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CHAPTER 1 ENHANCEMENTS The VS Peripherals Support Package provides support for the following: * 2283V1 DLT8000 80 GB tape drive * 2288V4 Sony 2.6 GB Optical disk drive * 2279V7 9 GB disk support (No Registration Required) * 2279V8 17 GB fixed SCSI disk drive * 70V68EW High Performance write caching SCSI controller * 23V97WE 64 port Serial Controller * 70V67E 128 port Serial Controller CHAPTER 2 SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS VS Operating System 7.53.00 or later To IPL from a SCSI disk, SYSCON version 3.32.00 or later must be installed on the SCU. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS @MCRCU@: Asynchronous Terminal on port zero (0), of the RCU, must have the parity option set to ODD. CHAPTER 3 PROBLEMS CORRECTED @70V68EW Problems which resulted when switching between Fixed and Variable recording modes on tape drives have been corrected. Corrected a problem with Exabyte 8500 handling. Corrected problems associated with write protected tapes. This microcode has been linked with new DA microcode which corrected a problem using short differential cables with LightSpeed. Fixed a problem which resulted in device timeouts under heavy loading. Corrected problems leading to crash code 040F, 050F and 060F. @70V68 Problems which resulted when switching between Fixed and Variable recording modes on tape drives have been corrected. Corrected a problem with Exabyte 8500 handling. Corrected problems associated with write protected tapes. This microcode has been linked with new DA microcode which corrected a problem using short differential cables with LightSpeed. CHAPTER 4 RESTRICTIONS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Currently, if a user has extended microcode for the serial controllers (@23V97W version 55.07.xx or @70V67 version 51.00.xx) he replaces that microcode packaged with the Operating System, with these optional microcodes. This causes a problem when a new Operating System is installed because the microcode files are overlayed and the affected controllers will no longer load if the number of physical ports exceeds the number supported by the normal code. In some cases this renders the system inoperable. A request was made to rename the extended codes to something unique so that the above situation will no longer occur. The support is provided in this package. Note that the extended codes listed above should be renamed @70V67E (for @70V67 v. 51.00.xx) and @23V97WE (for @23V97W v. 55.07.xx) and the system configuration should be changed accordingly. That is, these controllers should be genned as 23V97WE and 70V67E respectively. In the future, these extended microcodes will be distributed with the new naming conventions. Also note that the old method will still work if the user prefers. In this case, no action would be required unless a new microcode was produced. The user would then rename it as per the old conventions (@23V97W or @70V67), or gen the controllers as 23V97WE or 70V67E respectively. @50V68 / @50V68E SCSI devices should not be powered off and on during and after IPL. @MCRCU@ Workstation 0: The location of workstation zero is determined by switch settings on the RCU board. If workstation 0 is an asynchronous workstation, the terminal must be configured to operate at a baud rate of 19200 bps, 1 stop bit, ODD PARITY, and 8 data bits. @70V68EW Each device attached to the 70V68EW IOC must have a valid WANG copyright. The SCSI IOC must occupy position (ID) 7 on the SCSI bus. If a disk device on the IOC is used as the system (IPL) volume, that disk device must be configured according to the default configuration (refer to Appendix A). Users of 2259V1 streamers should be aware that while we guarantee default (high) density recording mode for tapes written from BOT, tapes appended to will be written at the tape's previously recorded density, be it low or high. This is due to the unit's upward compatibility with the manufacturer's earlier streamer, which we do not support. Although system IPL is functional from either of the supported RAID units (2277V1 and 2277V2), we do not recommend doing so. In the unlikely event that a reconstruct would be necessary, the system would have to be IPLed from a volume other than the volume requiring reconstruction. The RAIDSTAT utility will not function otherwise. The following restrictions exist if either of the supported RAID units' (2277V1 and 2277V2) location on the SCSI bus is Target x, Lun y, where y is greater than 0. 1) The volume's use as an IPL disk is not possible based on the description on page A-1 for the default configuration, as it applies to system IPL. 2) SYSCON's Easy IPL display (PF8) will never show the volume name. 3) VS/VM virtual SCSI support will be non-existant for volumes physically connected in this manner. CHAPTER 5 SPECIAL CONDITIONS N/A CHAPTER 6 MEDIA CONTENTS This chapter describes the files contained in Release 01.00.00 of the VS Peripherals Support Package. 6.1 DISTRIBUTION MEDIA LIBRARY = PSP100 Module Version Description DEMEG 03.16.00 File decompression utility INSTALL 01.00.00 Installation procedure PSP100 01.00.00 Contains compressed files listed in section 6.2 6.2 PERIPHERAL SUPPORT PACKAGE The files listed below are those which will be placed on to your system volume after installion: Library = @SYSTEM@ Module Version Description BACKUP 97.53.96 Backup Utility -WTEFORM 000277 BACKUP form file DEVLIST 07.53.94 System Device List DISKINIT 07.53.96 Disk initialization utility GENEDIT 07.53.96 Configuration Utility -GENEDITF 000224 GENEDIT form file IOELOG 07.53.93 I/O Error Log utility TAPEINIT 07.53.96 Tape initialization utility @SYSGEN@ 07.53.97 Loads Microcode to devices @50V68 01.04.04 VS 5000/6000 Single Port SCSI IOC microcode @50V68E 01.01.04 VS 5000/6000 Single Port Caching SCSI IOC microcode @70V68 03.05.00 SCSI Caching I/O Controller Microcode @70V68EW 70V68EW High Performance SCSI Caching I/O Controller Microcode @MCRCU@ 01.08.04 RCU microcode Library = CSRNLIB PSP100 1.00.00 Customer Software Release Notice (this document) CHAPTER 7 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS NOTE: These instructions assume that SYSCON version 3.32.00 or later, included with this package, has been installed on the SCU. If that has not yet been done, do so now following the installation instructions provided with that software. 1. Inhibit logons and ensure that all users are logged off the system. 2. Logon to the system as a system administrator. 3. If a current backup of the system volume is not available, use the BACKUP utility to perform this backup now. 4. IPL your system from a disk other than your current system volume. 5. Run BACKUP to RESTORE the contents of the release media to any available volume. 6. Run INSTALL in library PSP100 to decompress and install files to the original system volume. Follow the instructions during INSTALL procedure. The last step of the procedure will be to run DISKINIT and execute the RELABEL function on the original system volume. This installs a new IPLTEXT which is required for IPLing from devices on the 70V68EW IOC. 7. IPL your system from the original system volume, and run GENEDIT to modify the existing configuration file to include the new device(s). Note: If replacing a 70V68 with the new 70V68EW, copy the device information prior to changing the IOC type. Changing the IOC type will result in all device information for that slot being lost. 8. Power down the system and replace 70V68 IOC with new 70V68EW IOC. 9. Power up the system and IPL from system volume using the new configuration file. Appendix A In order to IPL off of a disk on the SCSI IOC, the disk must be configured in a way that is consistent with the default configuration for the SCSI IOC. The following is the default configuration for the IOC: LDN Port Target LUN 00 0 0 0 01 0 1 0 02 0 2 0 03 0 3 0 04 0 4 0 05 0 5 0 06 0 6 0 07 0/1 7 0 (reserved for IOC itself) 08 1 0 0 09 1 1 0 0A 1 2 0 0B 1 3 0 0C 1 4 0 0D 1 5 0 0E 1 6 0 NOTE: The default configuration supports only Logical Unit Number (LUN) 0. Therefore, the system (IPL) volume must occupy LUN 0. Example 1 Suppose that the system (IPL) volume is target 1 on port 0 of the SCSI IOC. In our default configuration, the Logical Device Number (LDN) for this device is '1'. Therefore, in the GENEDIT configuration file for this IOC, the system volume must be configured as unit '1' on the IOC, the second entry in the device configuration screen. Example 2 Suppose that the system (IPL) volume is target 5 on port 1 of the SCSI IOC. In our default configuration, the Logical Device Number (LDN) for this device is 'D'. Therefore, in the GENEDIT configuration file for this IOC, the system volume must be configured as unit 'D' on the IOC, the 14th entry in the device configuration screen. IF THE SYSTEM VOLUME IS NOT CONFIGURED ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE RULES, THE IPL WILL FAIL.