IRIX® 6.5.
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy. Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 Telephone (650) 960-1980 FAX (650) 961-0595 August 2002 Dear Valued Customer, SGI® is pleased to present the new IRIX® 6.5.17 maintenance and feature release. Starting with IRIX® 6.5, SGI created a new software upgrade strategy, which delivers both the maintenance (6.5.17m) and feature (6.5.17f) streams. This upgrade is part of a family of releases that periodically enhances IRIX 6.5.
for software supported by SGI: Active, Maintenance, Limited, Legacy, Courtesy, Divested, Retired, and Expired. Active Mode is our highest level of service. It applies to products that are being actively developed and maintained and are orderable through general distribution. Software fixes for all levels of problems can be expected. Maintenance Mode software is maintained and is still an important part of our product mix. No new functionality is added to products in this support mode.
Courtesy Mode software is not officially part of the software support offerings. Courtesy mode software is not covered by software support contracts, and call center support is not available. An e-mail alias may be provided to facilitate customer communications and to address any technical questions. Response times will vary according to availability of resources. The e-mail alias may be terminated at any time without advance notice.
The webpage at http://support.sgi.com/irix/news/index.html#swmodes contains a link to a webpage where the eight software support modes are described in more detail. This webpage also contains links to the latest customer letters, which provide a list of the various software products that have changed support modes. We thank you for your continued commitment to SGI.
Welcome to your SGI IRIX 6.5.17 update. This booklet contains: • A list of key features in IRIX 6.5.17 • A list of CDs contained in the IRIX 6.5.
IRIX 6.5.17 Key New Features The following changes have been incorporated into the core IRIX 6.5.17 overlay CDs and the Applications CD. New Hardware Platforms or Features Fibre Channel Adapters • Updated firmware for QLogic 2 Gbit fibre channel adapters The firmware for the QLogic 2 Gbit fibre channel adapters, the 2300, 2310 and 2342, is being updated to version 3.01.07. With this firmware, the amber LED on the boards will flash when there is no cabled connected or there is no signal on a connected cable.
– Drag and drop XVM volume elements to create local and cluster volume topologies. – Drag and drop disks to label them or give them away. – See volume element and filesystem status changes instantly, reflected in color-coded icons. – Click buttons to create volume elements quickly. For information on the XVM Manager GUI, see the XVM Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide, 007-4003-011.
• CXFS upgrade: filesystem definitions The structure of the CXFS filesystem configuration was changed with the release of IRIX 6.5.13f. Backward compatibility with earlier versions is no longer maintained as of IRIX 6.5.14f, since all nodes in the cluster must be running the same or adjacent releases. – If you are upgrading from IRIX 6.5.13f to 6.5.14f or later, there is no further impact. – If you are upgrading from IRIX 6.5.
SGML or XML documents to be published directly into HTML (our delivery format). These same tools are available to you as part of the “SGI Book Building Tools” product; formerly the “IRIS InSight Professional Publisher”.
A conversion process is provided (the existing insightAdmin command). Various options for performing the conversion are available through this tool. It is important to note that the conversion only needs to be done once, unless additional products are installed that still contain books in the “old format”. Be advised that this process can be time consuming. Total time is based on the size and number of books that need to be converted, and the availability of system resources.
NFS • NFS Version 3 Client Update The overall behavior of the NFS Version 3 client has been modified to improve mixed and heavy load performance. Most casual users of NFS will probably notice little change.
Cluster Management • New build_cmgr_script(1M) command The build_cmgr_script(1M) command generates a cmgr(1M) script from the cluster database. The script can be used later to recreate the cluster database after performing a cdbreinit. For further information, see the build_cmgr_script(1M) man page. Device Drivers • Device drivers and kernel threads For the IRIX 6.5.17 release, device drivers can create kernel threads not associated with particular interrupts to act as daemons and do background processing.
Networking • New networking interface functions In IRIX 6.5.
– The freeaddrinfo() function frees one or more addrinfo structures returned by getaddrinfo(), along with any additional storage associated with those structures. – The getipnodebyname() and getipnodebyaddr() functions are for node name to address and address to node name translations for a given address family type. – The getaddrinfo(), getnameinfo(), getipnodebyname() and getipnodebyaddr() functions are thread-safe.
For more information, see the getaddrinfo(3), getnameinfo(), gai_strerror(3), freeaddrinfo(3), getipnodebyname(3), getipnodebyaddr(3), freehostent(3), if_indextoname(3), if_nametoindex(3), if_nameindex(3), and if_freenameindex(3) man pages. Graphic Workstations • New Falls screen saver The Falls screen saver is a new choice that can be selected from the IRIX screen saver control panel. It is an OpenGL depiction of a waterfall. System Availability For FailSafe customers, if you install IRIX 6.5.
since November 2000, as well as the latest IRIX Support Policy documents, visit the IRIX Support Policy webpage located at: http://support.sgi.com/news/support/index.html Applications CD The following products were added to the IRIX Applications CD for this release: • MPT 1.6 - Message Passing Toolkit MPT was previously released on a separate CD. It is also available as a free download from the http://www.sgi.com/products/evaluation Products Evaluation page. It includes MPI 4.0 and SMA 3.2. • SCSL 1.4.0.
Teleffect was moved from the Teleffect CD to the Applications CD. The Teleffect product enables the sharing of a single keyboard and mouse between multiple IRIX or Windows NT systems. An NT install shield for Teleffect is located in /CDROM/NT/TeleffectInstall.exe. The following products were updated with bugfixes only: • Impressario Printing Tools • Webviewer • IRIX Interactive Desktop • IRIX Interactive Desktop Tools • IRIX Interactive Desktop Administration In IRIX 6.5.
• SGI Webserver 1.3.26 • FLEXlm License Tools 3.4.7 The floating license server was upgraded to FLEXlm v8.1b. For a detailed list of new features and bugfixes see the release notes. • InSight 5.0 • InSight Dev 5.0 • Information Searching Execution Environment 6.5.17m • SgSearch 4.0 InSight, SgSearch, and InfoSearch changed from being overlay images to being full images.
Freeware CDs The following changes have been incorporated into the August 2002 update to the SGI IRIX Freeware Project. New products for this release: • apache2-2.0.39 - Apache web server • bbdate-0.2.1 - blackbox date tool • bbmail-0.8.2 - blackbox mail tool • bbpager-0.3.0 - blackbox window pager • bbtime-0.1.3 - blackbox clock tool • bbweather-0.4 - blackbox weather tool • blackbox-0.62.1 - blackbox window manager • curl-7.9.5 - URL transfer tool • emiclock-1.0.
• jam-2.3 - make(1) replacement • libao-0.8.2 - simple portable audio output library • libesmtp-0.8.12 -library for posting e-mail • libogg-1.0rc3 - Ogg streaming multimedia library • libvorbis-1.0rc3 -Vorbis audio compression library • mm-1.1.3 - shared memory library • mod_ssl-2.8.9-1.3.26 - SSL module for sgi_apache server • mpt-helpers-1.0 - Message-Passing wrapper libraries • netcat-1.10 - Network based cat program • nttcp-1.47 - New Trivial TCP testing tool • pcre-3.
Updated products for this release: • analog-5.23 - HTTPD Logfile Analyser • apache-1.3.26 - Apache web server • automake-1.6.2 - generate autoconf files • balsa-1.2.4 - GNOME mail client • bash-2.05a - GNU bourne again shell • bison-1.35 - GNU replacement for yacc(1) • bonobo-1.0.20 - GNOME compound document library • bug-buddy-2.0.8 - GNOME bug reporting tool • control-center-1.4.0.5 - GNOME control center • cpio-2.5 - GNU file archiver • diffutils-2.8.
• gawk-3.1.1 - GNU awk • GConf-1.0.9 - GNOME Config System • gdb-5.2 - GNU debugger • gdk-pixbuf-0.18.0 - image handling library • gedit-0.9.7 - GNOME text editor • gimp-1.2.3 - GNU Image Manipulation Program • glade-0.6.4 - GNOME User Interface builder • gnome-applets-1.4.0.5 - GNOME panel applications • gnome-core-1.4.1 - GNOME desktop core programs • gnome-games-1.4.0.4 - GNOME games • gnome-libs-1.4.1.7 - GNOME libraries • gnome-print-0.36 - printing libraries for GNOME • gnome-utils-1.4.1.
• libxml2-2.4.22 - XML parsing and manipulation • mc-4.5.55 - Midnight Commander visual shell • mozilla-1.0rc3 - Mozilla for IRIX • ncftp-3.1.3 - ncftp is an enhanced ftp client • nethack-3.4.0 - Rogue-like role playing game • netpbm-9.25 - command line image tools • oaf-0.6.10 - GNOME Object Activation Framework • openssl-0.9.6d - Secure Sockets Layer Toolkit • opie-2.4 - one-time password system • ORBit-0.5.17 - CORBA 2.2 compliant Object Request Broker • perl-5.6.
• sudo-1.6.6 - restricted superuser access • tar-1.13.25 - GNU tar • unzip-5.50 - Info-ZIP UnZip Archive uxtraction utilities • vera-1.9 - dictionary of computational acronyms • wget-1.8.2 - batch site mirroring tool • xmms-1.2.7-sgipl1 - X Multimedia System sound player • xmorph-2001jul27 - image morphing program Products that were omitted for this release: • gnomehack-1.0.
Documentation The following manuals have been revised for the significant new features incorporated into this release. • IRIX Admin: Resource Administration, 007-3700-011, adds information about new options to the cpuset(1) command. • IRIX Device Driver Programmer’s Guide, 007-0911-190, documents creating kernel threads not associated with particular interrupts. • CXFS Version 2 Software Installation and Administration Guide, 007-4016-014, contains a new appendix with an example /etc/ipfilterd.
• InSight Professional Publisher’s User Guide, 007-2863-003, has been updated to document the upgrade to the online documentation tools. • REACT Real-Time Programmer’s Guide, 007-2499-009, adds information on using threaded or nonthreaded interrupts when writing VME drivers.
Key New Features from IRIX 6.5.1 to IRIX 6.5.16 Hardware Platforms and Features Supported Introduced in IRIX 6.5.15: • Support for PCI Expansion Module to Origin 300 systems Introduced in IRIX 6.5.14: • Support for the SGI Origin 300 server series. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.13: • Support for the 500MHz ebpageebpage000 processor on SGI Origin 2000 and Onyx2 systems Introduced in IRIX 6.5.12: • Support for the 500MHz R14000 processor on SGI Origin 3000 series and Onyx 3000 systems Introduced in IRIX 6.5.
• Support for the QED RM7000 processor on Silicon Graphics O2 systems Introduced in IRIX 6.5.8: • Support initiated for VPro Graphics, the next generation graphics for Silicon Graphics Octane systems Introduced in IRIX 6.5.
Introduced in IRIX 6.5.3: • Systems using the MIPS R12000 processor • Digital Video Multiplexer option board (DPLEX) for Silicon Graphics Onyx2 systems • Redundant Power Supply (RPS) • 21" Monitor Support for O2 and Octane systems Introduced in IRIX 6.5.2: • Flat Panel Monitor for O2 systems • 16-pipe Onyx2 InfiniteReality systems • GSN network adapter Introduced in IRIX 6.5.
New Software Features-Feature Stream Only Introduced in IRIX 6.5.16 • For the IRIX 6.5.16f release, the -extend option was added to the XVM show command. • For IRIX 6.5.16f, CXFS features include the following: – Support for multiple operating system (multiOS) clients, such as Solaris nodes and Windows NT nodes.
jlimit_pthread_ign, jlimit_rss_ign, and jlimit_vmem_ign. For more information on kernel tunable parameters, see the setjusage(2) entry in Appendix A in IRIX Admin: Resource Administration. • IRIX 6.5.16f added the setjusage system call, used to update resource usage for jobs in the kernel. For more information, see the setjusage(2) man page and the setjusage(2) entry in Appendix A in IRIX Admin: Resource Administration. • The IRIX 6.5.16 release removed the ACCT_FS parameter in the /etc/csa.conf file.
information on administering XFS quotas, see IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems. Caution: Group quotas are supported in the feature stream only. If you implement group quotas on a disk and, subsequently, mount that disk with the pquota mount option on a machine running the maintenance stream or an earlier release of the feature stream on which group quotas are not supported, the quota accounting could be corrupted. • IRIX 6.5.15f provides the following new features for CXFS.
Introduced in IRIX 6.5.14 • The CXFS GUI was enhanced in the IRIX 6.5.14 release as follows: – CXFS Manager and CXFS Cluster View windows are now combined into one window called CXFS Manager. – Tasks can now be launched by clicking the right mouse button over the tree-view area, or by selecting Tasks on the menu bar. – Command line interfaces (CLIs) that the GUI runs can be viewed from a new File > Show SALog menu item.
nodes running 6.5.12 and 6.5.13, backwards compatibility is enforced by default in 6.5.13. See the CXFS Version 2 Software Installation and Administration Guide for more information • The XVM Volume Manager can be used when layered with the CXFS filesystem. The XVM Volume Manager can also be used as a standalone volume manager; this requires that you be running the 6.5.13f release leg of the IRIX operating system. The 6.5.
Introduced in IRIX 6.5.10: • XVM installed with CXFS is now qualified on IP35 (Origin 3000) systems in addition to the existing qualification on the IP27 (Origin 200, Origin 2000, and Onyx2) and IP30 (Octane) systems. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.9: • CXFS supports the use of hierarchical storage management (HSM) products through the data management application programming interface (DMAPI). • CXFS and IRIS FailSafe 2.1 can be installed and run on the same system, which is known as coexecution.
information on the administration of disk quotas by project, see the edquota(1M), find(1M), quota(1M), repquota(1M), and fstab(4) man pages. • Support for the waitjob feature, which includes the new functions setwaitjobpid() and waitjob(). For more information, see IRIX Admin: Resource Administration and the waitjob(1M) and setwaitjobpid(1M) man pages. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.8: • Support for Comprehensive System Accounting (CSA).
• Support for the CXFS product CXFS provides a cluster file system that allows file sharing between machines. CXFS requires a new volume manager, XVM. The IRIX 6.5.7 release version of CXFS contains metadata server recovery. See the CXFS Version 2 Software Installation and Administration Guide for the administrative shutdown procedures and additional troubleshooting information. The Caveat and Release Note Updates link at http://support.sgi.com/6.5/caveat_updates.
Maintenance and Feature Streams Introduced in IRIX 6.5.16: • IRIX 6.5.16 supports a new XThread Control Interface (XTCI) that allows users to control many interrupt thread parameters, including cpu binding. For information on this interface, see the realtime(5) man page. • For the IRIX 6.5.16 release, performance improvements have been made to the rtmond system monitoring daemon. For information on the rtmond daemon, see the rtmond(1) man page. • For the IRIX 6.5.
in which you suspect a CPU may have a hardware error but you do not want to shut down your entire system. For more information, see the “Excluding a CPU from Performing Work” section in IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation and the mpadmin(1) man page. • The IRIX 6.5.16 release includes two new options to the cpr command: – the cpr -w option that allows you to use the attribute file located in the current working directory (versus $HOME/.cpr).
Functions” in the IRIX Admin: Resource Administration manual and the cpusetMove(3x) and cpusetMoveMigrate(3x) man pages. • The IRIX 6.5.16 release adds a disable_uspollsema_chk systune variable for the usopenpollsema(3P) library call. This variable turns off the standard access mode checking on usopenpollsema(3P) (set on the first call to usopenpollsema(3P) via the acc parameter). Some older IRIX applications that were written to work with usopenpollsema(3P) may now require this variable.
For more information on kernel tunable parameters, see Appendix A in IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation. • IRIX 6.5.16 provides support for upgrading license_eoe to the FLEXlm 8.1a release from Globetrotter Software, Inc. The license manager daemon is built in V5 compatibility mode. For more information see the FLEXlm End User Manual and the associated man pages. IRIX 6.5.16 also provides support for upgrading license_dev to include new optional thread-safe FLEXlm 8.
For existing large filesystems with high numbered inodes this does not solve the problem, but it does solve it for new filesystems, and for new files created on existing filesystems. For backwards compatibility a new mount option is available, inode64, this will allow xfs to place inodes anywhere in the filesystem and follow exactly the original placement policies. Filesystems which were small enough not to be able to overflow 32 bits of inode number also retain the old behavior. • The 6.5.
This change has been made per field request because we have discovered that having gang scheduling on by default greatly diminishes system performance. Most customers have been running with it off. • The IRIX 6.5.15 release adds a coremask parameter set in the /var/sysgen/mtune/kernel file to determine what kind of permissions a core file will receive. Currently, when a process creates a core file, it uses the umask of the owner of the process to determine the permissions.
• A new partitioning administration command, partmgr(1M), is available to define and store partition definitions. For more information, see IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation. • The IRIX 6.5.15 release adds support for the /dev/poll interface for scalable and efficient event notification. For information on /dev/poll, see the poll(7M) man page. • For the IRIX 6.5.
(lmhostid). Any FLEXlm license based on the old non-partitioned lmhostid value will no longer work and a new license key must be generated. See the following webpage for additional details: http://www.sgi.com/support/licensing/. – Contact the applicable software product vendor and provide the lmhostid number of the partition to generate a new license key. For nodelock licenses, provide the lmhostid for all partitions of the software installed and operating.
Introduced in IRIX 6.5.14: • In the IRIX 6.5.5 release, SGI introduced a new optional directory format for XFS filesystems, referred to as the "version 2" directory format in mkfs output. Beginning with the IRIX 6.5.14 release, version 2 directories of XFS will be the default for all new filesystems created with mkfs. Version 1 directory filesystem creation will still be supported, but this will require that you specify the -n version=1 parameter of the mkfs command.
• The cpusetGetProperties() and cpusetFreeProperties() functions were added to the Cpuset System library. For information, see chapter 4, "Cpuset System", in the IRIX Admin: Resource Administration manual and the cpusetGetProperties(3x) and cpusetFreeProperties(3x) man pages. • Parts of the IRIX Interactive Desktop were refreshed in IRIX 6.5.14. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.13 • Improved exit codes for the xfsrestore and xfsdump commands.
media_change_alert_program specified with the -c option. This lets system administrators send commands to a tape jukebox to mount the next tape. • Changed the default size of an XFS log. The default log size grows with the size of the filesystem up to the maximum log size, 128 megabytes, on a 1 terabyte filesystem. For information on the default values of XFS allocation groups and XFS log sizes, see IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems.
a transfer and restart another one without taking down virtual connection. • VPro for Octane and OpenGL performance improvements.
improvement to the existing functionality that is used internally by the system. • The tools that report CPU utilization have been modified to correct the sampling of %WIO to omit idle time in line with industry standards. See the sar(1) man page for details. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.12 • OpenGL Performer 2.4.1 execution environment • The IRIX tape-support feature consists of a tape support driver, personality daemons, and a daemon that manages the personality daemons.
feature disables the reserved area of memory that the kernel provides for applications to place their mmap and shmat mappings. For more information, see the mmap(2), shmat(2), syssgi(2), and sgi_use_anyaddr(1) man pages. • Support for weightless pthreads; they allow you to lower the priority of a process by using the npri -w command. For more information, see the npri(1) man page. • Support for an increased maximum number of logical unit numbers (LUNs) in the SCSI infrastructure from 64 to 255.
/CDROM/dist/ directory of the IRIX 6.5.11 Overlays CD (3 of 3), February 2001. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.10: • Support for point-to-point connections between the QLogic 2200 fibre channel controller and the Brocade switch. • Support for the IRIX SCSI tape driver (TPSC) enhancements that let system administrators and privileged applications specify a persistent reservation on shared tape drives. For more information, see the mt(1) and mtio(7M) man pages.
Guide have been combined. The new document is called the Embedded Support Partner User Guide and will contain overview and usage information for the ESP 2.0 command line and graphical user interfaces. • Support for the SCSI Enclosure Services (SES). A new subsystem that manages the Fibre Channel drive enclosures has been added. The new daemon, sesdaemon, supports the Xyratex 12-slot enclosure and the Clarion 10-slot enclosure.
• Support for new Miser cpuset options. These options allow the creation of restrictive memory pools from the nodes that contain the CPUs listed in the configuration file.For more information on these options, see the cpuset(4) man page. • OpenGL Performer Runtime 2.2.8 overlay incorporates the latest fixes. • Documenter’s Workbench with the latest Y2000 bugfixes can be installed from the /CDROM/dist/unbundled directory of the IRIX 6.5.8 (or above) Overlays CD (2 of 3), May 2000. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.
• Open Inventor Runtime 2.1.6 overlay incorporates fixes included in versions 2.1.4 and 2.1.5. This overlay requires that the base Inventor 2.1.4 image be installed already, or with the overlay during the same install session. The Inventor 2.1.6 overlay can be installed on IRIX 6.5.5 and later. • OpenGL Performer Runtime 2.2.7 overlay incorporates the latest fixes. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.6: • Support for a multithreaded version of the automatic filesystem mount daemon autofsd. Introduced in IRIX 6.5.
command. For more information, see IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems and the mkfs_xfs(1M) man page. • Support for the math and scientific library SCSL 1.3. SCSL 1.3 will replace Challengecomplib on all supported system platforms at the time of the next major IRIX release. SCSL 1.3 can be downloaded from the SGI Download Cool Software webpage at http://www.sgi.com/Products/Evaluation.
Introduced in IRIX 6.5.4: • Support for the Miser queue repack policy. For more information, see the miser(4) and miser(5) man pages, and IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation, Chapter 7 “Managing User Processes.” • Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Client for accessing shared resources in distributed computing DCE/DFS serving environments – Kernel libraries only – Requires installation of DCE/DFS 1.2.2a software for full functionality Introduced in IRIX 6.5.
• New Software Manager and Inst configuration variable to more easily handle cases where configuration files are upgraded. See the smart_config_handling preference in inst or swmgr for more information. • Support for LDAP 3.0 Introduced in IRIX 6.5.
Applications CD changes Note: Applications take two forms: full images and overlays. The base versions of each can be found on the Applications CD. When full images are updated, new versions are placed on the Applications CD. Upgrades of overlay products, however, are located on the Overlay. Introduced with IRIX 6.5.16 • Impressarion Printing Tools, IRIX Interactive Desktop, IRIX Interactive Desktop Administration, IRIX Interactive Desktop Tools, and SGImeeting 2.0.2 were updated with bugfixes.
• IRIX Interactive Desktop System Administration, Information Searching Execution Environment, Impressario 2.10.5, NEdit 5.1.1c, and Webviewer 3.0.2 were updated with bugfixes. • InSight Online Doc Viewer 4.4.1 is now N32 for better performance. • SGI Web Server is now based on the Apache 1.3.22 release. Introduced with IRIX 6.5.14 • SGImeeting 2.0.1, Color Management, Internet Gateway 3.2 , NEdit 5.1.1b, Appletalk 10.01 and Netscape Communicator 4.78 were updated to incorporate bugfixes.
Introduced with IRIX 6.5.12 • SGI web server, based on the Apache web server version 1.3.17, replaces the Netscape FastTrack web server. • WebSetup 3.2 has been updated to support the SGI web server based on Apache • NEdit version 5.1.1a has added extensions to the regular expression syntax, an improved international character set input, new macro subroutines, and improved syntax highlighting for several programming languages • Impressario 2.8.
Introduced with IRIX 6.5.11: • Cosmo Player, IRIX Interactive Desktop, Impressario, IRIX Interactive Desktop Tools, IRIX Interactive Desktop Administration, IRIS InSight Viewer, IRIS InSight Developer, and IRIS InSight Dynaweb Server, Netscape Communicator, Netscape Developer, and IRIS Showcase have been updated to incorporate bugfixes. • AccessX has been updated with the latest revision of the help book. It can be viewed after installation of the product.
IRIS InSight Developer, and IRIS InSight Dynaweb Server have been updated with bugfixes. • Cosmo Player 2.1.4 release has added support for the Netscape N32 plugin. • CustomerLink Client Software will no longer be supported. Its key features have been migrated to the SupportFolio Online site (http://support.sgi.com). • Customer Support Services Base Software will no longer be supported. Its key features have been migrated to the SupportFolio Online site (http://support.sgi.com). • Impressario 2.6.
SGImeeting 1.4. For more information on SGImeeting, see http://www.sgi.com/software/sgimeeting. For additional assistance, contact your local SGI sales representative. • Xinet Macintosh Connectivity Software, also referred to as Xinet Appletalk, now includes K-AShare, K-FS, and K-Spool software. For more information on Xinet products, see http://www.xinet.com. For technical or sales questions, please contact Xinet at sales@xinet.com or 1.510.845.0555. Introduced with IRIX 6.5.
Introduced with IRIX 6.5.7: • SGImeeting and SGImeeting Extensions are now both licensed products and are no longer available on the Applications CD. Future revisions of the base SGImeeting product and the Extensions will be distributed on separate CDs and licensed separately. For additional information or assistance, contact your local SGI sales representative. • Netscape 4.7A provides additional localization and the Flash plug-in since the 4.7 release. Introduced with IRIX 6.5.
IRIX OS Bundled Software Changes with IRIX 6.5.14: • SCSL 1.4 An iterative solver for sparse systems of linear equations, as well a direct solver for sparse complex symmetric systems of linear equations, were added to the SCSL 1.4 release.
For customers who do not have web access and are enrolled under a valid support contract, CD media can be requested free of charge from their local support center. Non-contract customers can order SCSL from their local sales representative. Bundled Applications (ASE/AWE) Changes with IRIX 6.5.8: • Syntax TAS and CA Unicenter TNG Framework no longer included with IRIX 6.5 ASE SGI no longer bundles the Syntax TAS software with Origin systems as of June 2000.
IRIX 6.5.17 Update Kit Contents The IRIX 6.5.17 Update Kit contains the following items for both server and workstation system configurations: • CD Name: 1. IRIX 6.5.17 (1 of 4) Installation Tools & Overlays CD, August 2002 2. IRIX 6.5.17 (2 of 4) Installation Tools & Overlays CD, August 2002 3. IRIX 6.5.17 (3 of 4) Overlays CD, August 2002 4. IRIX 6.5.17 (4 of 4) Overlays CD, August 2002 5. IRIX Applications for 6.5.
SGI Websites IRIX 6.5-Related Websites • SGI product information http://www.sgi.com/products • IRIX 6.5 datasheet http://www.sgi.com/software/irix6.5/datasheet.pdf • Start Here: Installing IRIX 6.5.14 http://support.sgi.com/6.5/installing.html • To view all qualified applications compatible with IRIX 6.5 releases, see http://support.sgi.com/6.5/spk Services • Customer Education Services http://www.sgi.com/support/custeducation/ • Professional Services http://www.sgi.
Online Tools • Customer Registration http://www.sgi.com/support/custreg.html • Software Licensing/Key-O-Matic http://www.sgi.com/Support/Licensing • Supportfolio Online http://support.sgi.com • Online documentation - Technical Publications Library http://techpubs.sgi.com Other Sites • Download Cool Software http://www.sgi.com/Products/Evaluation • Free Software http://freeware.sgi.
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