internal message queues.

NOTE: This applies to all users, irrespective of the functionality being used.

Users should note that this release is no longer compatible with old style

statically linked Host Protocol binaries or with the host utilities provided with

Development Package V4.01 or earlier.

1.1 Resolved Customer Issues

Updates to resolve the following customer issues are included in this release:

IPY00080025, IPY00080200, IPY00080425.

2 New Functionality

2.1 Adjusting kernel parameters

Due to the change made to support co-existence of 32 and 64 bit binaries in

a common environment it is necessary to increase the values of certain

kernel parameters. The required changes are detailed in the Dialogic

Distributed Signaling Interface Components - Software Environment

Programmer's Manual, U10SSS Issue 7.

2.2 SS7MD ATM Q.SAAL Link Termination

This release adds the ability to use and configure SS7 links to operate in ATM

mode over a T1/E1 interface. It includes updated versions of the s7_mgt

configuration utility and of the Device Driver for the SS7MD board.

Operation and configuration of terminated ATM links are detailed in the

Dialogic

DSI SS7MD Network Interface Boards Programmer’s Manual, Issue

3. In order to use this functionality it is necessary to use ss7.dc6 or ima.dc6

code files V1.08 or later.

2.3 Support for 64 bit Applications

The Development Package now includes both 32 bit and 64 bit GCTLIB shared

object shared libraries, allowing 64 bit applications to co-exist with 32 bit DSI

software. For full details refer to the Dialogic

Distributed Signaling Interface

Components - Software Environment Programmer's Manual, Issue 7.