ATM Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 Edition 6 HP-UX Systems Manufacturing Part Number: J3572-90013 August 2003 U.S.A. © Copyright 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P. All rights reserved.
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ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Announcement Announcement The following information is for the ATM product on HP-UX 11i v2. For a complete list of corresponding ATM software for each ATM adapter, refer to Chapter 2 of the ATM Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide (HP Part Number - B1056-90008).
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 What’s in This Version What’s in This Version The information in this section is for version M.11.23 of the ATM link software products. This software is designed to run on HP-UX version 11i v2. Software Availability Table 1-1 below shows how the ATM software and cards are available on HP-UX 11i v2 platform.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The known problems and corresponding workarounds for version M.11.23 of the ATM link software on HP-UX 11i v2 are as follows: • For those wishing to use OLAR, your system may need to update its firmware. For additional details, please refer to the Readme Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i v2 document provided with your HP product.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Known Problems and Workarounds • During system startup, an ELAN interface’s initialization might not complete before the IP initialization stars. This can lead to errors if the IP configuration uses that ELAN interface. An example of this is when static routes use the ELAN interface. Workaround: To avoid this, a tunable delay parameter (ATM_ELAN_TIMEOUT) has been added to the ATM subsystem file (/etc/rc.config.d/atmconf).
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Known Problems and Workarounds • 10 In an HA configuration with local recovery, if you have floating IP addresses configured, you may not be able to traffic after both the primary and backup elan interfaces go down, and the primary elan interface comes up before the secondary interface.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements This section describes the requirements for installing version M.11.23 of the ATM link software on HP-UX 11i v2. Software Requirements The various software requirements for this release of ATM are described in the subsections below. High Availability Requirements To use the High Availability feature for remote recovery, version A.11.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Hardware Requirements You must have an appropriate ATM adapter installed in your HP-UX system. You can combine adapters, as long as they are all supported for your system. The table below lists the supported adapter configurations for HP-UX 11i v2. Note that discontinued adapters are not shown.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements • The “Maximum VCs per Adapter” also depends on the HP-UX systems available RAM at system boot time—the driver checks the amount and limits the number of available VCs accordingly. The table below shows, for each affected adapter, the amount of available RAM and the corresponding VC limit. Note that discontinued adapters are not shown.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements If ATM software is not already installed, install the ATM software (the system is automatically rebooted as part of the install process). The ATM software can be installed as part of an OS update or OS installation on HP-UX 11i. Software Installation Instructions See the ATM Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide (p/n B1056-90008) for detailed information about installing the ATM link software.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version This section lists the fixes that have been applied in this version of the ATM link software products.
ATM Release Note for HP-UX 11i v2 Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages The Native Language Support for all ATM software products are as follows: • The software is available only in English. • The product manuals—for both the software and the adapters—are available only in English.
