User's Manual Part 3
Release8OperationsGuide
Issue2,November2007 Draft5forRegula toryReview 372
21.2 CONSIDERINGSOFTWARERELEASECOMPATIBILITY
Within the same Cyclone network, modules can operate on multiple software releases.
However, the features that can be enabled are limited to those that the earliest software
supports.
21.2.1 DesignationsforHardwareinRadios
Cyclone documentation refers to hardware series (for example, Series P9). Cyclone
Release 8 requires APs, BHs, and AES SMs to be Series P9 or later hardware.
The correlation between hardware series and the MAC addresses of the radio modules
is provided in Table 51.
Table 51: Hardware series by MAC address
Radio
Frequency
Band
Range
Hardware Series
P7 or P8
in These MAC
Addresses
P9 or Later
in These MAC
Addresses
900 None All
2.4 ≤ 0A003E20672B ≥ 0A003E20672C
5.2 ≤ 0A003E00F4E3 ≥ 0A003E00F4E4
5.4 None All
5.7 ≤ 0A003EF12AFE ≥ 0A003EF12AFF
Differences in capabilities among these hardware series are summarized in Table 52.
Table 52: Hardware series differences
Capability
Availability per
Hardware Series
P7 P8 P9
Auto-sense Ethernet cable scheme no yes yes
Support CMMmicro no yes yes
Support hardware scheduling in APs
1
no no yes
Support 2X operation in APs and SMs no no yes
NOTES:
1. An SM of P7 or P8 series requires an FPGA load through
CNUT for access to hardware scheduling, and then only
at 1X operation. An AP of P7 or P8 series cannot
perform
hardware scheduling.
Advantage Series P9 APs provide higher throughput and lower latency than earlier series
Advantage APs and support configuring the high-priority channel per SM. Regular
Cyclone Series P9 APs do not provide the higher throughput and lower latency, but they
do support configuring the high-priority channel per SM.