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IR32596 has been installed.
 
Patch created on:   27th of June, 1996.
Patch applies to:   SNACOM, CSDs CPG6131 and earlier.
                    IPCHAN, CSDs IPY6131 and earlier.
                    HCC,    GA release only.
Patch consists of (in the c:\nsca directory):
 
  File:          Date:      Time:    Size:
  ~~~~           ~~~~       ~~~~     ~~~~
  NSCADD.SYS     6-27-96    6:14p    66612
  NSCADDI.SYS    6-27-96    6:17p    81972
  NSCADDT.SYS    6-27-96    6:16p    75316
  NSCADDIT.SYS   6-27-96    6:18p    94260
 
Description of the problem:
  When 10 or more unique logical paths are configured for IPCHAN, 
  no host communication is possible.   The connection between the 
  host and the 3172 doesn't even get as far as the node descriptor
  flowing;  in fact, the 3172 doesn't even generate light on the 
  ESCON cable that is attached to the ESCON Director.
  For configured ESCON connections to hosts, the IPCHAN configurator,
  IPYSETUP, writes all numbers to the NSCA.CFG file as hexadecimal
  numbers.   However, when the ESCON device driver (without this fix)
  parses NSCA.CFG, it reads the Device Address Table (DAT) numbers 
  as decimal numbers.   Hence, when it comes to read DAT 0A 
  (the tenth), it fails to parse NSCA.CFG correctly and all host 
  connections become inoperable.
  (N.B.  A "logical path" is the combination of the
         upstream ESCON Director Port's number and the
         logical Control Unit Image's number.)
 
Description of the fix:
  All the above ESCON device driver versions have been fixed 
  so that they parse the Device Address Table column of the 
  NSCA.CFG file as a hexadecimal number, not a decimal number.
 
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