fddivis Release Notes
1 Introduction
2 Installation Information
3 Additional Information
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1. Introduction
This document describes the FDDIVisualyzer release 3.4.
Note: Packaged with these release notes is a separate sheet
that contains the Software License Agreement. This
software is provided to you solely under the terms
and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Please take a few moments to review the Agreement.
This document contains the following chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Installation Information
3. Additional Information
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1.1 Release_Identification_Information
Following is the release identification information for
FDDIVisualyzer:
Software Option Product FDDIVisualyzer
Version 3.4
Product Code SC4-FDDIVis-3.4
System Software Requirements IRIX 5.2
1.2 On-Line_Release_Notes
When you install the online documentation for a product,
(the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on
your screen.
If you have a graphics system, select "Release Notes" from
the Tools submenu of the ToolChest. This displays the
grelnotes(1) graphical browser for the on-line release
notes.
If you have a nongraphics system, you can use the relnotes
command. Refer to the relnotes(1) man page for accessing the
online release notes.
Note: You can read the online release notes for most
products before installing the software. Refer to
the booklet in your CD-ROM case for more information.
1.3 Product_Support
Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
support and maintenance program for its products. If you
are in the Unites States of America or Canada and would like
support for your Silicon Graphics-supported products,
contact the Technical Assistance Center at 1-800-800-4SGI.
If you are outside the U.S.A. or Canada, contact the Silicon
Graphics subsidiary or authorized distributor in your
country.
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2. Installation_Information
This chapter lists supplemental information to the IRIS
Software Installation Guide. The information listed here is
product-specific.
2.1 General_Information
This section contains information that is useful during the
software installation process.
2.1.1 FDDIVisualyzer_Subsystems Following is a description
of the FDDIVisualyzer subsystems:
fddivis.sw.fddivis FDDIVisualyzer
software
fddivis.man.fddivis FDDIVisualyzer
manual pages
fddivis.man.relnotes FDDIVisualyzer
release notes
2.1.2 FDDIVisualyzer_Subsystem_Disk_Use This section lists
the subsystems (and their sizes) of the FDDIVisualyzer
option. All of these subsystems are installed when you
install FDDIVisualyzer using the install fddivis and go
commands of the inst program.
Note: The listed subsystem sizes are approximate. Refer to
the IRIS Software Installation Guide for information
on finding exact sizes.
Subsystem Name Subsystem Size
(512-byte blocks)
fddivis.sw.fddivis 1518
fddivis.man.fddivis 9
fddivis.man.relnotes 15
2.1.3 Installation_Method All of the subsystems for
FDDIVisualyzer can be installed using IRIX. You do not need
to use the miniroot.
2.1.4 Prerequisites
FDDIXPress.sw.FDDIXPress FDDIXPress software
3.4
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eoe1.sw.unix Operating system
IRIX 5.2 (or later)
2.2 Installing_the_Software
Use the IRIX installation method to install the FDDIXPress
software. Step-by-step instructions are provided below.
Note: More detailed explanations about the IRIX
installation method are located in the IRIS Software
Installation Guide. You may find the following
sections especially useful: 4.2 and 4.7.6.
If you are not sure how to use inst, Chapter 5 in the
IRIS Software Installation Guide provides details.
1. In a shell window, become superuser:
% su
Password: thepassword
#
2. Invoke the inst utility with the command below:
# inst
{the inst menu appears}
Inst>
3. When the inst prompt appears (Inst>), use the from
command to indicate the location of the FDDIVisualyzer
software. Table 10-3 in the IRIS Software
Installation Guide summarizes the entries for this
command.
The command below can be used when the location is a
local CD-ROM:
Inst> from /CDROM/dist
4. When you are ready to install FDDIVisualyzer, use the
command below to prepare for installation:
Inst> install fddivis
5. Then use the command below to install the software:
Inst> go
6. When the installation completes successfully, quit:
Inst> quit
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3. Additional_Information
3.1 Notes_on_Operational_Parameters
The following items describe some of FDDIVisualyzer's more
interesting operational parameters:
o This release of FDDIVisualyzer supports the SMT 7.2
``unknown address'' type (00-f8-00-00-00-00).
o Service registration for this release is renewed every
10 minutes.
3.2 Additions_and_Changes
This section describes additions and changes in this
release.
o A problem with registration (generation of NIF frames)
immediately following clock resets has been fixed.
o Timestamp displays for the SMT statisitcs have been
changed so that values over one day old can be
interpreted correctly.
o FDDIVisualyzer has been made more robust in its
response to changes in the system's time (clock).
3.3 Known_Problems_and_Workarounds
This section describes limitations and known problems with
FDDIVisualyzer release 3.4.
o To quit the Help window in the Display, Capture,
Tutorial, or Status Mode, you must be in that mode.
o If the NIF information collected has too many unknown
or incorrect values, FDDIVisualyzer becomes confused
and draws an incorrect ring map.
o If there are cascaded concentrators in a ring,
FDDIVisualyzer has difficulty determining to which
concentrator a slave station is attached.
o If ``token display'' is on, window pop-up menu
selection is difficult because the pop-up menu is
overwritten by the overlay plane redraw.
o FDDIVisualyzer gets confused by ``tree mode'' dual MAC
concentrators. In the presence of dual MAC
concentrators, FDDIVisualyzer may report the
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connectivity of the last child of the concentrator as
unhealthy even if the last child's connectivity is
healthy.