Sun Microsystems HIPPI/P 1.0 Release Note

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Contents

Preface v

Before You Read This Book v Using UNIX Commands v Typographic Conventions vi Shell Prompts vi Related Documentation vii Ordering Sun Documentation vii Accessing Sun Documentation Online vii Sun Welcomes Your Comments viii

1. Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Release Notes 1

General Issues 1

AP and DR 1 Broadcasting 1 Character Device Interface 2

Platform Support 2 Software Support 2 Getting Started 2

Obtaining the Software 3

iii

▼ To Obtain the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Software From the Web 3

Known Bugs 3

sink(1M) and blast(1M) Can Fail Under

Solaris 2.6 (4307714) 3

▼ To Use sink(1M) or blast(1M) in the Solaris 2.6 Operating

Environment 4

Documentation Errata 4

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Preface

This document contains the release notes for the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 release.

Before You Read This Book

This book is intended for system administrators who have a working knowledge of UNIX® systems, particularly those based on the Solaris™ operating environment. If you do not have such knowledge, first read the Solaris User and System Administrator collection in AnswerBook2™ format provided with this system and consider UNIX system administration training.

Using UNIX Commands

This document may not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

See one or more of the following for this information:

■ AnswerBook2 online documentation for the Solaris 2.x software environment,

particularly those dealing with Solaris system administration

■ Other software documentation that you received with your system

Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol Meaning Examples

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files,

and directories; on-screen computer output

AaBbCc123 What you type, when

contrasted with on-screen computer output

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms,

words to be emphasized

Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value

Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail. % su

Password:

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

Shell Prompt

C shell machine_name% C shell superuser machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser #

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Ordering Sun Documentation

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For a list of documents and how to order them, visit the Sun Documentation Center on Fatrain.com at:

http://www1.fatrain.com/documentation/sun

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.comSMweb site enables you to access Sun technical documentation on the Web. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject at:

http://docs.sun.com

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Sun Welcomes Your Comments

We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions. You can email your comments to us at:

docfeedback@sun.com

Please include the part number (806-3677-10) of your document in the subject line of your email.

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Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Release Notes

This document includes the general issues, supported platforms, and supported software, bugs, and documentation errata for the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 release. At the time this document was printed, no patches are needed for this release of the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Network Interface Card (NIC).

General Issues

This section contains the general issues for this release of the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 NIC. You must be aware of these issues before you attempt to install and use the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 NIC on your system.

AP and DR

The Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 release does not support Alternate Pathing (AP) and Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR); thus, you cannot have alternate paths to a Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 NIC, nor can you safely remove a board that has a Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 NIC attached to it.

Broadcasting

The Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 release does not support broadcasting. The Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 network is a connection-oriented network, not a packet-based network, such as Ethernet.

Character Device Interface

This release of the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 software does not include the Character Device Interface packages or documentation. If you have support issues, contact your Sun representative.

Platform Support

This section contains a list of the platforms that support the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 NIC and the number of devices that are supported on each platform.

TABLE0-1 Platform Support

Platform Name Number of Devices Supported

Sun Enterprise 10000 Four (4) per domain Sun Enterprise 3x00, 4x00, 5x00, 6x00 Four (4) per platform Ultra 60 One (1) per platform Ultra 80 One (1) per platform

Software Support

The following list contains the Solaris operating environment releases supported by the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 release.

■ Solaris 2.6

■ Solaris 7

■ Solaris 8

Getting Started

You can obtain the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 software from one of the following sources:

■ The Web

■ The Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 CD-ROM

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Obtaining the Software

If you plan to use the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 CD-ROM to obtain the software, refer to the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Installation and User Guide for instructions. If you plan to obtain the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 software from the Web, use the following procedure.

▼ To Obtain the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Software From the Web

1. Using your web browser, go to http://www.sun.com/servers/sw/

2. Click on the HIPPI/P 1.1 link.

3. Click on the Click here to download link.

The downloaded file is named sun_hippi_1_1.zip.

4. Log in as superuser if you have not already done so.

5. Change directories to the directory in which you downloaded the software.

6. Unzip the downloaded file.

The Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 packages are located in the following directory:

/download_directory/hippi_1.1/Product

Refer to “To Install Sun HIPPI/P By Using pkgadd(1M)” in the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Installation and User Guide to complete the rest of the installation.

Known Bugs

This section contains the known bugs that were discovered during this release.

sink(1M) and blast(1M) Can Fail Under Solaris 2.6 (4307714)

The sink(1M) and blast(1M) commands can fail when they are executed on a domain that is running the Solaris 2.6 operating environment. These commands are part of the loopback tests in the Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Installation and User Guide; however, this behavior happens anytime sink(1M) or blast(1M) are executed in the Solaris

2.6 operating environment. Workaround: If you plan to use sink(1M) and/or blast(1M), use the following

steps.

Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Release Notes 3

▼ To Use sink(1M) or blast(1M) in the Solaris 2.6 Operating

Environment

1. As superuser, kill the HIPPI daemon by typing:

# hippid -k

You can now safely use the sink(1M) and/or blast(1M) commands; however, you cannot terminate a sink(1M) or blast(1M) process that is waiting to receive or send data without executing the following step.

2. If necessary, terminate the sink(1M) or blast(1M) process by typing:

# hippi off hipn # hippi on hipn

Where n equals the instance number of the HIPPI NIC interface.

3. Restart the HIPPI daemon by typing:

# hippid

Documentation Errata

This section contains errors that were found in the documentation after it was released.

The Sun HIPPI/P 1.1 Installation and User Guide contains several instances of the default MTU size. The size should be 57384.

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