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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT:  PEDRIVER.EXE
              FDDI
              Ethernet
              Local Area VAXcluster

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXLAVC01_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  Saveset A -  54 Blocks
                                Saveset B - 126 Blocks
                                Saveset C - 126 Blocks
                         Total of 3 files - 306 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V6.0, V6.1
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes

NOTE:  According to OpenVMS Engineering, the fixes discussed in
       this article have been included in OpenVMS VAX V7.0.
       There are some fixes that have been included in previous
       versions of OpenVMS and those versions are specified in
       text following the problem descriptions.


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for PEDRIVER.EXE on OpenVMS VAX V6.0 through V6.1.
This kit addresses the following problem:

  o  Nodes in an LAVC (Local Area VAX Cluster) may CLUEXIT in mixed
     Ethernet/FDDI environments.  When FDDI-sized buffers are in use
     and a duplicated SCS hello message arrives from the Ethernet,
     PEDRIVER closes the channel and re-opens it to negotiate the
     smaller buffer size.

     When the channel is closed the VAXcluster is put in the
     closed state, then is immediately put into the open state.
     This leaves the datastructures in an inconsistent state and
     causes messages to be lost.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the DECNET-VMS and OPENVMS databases.  To view these articles, open
the appropriate product database and perform a query using either of
the following search strings: 'VAXLAVC01_061' or 'VAXLAVC'.


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 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 VMScluster,  the
entire cluster must be rebooted.
  
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | PEDRIVER.EXE               |%XFC75E7E6| VMS-5           | 26-MAR-1995  |
  |                                       |                 | 12:02:45.77  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | PEDRIVER.EXE               |%X5AD4A4BC| VMS-5           | 12-APR-1995  |
  |                                       |                 | 17:57:02.57  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+