**************************** ECO SUMMARY INFORMATION **************************** Kit Name: DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2 Kit Applies To: OpenVMS ALPHA V8.3 Approximate Kit Size: 3136 blocks Installation Rating: INSTALL_1 Reboot Required: Yes - rolling reboot Superseded Kits: None Mandatory Kit Dependencies: VMS83A_UPDATE-V0200 or later Optional Kit Dependencies: None Checksums: VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100.ZIPEXE Checksum: 865343399 DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2 Checksum: 2514206842 VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100.ZIPEXE MD5 Checksum: 3B6A88854226E7598188A36D9BF53849 DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2 MD5 Checksum: 4E2D5EF923E91A6F1501BB74DE66FC8F ======================================================================= Hewlett-Packard OpenVMS ECO Cover Letter ======================================================================= 1 KIT NAME: VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100 2 KIT DESCRIPTION: 2.1 Installation Rating: INSTALL_1 : To be installed by all customers. This installation rating, based upon current CLD information, is provided to serve as a guide to which customers should apply this remedial kit. (Reference attached Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability Statement) 2.2 Reboot Requirement: Reboot Required. HP strongly recommends that a reboot is performed immediately after kit installation to avoid system instability. If you have other nodes in your OpenVMS cluster, they must also be rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s). If it is not possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a rolling re-boot may be performed. 2.3 Version(s) of OpenVMS to which this kit may be applied: OpenVMS ALPHA V8.3 2.4 New functionality or new hardware support provided: Yes 3 KITS SUPERSEDED BY THIS KIT: - None 4 KIT DEPENDENCIES: 4.1 The following remedial kit(s), or later, must be installed BEFORE installation of this, or any required kit: - VMS83A_UPDATE-V0200 Page 2 4.2 In order to receive all the corrections listed in this kit, the following remedial kits, or later, should also be installed: - None 5 NEW FUNCTIONALITY AND/OR PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100 KIT 5.1 New functionality addressed in this kit 5.1.1 Remove Fibre Channel Device Creation Restriction 5.1.1.1 Functionality Description: Although it is possible to create Fibre Channel devices with unit numbers greater than 9999 on server systems in an OpenVMS cluster system, prior to this fix such devices were not configured on the potential MSCP/TMSCP client systems for those devices. This restriction is documented in section 7.4.2.3 in the "Guidelines for OpenVMS Cluster Configurations" as a temporary restriction. With the change provided by this VMS82A_DRIVER-V0200 patch kit, this restriction is removed and it will be possible to serve Fibre Channel disk and tape devices whose unit numbers are greater than 9999 via the MSCP and TMSCP servers. After this kit is installed, it is possible to revert to the prior behavior and disallow the configuration of served Fibre Channel devices whose unit numbers are greater than 9999 by assigning a value of 16 to the MSCP_SERVE_ALL and TMSCP_SERVE_ALL SYSGEN parameters. Images Affected: - [SYS$LDR]SYS$DUDRIVER.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$TUDRIVER.EXE - [SYSEXE]SYSBOOT.EXE - [SYSEXE]SYSGEN.EXE - [SYSEXE]SMISERVER.EXE - [SYSEXE]SYSMAN.EXE - [SYSLIB]SMI$OBJSHR.EXE Page 3 - [SYSLIB]SMI$SHR.EXE 5.2 Problems addressed in this kit 5.2.1 INVEXCEPTN/ACCVIO System Crash 5.2.1.1 Problem Description: The system can crash with an INVEXCEPTN/ACCVIO in the routine TR.RCV_ACK, or with a VAXPORT bugcheck or a NETDLLERR bugcheck. Images Affected: - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.STB - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.STB 5.2.1.2 CLDs, and QARs reporting this problem: 5.2.1.2.1 CLD(s) None. 5.2.1.2.2 QAR(s) 75-118-24,75-118-23,75-118-1 5.2.1.3 Problem Analysis: With process acked packets, it is possible that a VC (Virtual Circuit) is closed due to a buffer size change while scanning the list of acked packets. This may result in a system crash because the retransmit queue is unexpectedly empty. The crash occurs when PEDRIVER attempts to access an element on the retransmit queue but there are no elements on the queue. The NETDLLERR bugcheck occurs when the LAN driver is processing transmit completion and the next expected VCRP request to complete is not the one actually next on the queue for completion, i.e., the transmit pending queue has been corrupted. Page 4 5.2.1.4 Release Version of OpenVMS that will contain this change: Next release of OpenVMS Alpha after V8.3 5.2.1.5 Work-arounds: None. 5.2.2 Trace Entries Omitted from Trace Output 5.2.2.1 Problem Description: A problem with trace entry handling causes some trace entries to be omitted from trace output. Images Affected: - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.STB - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.STB 5.2.2.2 CLDs, and QARs reporting this problem: 5.2.2.2.1 CLD(s) None. 5.2.2.2.2 QAR(s) None. 5.2.2.3 Problem Analysis: See problem description 5.2.2.4 Release Version of OpenVMS that will contain this change: Next release of OpenVMS For Integrity Servers after V8.3 Page 5 5.2.2.5 Work-arounds: None. 5.2.3 Invalid Exception Crash 5.2.3.1 Problem Description: SYS$PEDRIVER traces various events in trace buffers. Under rare circumstances, the trace data may extend past the end of the trace buffer, over-writing the next structure in non-paged pool, resulting in a possible invalid exception crash. Images Affected: - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.STB - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.STB 5.2.3.2 CLDs, and QARs reporting this problem: 5.2.3.2.1 CLD(s) None. 5.2.3.2.2 QAR(s) None. 5.2.3.3 Problem Analysis: See problem description. 5.2.3.4 Release Version of OpenVMS that will contain this change: OpenVMS for Integrity Servers V8.3 5.2.3.5 Work-arounds: None. Page 6 5.2.4 INVEXCEPTN/ACCVIO, VAXPORT or NETDLLERR Bugcheck 5.2.4.1 Problem Description: With process acked packets, it is possible that a VC (Virtual Circuit) is closed due to a buffer size change while scanning the list of acked packets. This may result in a system crash because the retransmit queue is unexpectedly empty. The crash occurs when PEDRIVER attempts to access an element on the retransmit queue and there are not any. The crash usually appears as an INVEXCEPTN/ACCVIO in the routine TR.RCV_ACK, but may also appear as a VAXPORT bugcheck or as a NETDLLERR bugcheck. The NETDLLERR bugcheck occurs when the LAN driver is processing transmit completion and the next expected VCRP request to complete is not the one actually next on the queue for completion, i.e., the transmit pending queue has been corrupted. Images Affected: - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.STB - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.EXE - [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.STB 5.2.4.2 CLDs, and QARs reporting this problem: 5.2.4.2.1 CLD(s) 70-3-8923 5.2.4.2.2 QAR(s) None. 6 FILES PATCHED OR REPLACED: o [SYSLIB]SMI$OBJSHR.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SMI$OBJSHR" image file identification: "X40-A9" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070001" link date/time: 21-MAR-2007 13:46:58.79 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 2227214569 Page 7 o [SYSLIB]SMI$SHR.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SMI$SHR" image file identification: "X01-04" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070001" link date/time: 21-MAR-2007 13:46:55.75 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 3745454422 o [SYSEXE]SMISERVER.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SMISERVER" image file identification: "X01-15" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070001" link date/time: 21-MAR-2007 13:47:03.86 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 3849372227 o [SYS$LDR]SYS$DUDRIVER.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYS$DUDRIVER" image file identification: "X-5" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070008" link date/time: 8-MAY-2007 07:33:27.31 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 167174179 o [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYS$PEDRIVER" image file identification: "X-4" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070008" link date/time: 8-MAY-2007 07:33:35.99 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 3728897617 o [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYS$PEDRIVER_MON" image file identification: "X-4" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070008" link date/time: 8-MAY-2007 07:33:37.08 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 2715281935 Page 8 o [SYS$LDR]SYS$TUDRIVER.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYS$TUDRIVER" image file identification: "X-5" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070008" link date/time: 8-MAY-2007 07:33:39.97 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 3436102701 o [SYSEXE]SYSBOOT.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYSBOOT" image file identification: "X-144" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070002" link date/time: 21-MAR-2007 13:47:03.80 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 2231944741 o [SYSEXE]SYSGEN.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYSGEN" image file identification: "X-5" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070000" link date/time: 8-MAY-2007 07:33:33.08 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 3575080071 o [SYSEXE]SYSMAN.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYSMAN" image file identification: "X01-22" image file build identification: "XBCA-0080070001" link date/time: 21-MAR-2007 13:47:02.49 linker identification: "A13-03" Overall Image Checksum: 3238274806 o [SYS$LDR]SYS$PEDRIVER.STB (new file) o [SYSEXE]SYS$PEDRIVER_MON.STB (new file) 7 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Page 9 7.1 Test/Debug Image Loss In the course of debugging problems reported to OpenVMS Engineering, customers may be given debug or point-fix images to install. Typically, these images do not have the same image generation flags contained in images released via the OpenVMS remedial patch process. Because of this, any debug or point-fix image that is in the SYS$COMMON area, will be replaced by any image of the same name installed by this kit. If this occurs, you will lose any functionality that is provided by the replaced image. If you wish to retain these debug or point-fix images, you can take the following steps: o Prior to installing this kit, move the test/debug image(s) to be saved to the SYS$SPECIFIC area. o During kit installation, you will be asked if you wish to delete the image(s) in SYS$SPECIFIC. You should answer NO for each image that you want to keep. o After installation completes, but before rebooting the system (if required), move the image(s) from SYS$SPECIFIC back to SYS$COMMON. 7.2 Compressed File This kit is provided as a Self Extracting ZIPEXE kit. To expand this file to the installable .PCSI file, run the file with the following command: $ RUN VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100.ZIPEXE 7.3 Installation Command Install this kit with the POLYCENTER Software installation utility by logging into the SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the DCL prompt: PRODUCT INSTALL VMS83A_DRIVER[/SOURCE=location of Kit] Note that this kit will install with the /SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA option turned on. Using this qualifier will allow easy removal of the kit from the system in the event of problems. If you wish to disable this option you must use the /NOSAVE_RECOVERY_DATA qualifier on the PRODUCT INSTALL command. The /SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA qualifier is optional but highly recommended. Using this qualifier will allow easy removal of the kit from the system in the event of problems. The kit location may be a tape drive, CD, or a disk directory that contains the kit. The /SOURCE qualifier is not needed if the PRODUCT INSTALL command is executed from the same directory as the kit location. Page 10 Additional help on installing PCSI kits can be found by typing HELP PRODUCT INSTALL at the system prompt. 7.4 Scripting of Answers to Installation Questions During installation, this kit will ask and require user response to several questions. If you wish to automate the installation of this kit and avoid having to provide responses to these questions, you must create a DCL command procedure that includes the following logical name definitions and commands: o To avoid the BACKUP question, define the following: $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE o To avoid the REBOOT question, define the following: $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE o To save replaced files as *.*_OLD define the following logical name as YES. If you do not wish to save replaced files, define the logical name as NO. Note that if you use the /SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA qualifier (recommended) on the PRODUCT INSTALL command all replaced files will be saved as part of that operation. There is no need to also save files as *.*_OLD: $ DEFINE/JOB ARCHIVE_OLD NO o Add the following qualifiers to the PRODUCT INSTALL command and add that command to the DCL procedure. /PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V1.0 [/SOURCE=location of Kit] o De-assign the logical names assigned For example, a sample command file to install the VMS83A_DRIVER-V0100 kit would be: $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE $ DEFINE/JOB ARCHIVE_OLD NO $! $ PROD INSTALL VMS83A_DRIVER/PRODUCER=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V1.0" $! $ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP $ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT $! $ exit $! Page 11 8 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER: (C) Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP and/or its subsidiaries required for possession, use, or copying. 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