HP-PB Token Ring Release Notes HP 9000 Networking Manufacturing Part Number: J2166-90049 E1201 United States © Copyright 2001 Hewlett-Packard Company.
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HP-PB Token Ring Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 The following information is for HP-PB Token Ring LAN adapters on HP-UX version 11.00. What’s in this Version The following describes the HP-PB Token Ring products for the K-class, T-class, and series 800 servers. Fixes This version of the product contains a fix for a defect where the system panics with HPMC. In addition, it contains fixes for defects listed in the following patches: PHNE_20536, PHNE_18922, PHNE_17355, and PHNE_15000.
HP-PB Token Ring Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds None Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Software Requirements • HP-UX 11.0 operating system Hardware Requirements • K-class, T-class, or series 800 servers • CD-ROM drive Memory and Disk Space Requirements • 16 MB memory • 550 KB free disk space Install/Upgrade With System Up or Down • Install the HP-PB Token Ring card with the system down.
HP-PB Token Ring Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Patches and Fixes for this Version (B.11.00.07) Patches and Fixes for this Version (B.11.00.07) Fix: • The HP-PB Token Ring driver panics during reset state. The HP-PB Token Ring driver tries to handle control command completion interrupts during reset state and hence it panics.
HP-PB Token Ring Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Patches and Fixes for this Version (B.11.00.07) The fix is to perform the range check before accessing the data structure, therefore preventing memory corruption and subsequent panic. Patch PHNE_17355: • The card can go into a hung state and an error message will be logged in the ‘/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log’ file. A bug in the firmware can create a situation such that the firmware sends inbound frames with the size larger than the configured MTU.
HP-PB Token Ring Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Patches and Fixes for this Version (B.11.00.07) The driver now marks the “Operational Status” as “UP” when driver initialization is successfully completed. • When the HP-PB Token Ring card is used with a Token ring card supporting 4500 MTU size, the network may hang. Since the maximum size for the HP-PB Token Ring card is 4170, it will ignore incoming packets of a size greater than 4170.
