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About This Document Current ACC Release is B.03.40. The software products are re-structured to simplify the product choices. Only one(1) software product is offered in this release: • Z7344A: ACC/X.25 Software Bundle This bundled product provides the ACC base software, the ACC low-level X.25 software/firmware and the ACC interface software to support the X.25/9000 product. A compatible version of the X.25/9000 software is also provided.
Contents 1. Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 About This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 What’s in Version B.03.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 New Features and Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 About This Chapter About This Chapter These release notes cover Advanced Communications Controller (ACC) version B.03.40 for HP-UX 11i V.2. This chapter provides information about what is new for the B.03.40 release and the differences between the B.03.40 and the B.03.30 releases is provided.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 What’s in Version B.03.40 What’s in Version B.03.40 The following information is for version B.03.40 of the Advanced Communications Controller (ACC) products that are supported on HP-UX 11i V.2. This version introduces new features and enhancements. Benefits ACC Release B.03.40 is a major release. It is the first release that runs on HP-UX 11i V.2.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Known Problems and Workarounds for ACC Products Known Problems and Workarounds for ACC Products This section describes known problems and workarounds for version B.03.40 of the ACC software products.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Software Requirements • Products Z7344A ACC/X.25 Software Bundle requires J2793B X.25/9000 product to be installed first or together.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Patches and Fixes for this Version Patches and Fixes for this Version All the fixes and patches released for earlier releases B.03.xx are incorporated in this release of ACC software. The following table describes the major fixes. Table 1-1 Defects fixed in this release Symptoms 1 Reference: JAGae05984 x25stat reports incorrect information on flow control negotiation.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Patches and Fixes for this Version Table 1-1 Defects fixed in this release (Continued) Symptoms 4 Reference:JAGae23843 Panics when ACC is started using “zmasterd”, while ACC is already up and running. A sample stack trace is as follows: Defect/Fix The panic was a result of race condition between zmasterd shutdown and x25subsystem shutdown. The fix is to check for a NULL vctbl in x25susbsytem shutdown.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Patches and Fixes for this Version Table 1-1 Defects fixed in this release (Continued) Symptoms 5 Reference: JAGae30469 Panics when an unsolicited event is received on a detached PVC. Stack trace is as follows: Defect/Fix The fix is to prevent Detach and Reset of a PVC to happen simultaneously. This is done by detach request waiting for reset complete, if a reset is going on in the same PVC.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Patches and Fixes for this Version Table 1-1 Defects fixed in this release (Continued) Symptoms 6 Reference: JAGae40056 Panics when x25stop and n2z_pcfg are done on the same port. Stack trace is as follows: Defect/Fix x25stop when run on a port invalidates its data structures. This when accessed by n2z_pcfg causes the panic. The fix is to check whether the data structures are valid before accessing them.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Patches and Fixes for this Version Table 1-1 Defects fixed in this release (Continued) Symptoms 7 Reference: JAGae51865 Panics with data page fault when handling disconnect request on a zlu whose outbound queue is being flushed at the same time.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.40 Patches and Fixes for this Version Table 1-1 Defects fixed in this release (Continued) Symptoms 8 Reference: JAGae52186 x25stat command “hangs” when run on the mux+port combination, whose terminals are disabled. 9 Reference: JAGae53365 System panic (in N2Z_F0_wput) can occur when many VCs are being established and/or transferring data and a zmasterd stop is executed.
Advanced Communications Controller Release Notes for B.03.
