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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1994. All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  13-NOV-2001
Modification Type:  Note added regarding this kit is no longer
                    available through SSB.

OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT: System

SOURCE: Digital Customer Support Center

ECO INFORMATION:

CSCPAT Kit: CSCPAT_0299 V1.4 (CSCPAT_0299014)
CSCPAT Kit Size: 1008 blocks
Engineering Cross Reference: SYSLOA$09_055, SYSLOA$03_U3054,
SYSLOA$04_U3054, SYSLOA$05_U3054,
SYSLOA$06_U3054, SYSLOA$08_U3054

Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.4, 5.4-1, 5.4-2, 5.4-3,
5.5, V5.5-1 (for the VAX 9000 ONLY)
OpenVMS VAX V5.4-3 (for all other XMI-based systems)
System Reboot Necessary: Yes

NOTE: This patch should be installed on all VAX 9000s running
OpenVMS VAX V5.4 through V5.5-1. This kit is included in
OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.

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ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO (patch) kit exists for systems running OpenVMS VAX V5.4 - V5.5-1
on a VAX 9000 and for OpenVMS VAX V5.4-3 running on other XMI-based
systems. This kit addresses the following problems:

For all XMI-based systems:

o Pool corruption on XMI-based systems; must not have an XBI/XBI+
or DEMFA adapter and must have at least 4 other native XMI
adapters (CIXCD, KDM70, KFMSA, and/or DEMNA).

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.

For the VAX 9000 ONLY:

o When a secondary CPU is started on a VAX 9000 system, two start
requests are sent to the console. This can cause timing problems
when attempting to boot tri-CPU and quad-CPU configurations.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.

o Keep-alive polling cannot be properly enabled on the VAX 9000.
Keep-alive messages are not sent to the console even if the
appropriate console command has been issued.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.

o System crashes with a UNEXPIOINT bugcheck when a XJA XMI register
access fails due to a bogus XJA XMI read.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the VMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using the search string
'CSCPAT_0299'.


ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request kits
electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and review
the article entitled:

[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO (Patch) Kits Using Service Tools


INSTALLATION NOTES:

In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VAXcluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
  
  ==========================================================================
  | Table of Kit Image Information |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
  | Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA1202.EXE |%X5625D511| X-30 | 26-NOV-1991 |
  | | | 00:49:14.08 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA1302.EXE |%XF6DD3743| X-30 | 26-NOV-1991 |
  | | | 00:49:27.04 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA9AQ.EXE |%X3D5521A8| X-30 | 8-JUN-1992 |
  | | | 10:59:33.74 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA9AQ.EXE |%X4716F3DA| X-35 | 9-JUN-1992 |
  | | | 12:29:11.89 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA9CC.EXE |%XC5975F87| X-30 | 26-NOV-1991 |
  | | | 00:48:49.23 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA9RR.EXE |%X067BFE3A| X-30 | 26-NOV-1991 |
  | | | 00:49:01.03 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+