HP X.25/9000 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 Manufacturing Part Number: J2793-90061 E0606 © Copyright 1983-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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1 HP X.25 Release Notes The information in this document applies to the release of X.25 version B.11.11.00 with patch PHNE_34754 for HP-UX 11i v1.
HP X.25 Release Notes Announcement Announcement This version of X.25 software, is supported on systems running HP-UX 11i v1. This version is currently available via the PHNE_34754 patch. Following lists the new features that this version of X.25 provides: • Support for configuring source and destination SAP IDs with unique, user defined values for X.25 over LLC2 interface. • Support for High Availability feature for X.25 over LLC2 interface. For details, see “What Is in This Version” on page 5.
HP X.25 Release Notes What Is in This Version What Is in This Version This version of X.25 is supported on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. Following are the new features in this version of X.25: • Support for configuring source and destination SAP IDs with unique user defined values for X.25 over LLC2 interface. Source SAP ID (SSAP) and destination SAP ID (DSAP) can now be assigned user defined and unique values. For more details, see HP X.25/9000 User’s Guide at: http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#X.
HP X.25 Release Notes What Is in This Version The OLAR feature provides the ability to replace/add PCI I/O cards of similar kinds on a HP-UX system without the need for completely shutting down and then re-booting the system or affecting other system components. The system hardware uses the per-slot power control combined with operating system support to enable this feature. Fixes See the section, “Patches and Fixes in this Version” for a list of the fixes included in this version.
HP X.25 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds This section describes known problems and workarounds for version B.11.11.00 of the J2793B X.25 product. • Coexistence between the X.25 PSI cards and the ACC (Advanced Communication Controller) cards on the same system is not supported. You can use PSI cards supported by the J2793B product or ACC cards supported by the Z7476AA product, but do not install both cards on the same system. If the X.
HP X.25 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Table 1-1 Recommended Window Sizes (Continued) Level 3 Packet Size Level 2 Window Size 128 1 - 127 64 1 - 127 32 1 - 127 16 1 - 127 • nettl sequence numbering in traces may be incorrect with modulo-128. Workaround. You may disregard the sequence numbering information, or use strace to see Level 3 packet sequence numbers.
HP X.25 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds • When configuring the J3525 card using SAM the following error message maybe seen on the SAM screen: Configuration information has been downloaded to x25_0p1. With out connection to the network the x25card can not enabled. The above error message can be ignored if the SAM screen indicates that the card is enabled.
HP X.25 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements The following section lists the hardware and software requirements for the J2793B X.25 product. Installation Requirements Version B.11.11.00 of J2793B requires the HP-UX 11i software to be installed and correctly configured. To use the OLAR feature, your system must be running HP-UX 11i.
HP X.25 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 Supported Adapters (Continued) Supported Adapters Number of Ports J3526A Table 1-3 Adapters HP-UX 11i OS Bus Type 4 PCI 32- or 64-bit Supported Interfaces RS-232 V.35/V.36 X.21 RS-449 RS-530 J2792A 64 Kbps 64 Kbps 256 Kbps 256 Kbps NA J2794A 64 Kbps 64 Kbps NA 1.
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HP X.25 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version The following fixes are included in this version. The fixes that went into the version 11.00.07 of the product are applicable for this version too. Table 1-5 SR Number Fixes Description 8606106179 x25stop hang when connected to a switch with a non-standard behavior 8606136029 Downloading the firmware to HP-PB PSI card hangs. 8606152642 x25streams: IP over X.
HP X.25 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Table 1-5 SR Number Fixes (Continued) Description 8606359693 With Flow Control Negotiation turned on, incoming flow control facility status (off) was ignored and ACC/X25 fails to fall back to the default un-negotiated values. 8606359695 padem(1) does not create log files with appropriate permissions. 8606359698 x25init(1M) may fail while configuring a J3526A card with the following message: [x25init] Downloading X.25 interface ....
HP X.25 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Table 1-5 SR Number Fixes (Continued) Description 8606231715 The level 2 state toggles between up and down and a lot of CRC errors, bad frames and other issues are reported in statistics. This problem has been found while the X.25 J3526A card was connected to a Cisco router using V.35. 8606228517 When the HP-PB PSI card reports numerous "receive aborts", using "x25stat" command many times can lead to a system panic.
HP X.25 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Table 1-5 SR Number Fixes (Continued) Description 8606212990 When more than one process/thread is using the same socket descriptor and the socket is put to non-blocking mode, the select() on the receive may hang even though there is data to process. 8606218073 The system panics in the X.25 socket layer code with the top of the panic stack containing "XIQ_F0_a_data_ind+0x168".
HP X.25 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Table 1-5 SR Number Fixes (Continued) Description 8606177884 Uni-processor system hangs when SS7 traffic is stopped and trying to bring down the SS7 subsystem at the same time. 8606177890 "ricreset" on J3526A card displays "heartbeat" failure message. 8606178446 NetTL tracing for SX25L2 on a J3526A (4-port) card port logs bad information which "netfmt" is not able to format properly.
HP X.25 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages This version of the J2793B software is available only in English. Also, the documentation for version B.11.11.00 of the J2793B X.25 software is available only in English. However, Appendix A of the X.25/9000 User's Guide provides instructions for using French, Italian and German Subscription forms when configuring the X.25 software.
