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Canopy System User Guide Considering Software Release
Compatibility
pmp-0229 (Mar 2013)
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Considering Software Release Compatibility
Within the same network, modules can operate on multiple software releases. However, the
features that can be enabled are limited to those that the earliest software supports.
Designations for Hardware in Radios
Documentation refers to hardware series (for example, Series P9). Releases 8 and later 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 61.
Table 61: 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 62.
Table 62: Hardware series differences
Capability
Availability per
Hardware Series
P7 P8 P9, P10, or P11
Auto-sense Ethernet cable scheme no yes yes
Support CMMmicro no yes yes
Support CMM4 no yes yes
Support hardware scheduling in APs no no yes
Support 2X operation in APs and SMs no no yes
NOTES:
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.