Patch Name:  PHNE_6937

Patch Description: s700 9.X patch for EISA 100VG-AnyLAN product

Creation Date: 96/06/11

Post Date:  96/06/17

Repost: 96/07/18
        The patch was modified to include support for
        HP-UX 9.01, 9.03 and 9.07.

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
        s700: 9.01 9.03 9.05 9.07

Products:
        J2655AA 9.05

Filesets:
        100VG-KRN

Automatic Reboot?: Yes

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Path Name:  /hp-ux_patches/s700/9.X/PHNE_6937

Symptoms:
        PHNE_6937:
        The following symptoms correspond to the descriptions in
        the defect descriptions fields for PHNE_6937:
        1. system panic
        2. "ifconfig lan# down" does not work appropriately
        3. 10 BT link doesnot detect cable reconnection
        4. when cable is severed, "Hardware State" shown by lanscan
           is set to DOWN
        5. null mac address training is supported.
        6. system deadlock/hang
        7. system hang
        8. the current block of HP MAC addresses, which start with
           0x08009, is starting to run out.

Defect Description:
        PHNE_6937:
        The following defect descriptions are for PHNE_6937:
        1. system panic caused by callout table overflow due to a
           temporary shortage of system memory under heavy network
           traffic
        2. "ifconfig lan# down" is fixed
        3. reset the card for 10 BT to reconnect
        4. the fix makes the 100VG-AnyLAN/9000 link behavior
           consistent with other LAN/9000 links
        5. the fix is to conform to the revised hub protocol in the
           IEEE 802.12 standard
        6. a hardware defect. the fix includes a software workaround
        7. severe memory pressure
        8. the prefix of HP MAC address is checked against 0x08, if
           wrong, return error

SR:
        5003314039

Patch Files:  
        /etc/conf/lib100vg.a

what(1) Output:
        /etc/conf/lib100vg.a:
                vgal0.c PNNE_6937 $Revision: 1.58 $ $Date: 96/06/05
                        13:51:22 $
                vgal0.h $Revision: 1.12 $ $Date: 96/04/01 17:53:51 $
                FILESET 100VG: lib 100vg: Version: A.09.00

sum(1) Output:
        34464 81 /etc/conf/lib100vg.a

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies:  None

Hardware Dependencies:  None

Other Dependencies:  None

Supersedes:  None

Equivalent Patches:
        PHNE_6838:
        s700: 10.01

Patch Package Size:  100 Kbytes

Installation Instructions:  
        Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard
        SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms
        and conditions for precautions, scope of license,
        restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties,
        before installing this patch.
        ------------------------------------------------------------
        1. Back up your system before installing a patch.

        2. Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it:

                cd /tmp
                cp patch_source/PHNE_6937 .
                sh PHNE_6937

        3. Become root and run update:

                /etc/update [-r [kernel_gen_file]] -s \
                        /tmp/PHNE_6937.updt PHNE_6937

        Update moves the original software to
        /system/PHNE_6937/orig.  Keep this file to recover from any
        potential problems.  You should move the .text file to
        /system/PHNE_6937 for future reference.

        To put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the
        tape drive, use dd:

                dd if=PHNE_6937.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048

Special Installation Instructions:  
        Customer should check the output in the swagent.log or
        swinstall.log file to verify the installation of the files.