PCI CommKit Host Interface B.11.00.00 Release Notes First Edition HP 9000 Systems Manufacturing Part Number: Z7155-90001 October 2000 U.S.A.
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PCI Commkit Release Notes Announcements 1 PCI Commkit Release Notes Announcements This is the first release of the PCI Commkit Host Interface product (Z7155AA). This product is a port of AT&T’s Commkit 4.X Host Interface software, customized to run on HP computer platforms with PCI backplanes. With this software, and a customer-supplied Lucent Technologies PCI Datakit interface (Comcode 108208786), you can connect an HP-UX PCI-backplane computer to an AT&T Datakit network.
PCI Commkit Release Notes What’s In This Version What’s In This Version Benefits: • Allows users requiring connectivity to a Datakit network to upgrade PCI-based computers running HP-UX 11.0. • Based on the STREAMS mechanism for writing drivers, it is a cleaner, more easily maintained product than those based on character device drivers. • Efficiently uses disk resources, by taking advantage of HP-UX's file system layout; almost the entire software product is isolated from other loaded applications.
PCI Commkit Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The Datakit drivers are MP scalable and take advantage of additional processors in a multiple processor environment. Successful operation of this product requires the latest available STREAMS subsystem patch, currently PHNE_20316.
PCI Commkit Release Notes Compatibility and Installation Requirements Compatibility and Installation Requirements Software Requirements: Filesets The PCI Commkit Host Interface software product is provided in Software Distributor (SD) format. It consists of four filesets: • Z7155AA.DK4PCI.DKIT4-KRN • Z7155AA.DK4PCI.DKIT4-RUN • Z7155AA.DK4PCI.DKIT4-AUX • Z7155AA.DK4PCI.DKIT4-MAN The DKIT4-KRN fileset is dependent upon the following HP-UX filesets: • OS-Core.CORE-KRN,B.11.00 or greater.%,a=HP-UX_B.11.
PCI Commkit Release Notes Compatibility and Installation Requirements See the manual PCI Commkit Host Interface, Installation and System Administration Manual, Release 4.x for HP_UX 11.x, part number Z7155-90002 for additional information. If you wish to install only the manpages for the PCI Commkit Host Interface Product, use these commands: swinstall -s [software source] Z7155AA.DK4PCI.DKIT4-MAN Hardware Requirements: • An L-Class or N-Class Server having an PCI backplane.
PCI Commkit Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version There are no bug fixes or patches included in this version of the Z7155AA product. This is the initial release.
