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** NP00605 FILE
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** DATE = 03/19/98
** PHONE = 8-444-0017
** CONTACT = SANDY PETERSON
** C/T = RD0011
** USER = SANDYPE       NODE = RALVM29
**
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APARTXT NA03635 =
 When DLSw receives a TEST Command from a workstation with the
 largest frame extension bits set, DLSw caches those bits and
 then places them back into the TEST Response that DLSw returns
 to the workstation.  This will erroneously tell the workstation
 that it can send frames larger then 2K, which DLSw cannot
 handle.
 The fix is to always zero out the largest frame extension bits
 so when the base bits are set to 2K, it is ensured that the
 extension bits will not make the largest size bigger.
 This problem was discovered a customer site in Japan.
 STOP_SYMPTOM
 START_TEST
 Have a work station send out a TEST Command with all the largest
 frame bits (base and extension) set.  Ensure the TEST Response
 that DLSw returns only has the base bits set to 2K and the
 extension bits are all zeros.
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COMPID FOR PTF NP00605 = 564801600,130
PRODID FOR PTF NP00605 = 5648016,Multiprotocol Network Program
PREREQ FOR NP00605 = NP00383 NP00600 NP00601 NP00602
 NP00603 NP00604
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COREQ FOR NP00605 = NONE
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SUP FOR NP00605 = NONE
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IFREQ FOR NP00605 = NONE
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MEMO TO USERS =
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|                          MEMO FOR NP00605                          |
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CONTENTS OF THIS MEMO
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o   Prerequisites

o   Installation instructions (New Service Process) for NP00605

o   Change in Engineering PTF Service

o   Reject Processing


PREREQUISITES
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PTF NP00605 requires MPNP V1R3 at PTF NP00383 code level. This code
level can be achieved by one of the following:

o   Applying NP00383 to a base V1R3 system

o   Applying NP99915 to a prior release (NP99915 is V1R3 with
     NP00383).

o   Applying NP00383 on a NP00380 ( or NP00381) system.


NOTE: If you are starting at V1R3 base level, you must receive and
apply NP00383 prior to using NP00605.  DO NOT apply NP00383 and
NP00605 in the same step. Customers already at PTF level NP00600,
NP00601, NP00602, NP00603 or NP00604 will not be required to reject NP
 00600,
NP00601,NP00602, NP00603, NP00604 they can install PTF NP00605 directl
 y
on top of NP00600.




PTF INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS FOR NP00605 (NEW SERVICE PROCESS)
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To apply NP00605, first load the image in the transfer directory, then
use "Apply Software Updates" to select NP00605 from the available
PTFs. Unlike updates in the old service process, the user is no longer
prompted to commit applied updates or to reject applied EPTFs.

The new service process separates the action of code application and
actual code use (activation).  Therefore, the apply step does not
cause a reboot (IPL) since the running code has not changed.  The
activation of the updates is achieved via the "Activate Applied
Updates" function.

When updates are activated, a reboot (IPL) occurs and the selected
updates become the running code.  Selecting a different running level
is done by activating a new level (that has been previously applied).

Therefore, code updates must be activated after they are applied.
This new activation step allows the selection a PTF level and an
associated EPTF level.  (If you have no EPTFs yet, be sure to select
"NONE" on the EPTF selection screen).



CHANGE IN ENGINEERING PTF (EPTF) SERVICE:
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Once NP00605 has been activated, the selector screen for EPTFs will
limit your choice to a single EPTF (or "NONE").  If there is an
implicit prerequisite relationship among the EPTF selected and any
applied EPTFs,then those prerequisite EPTFs will be activated
automatically. If you are running with the new service process prior
to NP00600, you should select only ONE of the EPTFs listed in your
selector, even if more than one selection is allowed.  Selecting more
than ONE EPTF may result is a combination that was never intended to
operate together. EPTFs intended to operate together have a
prerequisite relationship that identifies the correct hierarchical
order.



REJECT PROCESSING
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Unlike the old service process, selecting another version of running
code is done via "activate" rather than via "reject".  Activating at a
different code level does not remove the other updates, it just does
not include them as part of the running code.  Therefore, one can
switch back and forth among various service levels by activating the
desired level.  The reject process is the method used to remove
(erase) the code update from the machine.  After reject, that code is
no longer available on the machine unless the PTF or EPTF is loaded
and applied again.

Any PTF or EPTF that is not active can be rejected.  Rejecting an PTF
that is a prereq of another PTF will also cause that PTF to be
rejected.  Also, when an PTF has associated EPTFs, all those EPTFs
will be rejected (erased) when the PTF is rejected.

To reject a PTF that is currently active, you must first activate at a
level that does not include that PTF.

END OF MEMO - NP00605
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LABELTXT
Selective Fix Package
For use on MPNP V1, R3.0 only
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