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DSI Development Package for Linux - Release Notes Release Notes for V5.09
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Release Notes for V5.09
1 Overview
This is the first full release of the Dialogic
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SS7 Development Package for
Linux since V5.06. Except for some minor changes to configuration messages
outlined below, the release is fully backwards compatible with the previous
release.
This release adds support for the Dialogic
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SS7HDE High Density PCI Express
Signaling Board. It also adds support for user creation of RPM packages which
can be used to install the contents of the Development Package.
The s7_mgt module has been extended to support the configuration of the
SUA module. Support for native kernel implementations of the SCTP protocol
has been added. A new command has been introduced to allow users to
specify the period of certain Sigtran timers.
The s7_log module has been extended to output a PCAP-formatted log file.
This will allow a third party application to analyse packets.
The license terms for the board drivers which are included in this
Development Package have been updated to follow common best practice for
Linux Drivers.
Other improvements are included in this release, as described below.
2 New Functionality
2.1 Support for SS7HDE Signaling Board
This release includes support for the SS7HDE Signaling Board. Full details of
the operation of the SS7HDE Board are provided in the Dialogic
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SS7HD
Programmer’s Manual, Issue 8.
2.2 s7_mgt support for SUA
Support for the Dialogic
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SUA module has been added to the s7_mgt utility.
See the Dialogic
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SS7 Protocols SUA Programmer's Manual for full details.
The sua_inc.h header file has been added to the package.
2.3 Native SCTP
A new module, SCTPN, has been introduced that allows users to make use of
kernel implementations of the SCTP protocol that are available under some
version of Linux. Refer to Dialogic
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SS7 Protocols Programmer's Manual for
SIGTRAN Host Software, Issue 8 for details.
2.4 PCAP output for s7_log
To invoke this new functionality the new –p command line parameter should
be used to specify the filename of the log file. Full details are provided in the
Dialogic
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Distributed Signaling Interface Components - Software Environment
Programmer's Manual Issue 7.