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From: phil@Shiva.COM (Phil Budne)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Fastpath configuration
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.052034.8976@Shiva.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 90 05:20:34 GMT
References: <11015@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Organization: Shiva Corporation, Cambridge, Ma, USA
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In article <11015@hubcap.clemson.edu> rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) writes:
>I called Shiva, they have had some similar, but not exact reports of problems
>configuring the box.  If anyone else is having a similar problem, try using
>K-Star 8.0 instead of the new 8.0.1 they are currently shipping.  They say
>you need 8.0.1 if you have any FP 2's or 3's on your net.  We don't so I'm
>happy.

8.0.1 is required to run more than one Shiva manufactured FP4 on an ethernet.
Here is Shiva.COM:~ftp/dist/FastPath/K-Star/8.0.1/README;

Newly manufactured FastPath4's have the Shiva ethernet mfgr code
(00-08-D3) rather than the Kinetics ethernet mfgr code (08-00-89).

Unmodified versions of K-Star (and KIP) will think the configuration
information has been trashed and behave poorly.

The symptom is that K-Star resets the ethernet address to a fixed
address (08-00-89-F0-01-01) this causes major problems for more than
one box on a net!

** No (other) changes have been made in the hardware, nor has the boot
** PROM been altered.

K-Star 8.0.1 is a version of 8.0 patched to run on Shiva manufactured
FP-4's (ones with a SHV part number).

7.0.1 is a version of 7.0 similarly patched. 7.0.1u is a patched
version of the 7.0 released for 2/3U boxes (no DECnet). NEITHER 7.0.1
NOR 7.0.1u HAVE BEEN TESTED.  They are provided as a service to users
who may want to continue running 7.0 on newly manufactured boxes.

(symptom: FastPath Manager goes wild if you try to open such a gw)

To cure: turn off all but one Shiva BOX, RESET it and load with 8.0.1,
then continue with the other boxes.

There are no documentation changes for 8.0.1, and new boxes should now
be shipping with 8.0.1.  The "8.0" upgrade kit may still be ordered to
get the new (8.0) documentation.  Call (617) 252-6500 or (800) 438-4550

Users running KIP will want to fix the following lines in gw.c;

Old:
	if (conf.ipaddr == 0 || etheraddr[2] != 0x89)
		panic("bad conf");

New:
	if (conf.ipaddr == 0 || etheraddr[2] != 0x89 && etheraddr[2] != 0xd3)
		panic("bad conf");

8.0.1, 7.0.1, and 7.0.1u are available by anonymous ftp from Shiva.COM
in ~ftp/dist/FastPath/K-Star:

brahma% ls -lR ~ftp/dist/FastPath/K-Star
total 3
drwxrwsr-x  2 phil          512 Oct 13 17:37 7.0.1/
drwxrwsr-x  2 phil          512 Oct 13 17:37 7.0.1u/
drwxrwsr-x  2 phil          512 Oct 13 17:24 8.0.1/

/usr/public/dist/FastPath/K-Star/7.0.1:
total 174
-rw-rw-r--  3 phil         1448 Oct 13 17:38 README
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        87185 Oct 13 17:36 kstar.srec
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        50378 Oct 13 17:37 split.aa
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        36807 Oct 13 17:37 split.ab

/usr/public/dist/FastPath/K-Star/7.0.1u:
total 147
-rw-rw-r--  3 phil         1448 Oct 13 17:38 README
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        73391 Oct 13 17:37 kstar.srec
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        50390 Oct 13 17:37 split.aa
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        23001 Oct 13 17:37 split.ab

/usr/public/dist/FastPath/K-Star/8.0.1:
total 405
-rw-rw-r--  3 phil         1448 Oct 13 17:38 README
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil       196766 Oct 13 17:16 kstar.srec
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        50378 Oct 13 17:17 split.aa
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        50600 Oct 13 17:17 split.ab
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        50600 Oct 13 17:17 split.ac
-rw-rw-r--  1 phil        45188 Oct 13 17:17 split.ad