NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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Products involved: AXIS StorPoint CD for Ethernet
AXIS StorPoint CD/T for Ethernet
AXIS StorPoint CD/T Dual SCSI for Ethernet
AXIS StorPoint CD/T 100 for Fast Ethernet
AXIS StorPoint CD/T 100 Dual SCSI for Fast Ethernet
Release date: December 7, 1998
Release type: Production
Software version: 4.27
File name: cde_427.bin
File size: 2,173,620 bytes
Last preceding
release: 4.26
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Added features in version 4.27:
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4.27:1. SMB: New dialect supported
The dialect NT LM 0.12 is now supported. This is the same dialect
Windows NT Server 4.0 uses. Supporting this dialect fixes problems
reading .INF-files from for example the Windows 95 CD-ROM.
4.27:2. SMB: Map drive using DNS name
It is now possible to map a drive on the CD-ROM server using
NET USE and DNS names (e.g. NET USE ... \\cdserver.acme.com\root).
4.27:3. NetWare: DS.NLM version 5.99
Compatibility with DS.NLM version 5.99 has been verified. There were
no compatibility problems found. The CD-ROM Server is now using version
5.99 as default.
4.27:4. NFS: Network Lock Manager (NLM)
The Network Lock Manager Protocol version 3 is now supported.
This service makes advisory DOS 3.1 file sharing and locking
possible. Some clients (i.e. InterDrive 4.0 for Windows 95/NT)
uses this protocol in conjunction with NFS 2 by default.
This service will also prevent the "No network locking"
messages on Solaris clients.
4.27:5
Corrected problems in version 4.27:
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4.27:5. NetWare: Support for new clients from Novell
Support for clients up to the following version has been added:
Novell Client 3.0 for Windows 95/98
Novell Client 4.50 for Windows NT.
4.27:6. NetWare: VLM client wildcard problem
The VLM client could not list files without extensions if a wildcard
was used. The problem has been fixed.
4.27:7. NetWare: Incompatibility with Revelation database
The revelation database used unsupported commands against the
CD-ROM server. When the CD-ROM server reported that these commands
were not supported, the Revelation database failed. Support for
these commands has been added.
4.27:8. NetWare: Windows 95, Client 32 & Axis Online CD
A bug caused a file scan to return an invalid match. This broke the
MacroMedia application used on the Axis Online CD.
4.27:9. NetWare: Memory leak
When a bad packet (in this case a packet whose size was less than what
the IPX header said) was received and discarded, the allocated packet
memory was never freed. This resulted in a memory leak. Although
this problem almost never occurs in most networks, it resulted in
very serious stability problems in networks that has a lot of packets
of this type.
4.27:10. NetWare: NDS lockup
A lockup problem that could cause a NDS-aware client request to freeze
and never return has been fixed.
4.27:11. SMB: Problem displaying international characters from Joliet CD-ROM:s
The server had errors in it's translation between the IBM 850 character
set and the ISO8859-1 character set. These problems have been fixed
and international characters should now be correctly displayed.
4.27:12. SMB: File system type was not reported
Windows Explorer reports the file system type for mapped drives when
viewing the properties for the drive. The CD-ROM server did not report
any file system type. Reporting the file system type is a feature of
the NT LM 0.12 dialect. Now that this dialect is supported, the CD-ROM
server will report CDFS as file system type.
4.27:13. SMB: Long file names
Long file names are truncated for clients that are bound by the 8+3
naming convention. These files sometimes appeared with corrupt names
and could not be read. This problem has been corrected.
4.27:14. HTTP: Server crash when listing access rights for CD-ROM:s
In extremely rare circumstances, the server could crash when listing the
'CD-ROM Rights' page (under Management). This problem has been corrected.
4.27:15. TCP/IP: Ping and IP address change
IP-address changing using ARP and PING is now active for the first half
hour after the system has started. This change will make it easier to
set the IP address using this method.
4.27:16. TCP/IP: Fixed problem with icmp redirect.
Net directed redirects would change the default gateway. Now all
redirects are treated as host redirects.
4.27:17. SCSI: Problem reading some discs
A problem that affected primarily Multi-Session CD-R:s with many very
small sessions has been corrected.
4.27:18. SCSI: Pioneer DVD-ROM drive not found on SCSI ID 0
A small timing problem on the SCSI bus made the drive not show up when
configured on SCSI ID 0.
4.27:19. SCSI: Pioneer Changer DRM-624X
Disabled read-ahead cache and simultaneous use of multiple LUN:s. This
fixes some problems with corrupt files.
4.27:20. File System: Added support for short Joliet names
On a Joliet CD-ROM, it's now selectable whether the short or the long
file names should be used for a particular Joliet CD-ROM. This fixes
some problems with older network clients that don't support long names.
This is controlled by a new parameter: UseShortJolietFileNames (yes/no)
in the volume files.
4.27:21. Ethernet: Hanging ethernet controller
Under some special circumstances, the ethernet controller would stop
receiving data. This problem has been fixed.
4.27:22. Ethernet: Memory leak
In networks with _very_ little traffic a memory leak appeared. This
problem only affected StorPoint CD100.
4.27:23. Ethernet: 100MBit
Fixed a problem (for 100 MBit Ethernet products) that made the MAC
(hardware layer) echo an incoming packet instead of sending the
outgoing packet.
4.27:24. TokenRing: System did not start when not connected to the network
The system would not start up if the unit was not connected to the
TokenRing network.
Added features in version 4.26:
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4.26:1. SMB: Map server using it's IP address
It's now possible to map the CD-ROM Server using it's IP address
instead of it's NetBIOS name (e.g. MAP \\192.129.119.191\root ).
4.26:2. SCSI: Support for advanced LUN expanders and caching boards
Support has been added for the RSSI caching boards emulating a SCSI-3
device, e.g. RS955-37 which can present up to 10 SCSI LUN:s combined
from several separate SCSI devices and their LUN:s. The CD-ROM server
can now recognize this unit and poll up to 64 LUN:s during the boot
sequence. A hidden parameter, MaxLun (in the SCSI group), has been
added to facilitate this functionality.
Corrected problems in version 4.26:
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4.26:3. TCP/IP: Time to live
The Time-To-Live (TTL) for TCP/IP packets were set differently for
different protocols. The default TTL has been set to 64 for all
protocols. The inconsistency could have caused problems on _very_
large networks, like the Internet or multinational corporate networks.
4.26:4. Ethernet: Compensation for Cisco router bug
The Cisco router filled in the 802.2 frame incorrectly and the
CD-ROM server discarded some packets. These incorrect packets are
now allowed and Cisco routers no longer cause problems.
4.26:5. NetWare: Not_logged_in connections
The algorithm for determining which not_logged_in connections that
should be thrown out has been modified. The server should no longer
keep connections from some special clients.
4.26:6. NetWare, NFS: Wrong path showed up in DOS and some Unix shells
When using NetWare and 16-bit applications, like MS-DOS, the
path in the prompt occasionally showed a different name for the
CD-ROM in the path than what was expected. This could cause
applications to stop functioning. This problem did not affect
32-bit applications.
4.26:7. SMB: NBT crash when WINS was not used
A instability problem concerning session setup to the CD-ROM server
has been fixed.
4.26:8. SMB: Login performance when using User Level authentication
The login procedure has been optimized. A typical login took around 4
seconds. This is now reduced to approximately 0.3 seconds.
4.26:9. SMB: System crash when using User Level authentication
Several simultaneous login attempts could cause the server to crash
when it tried to verify passwords against the domain controller for
multiple users at the same time.
4.26:10. SMB: Unable to access server when using User Level authentication
Sometimes a Windows NT 4.0 client would not supply a user name when
attaching to the CD-ROM server. This made the user validation process
fail and the user could not access any directories on the server.
4.26:11. HTTP: The HTTP Wizard was not accessible using MS IE 4.0
A bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 made it impossible to
access the HTTP Wizard. This bug has been circumvented.
4.26:12. TCP/IP: DHCP would not work with OS/2 Warp
The DHCP request was missing the END option. This was required by
OS/2 Warp's DHCP server. The END option has been added.
Added features in version 4.25:
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4.25:1. Installation Wizards
The quick installation page has been replaced by several installation
wizards that will guide the administrator through the installation in
different environments. In the NetWare wizard the NDS installation is
done by browsing the actual tree. This greatly simplifies the NDS
installation procedure.
4.25:2. Web administration improved
CD-ROM:s can now be ejected and locked easily through the management
pages in the web administration.
4.25:3. Common password for entire server
The administrator passwords in NetWare, HTTP, FTP, SMB and SNMP has
now been replaced with a single password, located in the Server
group.
Note: The new password will have the default value 'PASS'. Don't
forget to change this after the upgrade.
4.25:4 SMB: Workgroup name autodetection
The SMB workgroup name 'Domain/Group name' is no longer by default
set to WORKGROUP. The new default value is empty, which means that
autodetection should be used. During startup, the CD-ROM server
now picks the first workgroup name (alphabetically) found on
your network.
4.25:5. ISO 9660 compliance level 3
By adding support for ISO compliance level 3, the CD-ROM server can
now read CD-ROM:s written using packet-writing technology, an
increasingly more popular method. Adaptec DirectCD is one of the
programs that use packet-writing.
Corrected problems in version 4.25:
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4.25:6. SMB: Using Backup Domain Controllers
Previously, the CD-ROM server only used the Primary Domain Controller
(PDC) to authenticate users. This caused performance problems during
login and in some cases login was not possible (if the PDC was not
available).
4.25:7. SMB: DOS LAN Requester
The DOS LAN Requester client didn't work with the CD-ROM server. This
problem has been corrected.
4.25:8. SMB: DAVE Client version 2
DAVE 2.0 is now supported by the CD-ROM server.
4.25:9. SMB: SCSI alias when using SMB User Level access control
The first user connecting to a volume using SCSI alias would get
incorrect rights. This problem has been corrected.
4.25:10. SMB: Warning message in event log on NT servers and workstations
The following message would be displayed in the event log when
connecting to the CD-ROM server:
"The time zone bias calculated between XXXXXXXX and the current
workstation is too large. The data specifies the number of 100ns
units between the workstation and server. Make sure that the time
of day on the workstation and server are correct."
This problem has been corrected. Make sure that the clock is set
correctly though.
4.25:11. SMB: User level group and user names with international characters
International characters (in ISO 8859-1 Latin-1 and IBM 850) are
now supported in group and user names.
4.25:12. SMB: User level group names and NetBEUI
In some cases the group names read from the domain controller at
login time were corrupted and this caused problems with access rights.
This only affected NetBEUI and the problem has been solved.
4.25:13. SMB: Caching of writeable files
The CD-ROM server accidentally granted an oplock to writeable
files on the CD-ROM server. This caused the files to be cached
on the client. This caused problems with the WinPoint utility.
4.25:14. SMB: Processing CD-ROM mapping in logon scripts
A Windows95 client processing a logon script would get an
'access denied' when trying to map the CD-ROM server using
'NET USE' in the script. The problem has been fixed.
4.25:15. SMB: Illegal directory scanning (Fix for Westlaw 'Premise' software)
The CD-ROM server crashed when a client scanned for files in a
directory when the directory was actually a file.
The problem has been fixed.
4.25:16. NetWare: NDS installation problem 1
Schema extension sometimes failed with error code 0xFFFFD60. This
problem has been fixed.
4.25:17. NetWare: NDS installation problem 2
After a reinstall the CD-ROM server would sometimes refuse to accept
NDS login:s and on Novell File server consoles a message 'Could not
authenticate to server xxxxx due to synchronization restrictions'.
This problem has been solved.
4.25:18. NetWare: NDS installation problem 3
NDS installation in containers with international characters is
now supported.
4.25:19. NetWare: Saving rights to file
This feature now supports both DOS and LONG name spaces. The
parameter can now be in mixed case (previously only upper case
names were accepted).
4.25:20. NetWare: Accessing last LUN on last ID on bus B on Dual SCSI server
This crashed the CD-ROM server. The problem has been fixed.
4.25:21. NetWare: not_logged_in connections in statistics file
Some inactive connections were not thrown out the way they should.
This problem has been corrected.
4.25:22. NetWare: Unable to communicate messages on file server console
The message 'Unable to communicate with server xxxxxxx' showed up
on the console of Novell 4.11 file servers once every two hours.
This didn't actually cause any problems, but was very annoying.
This cosmetic bug has been corrected.
4.25:23. NetWare: NetWare/IP not working with Client32
In some cases a Client32 NetWare client refused to connect to the
CD-ROM server. This problem has been fixed.
4.25:24. SCSI: Startup problems with Dual SCSI
Some configurations would cause the CD-ROM server to freeze during
the startup sequence. The problem has been fixed.
Best regards
Axis Communications AB