SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP6185
PART NUMBER: 127755-003,127756-003,127757-003,127758-003,127759-003,127760-003,127761-003
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Support Software for Novell Products
VERSION:  5.20 Rev A
LANGUAGE:  US English

CATEGORY:  Drivers

DIVISIONS: Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  All Compaq ProSignia and ProLiant Servers

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Novell NetWare 3.2
                   intraNetWare 4.11
                   intraNetWare SMP 4.11
                   NetWare 4.2
                   NetWare SFT-III 4.1x
                   NetWare 5


SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Immediate

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.x

SUPERSEDES:  SP6152

DESCRIPTION:
Creates the Support Software for Novell Products (NSSD). NSSD contains
NetWare and intraNetWare drivers, NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs), and
support information to optimize the performance of NetWare and intraNetWare
on Compaq servers. This software enhances the performance of Compaq options
such as Compaq Drive Array controllers, Compaq 32-Bit SCSI-2 controllers, and
Compaq CD-ROM drives.

Enhancements/Fixes in Version 5.20 Rev A:


This release of the Support Software for Novell Products (NSSD) primarily
supports the following new products:
   - Compaq ProLiant 8000
   - ProLiant 5500 6/550
   - ProLiant 5500 6/550
   - ProLiant CL1850
   - Prosignia Server 720 6/600
   - ProLiant 400 6/550
   - ProLiant 400 6/600
   - Compaq Smart Array 4250ES Controller
   - Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 4100
   - Netelligent 16/4 TR PCI IBM UTP/STP Controller
   - Netelligent / AMD PCNet 10 T UTP/BNC Controller
   - Netelligent 100 FDDI Controller


The following Compaq drivers were updated:

  CPQNSSU.NLM v1.47a ? NSSD 5.20
  * Support added for NetWare for Small Business 5


  CPQCHW.NLM v1.22 - NSSD 5.20
  * Now supports the detection of NetWare for Small Business 5.


  CPQARRAY.HAM v2.02 ? NSSD 5.20
  * Adds Support for the Compaq Smart Array 4250ES Controller
  * Fixed timing bug where redundant controller could be shut down by the 
    driver before being restarted in a PCI Hot Plug system.
  * Updated driver to return new messages for logical drive expansions. 
    It now returns a console message indicating if the fault tolerance 
    has been changed, a drive was added, or the stripe size was changed.
  * This release is intended as an IML support release.
  * Added support for determining location of failures (internal vs 
    external storage).
  * Added support for IML logging for chassis events.  Assuming an event
    is generated from the board (i.e. tracking the event is supported at
    a lower level), this includes: 
      * Chassis Door open/Closed
      * Fan hot plug add/removal
      * Fan failure/degrade/ok
      * Temp exceeded/warning/ok
  *  In certain cases (Degraded Fan, Temp warning) only a console logged 
     error will be generated when there's not an equivalent IML message.

     NOTE: This support requires Smart Array or later, as it is done by 
           commands that were not supported in previous controllers.

     NOTE: This includes IML logging support for board failures from 2.01. 
           Boards are logged as internal storage.


  CPQFC.HAM v2.02 ? NSSD 5.20
  * Adds support for Novell Clustering with Compaq StorageWorks RA4000 
    configurations. 
  * Driver now recognizes RA4000 redundancy state changes after the 
    RA4000 has been power cycled while the driver is still loaded.
  * Failovers often resulted in device deactivations in cluster/multi-
    initiator configurations.  Automatic failback also caused problems 
    in same configurations.  CPQFC.HAM v2.02 addresses these issues by:
      * Failover issue fixed so that server not doing the failover 
        doesn't wind up with device deactivations.
      * Driver automatically detects when it's in a multi-initiator 
        configuration and disables the automatic failback feature.
      * In cases where a loop failure has been corrected, but the driver 
        has not detected the repair, if a second path failure occurs the 
        driver will now accelerate the loop retest and bypass the normal 
        loop probation period to determine whether it can use the 
        original path for it's failover rather than deactivate device(s)
        because both paths to the device(s) were marked failed.

    NOTE: Firmware revision 2.36 or greater is required to support new 
          features found in CPQFC.HAM version 2.02.


  CPQSCSI.HAM v1.37 ? NSSD 5.20
  * Fix for embedded C876 port 1 speed negotiation issue.
  * Fix for possible lockup problems during install when sharing IRQs 
    with SCSI adapter and a Smart Array controller.


  CPQSHD.CDM v1.32 - NSSD 5.20
  * Fix possible ABEND issue when trying to update the device object at 
    the same time. 
  * Fix to enable better error handling during device errors and/or 
    command timeouts.


  CPQSBD.NLM v2.17 - NSSD 5.20
  * Added support for third party Subsytem ID on the HPC.
  * IML and NCMCON reporting of Power Up Faults. (Power Fault while 
    turning on a slot.
  * Added "-NOBUTTON" command line switch to disable the PCI Hot Plug 
    buttons.
  * Fails requests to remove a video controller.
  * Displays a message when pushbutton power on fails.
  * Changed messages displayed when using pushbuttons.
  * Reports 64 bit slots correctly.
  * Displays messages when using pushbuttons.
  * Ignores button presses while finding drivers.
  * Displays message upon exiting.
  * Displays a message when it finds a hot plug controller.
  * Displays a message if it doesn't find a hot plug controller.
  * Added "-DETECT" command line switch as per installation requirements
    from Novell.
  * Added a command line switch "-ON" to disable the auto-powerdown of 
    empty hot plug slots.


  N100.LAN v4.19 - NSSD 5.20
  * Fixed an issue where wrong buffer size caused overruns in the receive buffer. 
  * Modified code to display driver strings for NC3134 and NC3135.
  * Enabled downloading of microcode to support Receive Interrupt Coalescing


  SKFPNW.LAN v4.21 ? NSSD 5.20
   New features:
    * The behaviour of the adapter LEDs was changed. 
    * New command line keyword "QUIET" was added.
   Problems fixed:
    * Fixes a bug which causes the driver to abend if it was running in 
      promiscuous mode (e.g. with ManageWise LanAlyzer) and the Maximum 
      Physical Receive Packet Size was set to less than 4496. 
    * Fixes a bug which causes the driver to hang in environments with 
      bad hardware.
    * Fixes a bug where directed beacons were sent to a wrong multicast 
      address.
    * Fixes a bug which causes the driver to disconnect from the FDDI 
      ring because of a Duplicate Mac Address Detection under wrong 
      conditions.
    * Fixes a Bug with dual homing in multi adapters environments, where 
      the adapters influenced each other. 


  IBMTRPO.LAN v2.45 ? NSSD 5.20
  * Fixes ABEND issues with certain configurations


  PCNTNW.LAN v4.16 ? NSSD 5.20
  * This 32-bit ODI driver supports multiple switch configuration for 
    PermaNet Server Link Fault Tolerance (LFT) feature. 
  * Support for PCnet-FAST III device has been added to this driver.
  * The .LDI file has been updated to eliminate Chinese language 
    references.


The following Novell drivers were also updated:
   - Novell NWPA Loader Utility                     NWPALOAD.NLM   v1.50
   - Novell IDEATA Hardware Adapter Module          IDEATA.HAM     v1.30p


The following changes were made to the file structure of NSSD:
   - IDEATA.HAM and IDEATA.DDI were added to the \IDE directory in order 
     to facilitate installation of this update on NetWare 5 servers.


Your suggestions and feedback are welcome at [email protected].


HOW TO USE:

 1. Download the SoftPaq into a directory and change to that
    directory.  The file that is downloaded is an executable with
    a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above.

 2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file
    and follow the on-screen instructions.  The following files will be
    in that directory:
      127755US._01
      127755US._02
      127755US._03
      127755US._04
      127755US._05
      127755US._06
      127755US._07
      qrst5.exe

 3. Type QRST5 to run the diskette builder program. You will have the option
    of creating all NSSD diskettes or selecting individual diskettes to
    create. Once you make a selection, you will be prompted to insert
    diskettes accordingly.

 4. After the diskettes have been created, you may delete the downloaded
    SoftPaq file and the other files created in step 2.

 5. For installation instructions, refer to INSTALL.RDM (ASCII text file)
    of NSSD.HLP (Windows Help file) on diskette 2.


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