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Latest Service Updates for Channel for AIX

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  1. Description
  2. Lists of APARs included
  3. Legal information
  4. Prerequisites
  5. Installation instructions
  6. Download links

This document provides information about the latest PTFs produced for IBM Channel products for AIX at the time this document was updated. These PTFs are now available for download or order. You may download this service update or place an order via the IBM Support Center. Links to download these PTFs can be found at the bottom of this document.

SNA Data Link Controls
U814357sna.dlcmpc.6.3.1.0DLC for MPC mode (MCA and PCI ESCON)
U473076sna.dlcchannel.6.0.0.1DLC for 3174-SNA mode (MCA ESCON and BLKMUX)

AIX Multi-Path Channel drivers
U485887devices.common.IBM.esconCU.mpc.rte.2.1.5.1MPC (Multi-Path Channel) for AIX v5
U484312devices.common.IBM.esconCU.mpc.rte.2.1.4.1MPC (Multi-Path Channel) for AIX v4

AIX Channel adapter device drivers
U485886devices.pci.esconCU.rte.2.1.5.3PCI ESCON device driver for AIX v5
U485888devices.pci.esconCU.rte.2.1.4.2PCI ESCON device driver for AIX v4
U484310devices.mca.8fc3.rte.1.1.0.11MCA ESCON device driver
U472401escon.cuu.3.2.0.9MCA ESCON microcode
U472400devices.mca.fe92.rte.4.2.0.8MCA BLKMUX (Block Multiplexer) device driver

APAR INFORMATION:
The following section provides lists of APARs fixed by each PTF update of the above filesets and provides the title of each APAR. For details about a specific APAR, visit http://www.ibm.com and perform a search on the APAR number.

sna.dlcmpc
6.3.1.0IZ06687CUMULATIVE APAR FOR 6.3.1.0 FOR CS/AIX
6.1.0.2IY58390Crash in MPCL.ext
6.1.0.1IY32687CumService APAR for AIX Channel MPC DLC V6.1.0.1
6.0.1.1IY23363CumService APAR for AIX Channel MPC DLC V6.0.1.1
6.0.0.1IY12667CumService APAR for AIX Channel MPC DLC V6.0.0.1
6.0.0.0IY11058CumService APAR for AIX Channel MPC DLC V6.0.0.0
IY01687ESCON DLC XID3s Lost to SNA stack from VTAM
IY02021Remove benign errpt messages
1.2.0.1IX89219CumService APAR for AIX Channel DLC V1.2.0.1
IX83795ATTACH DROP WITH DLC_MISC_FAILURE/DLC_ENTRY_IOCTL
IX84108CRASH IN CHANNEL DLC
IX84890CHL.EXT CRASH AFTER UNBIND REQUEST FROM SESSION
1.2.0.0IX71953Cumulative Service APAR Channel MPC DLC V1.1
1.1.0.0IX67620Cumulative Service APAR Channel Connectivity V2.1

sna.dlcchannel
6.0.0.1IY12666CumService APAR for AIX Channel CDLC DLC V6.0.0.1
IY06664system crash because of error in CHL.ext
6.0.0.0IY11057CumService APAR for AIX Channel CDLC DLC V6.0.0.0
IY01687ESCON DLC XID3s Lost to SNA stack from VTAM
IY02021Remove benign errpt messages
2.2.0.1IX89218CumService APAR for AIX Channel DLC V2.2.0.1
IX83795ATTACH DROP WITH DLC_MISC_FAILURE/DLC_ENTRY_IOCTL
IX84108CRASH IN CHANNEL DLC
IX84890CHL.EXT CRASH AFTER UNBIND REQUEST FROM SESSION
2.2.0.0IX71950Cumulative Service APAR for AIX Channel DLC V2.1
IX69040ESCON CHANNEL LINK STATION NOT ACTIVE AFTER MVS IPL.
IX67932ESCON CHANNEL SNA SYSTEM CRASH - 888 102 300 0C0
2.1.0.2IX65820Cumulative Service APAR Channel Connectivity
2.1.0.1IX56281Cumulative Service APAR Channel BLKMUX V1.1

devices.common.IBM.esconCU.mpc.rte
2.1.5.1IY36852PCI ESCON SUPPORT FOR AIX 5.1 AND 64-BIT KERNEL
2.1.4.1IY26152CRASH IN MPC DRIVER STARTING MULTIPLE LINK STATIONS
IY33419CUMULATIVE SERVICE APAR FOR AIX ESCON MPC DRIVER
2.1.2.0IY20732MPC link station stays active when it should fail
IY12671Crash during boot with many MPC interfaces
2.1.1.4IY03139MACHINE HANG RUNNING ESCON MPC PROTOCOL
IY05079MPC LINK STATION RESTART PROBLEM AFTER AIX REBOOT
IY09598CRASH IN MPC DRIVER ON LINK START
IY10103CRASH DUE TO MPCDD OVERRUNNING INTERRUPT STACK
2.1.1.3IY03139MACHINE HANG RUNNING ESCON MPC PROTOCOL
IY05079MPC LINK STATION RESTART PROBLEM AFTER AIX REBOOT
IY06392MPC MODE 64-BIT APPLICATION SUPPORT
2.1.1.2IX87490MPCI kproc looping and hogging all CPU
IX88045Crash in Delay called from MPCDD:sendXID20
IY00816Crash in MPC driver when doing rmdev -l mpc
IY00985Cumulative service APAR for AIX MPC ESCON driver
IY01982MPC SNA Link Station Start Failure
2.1.1.1IX77932Crash in nscawrite while using MPC
IX83115ESCON unusable after many attempts to start MPC link
IX83762Channel Network interface not restored with mksysb
IX84186Crash in MPC when starting mis-matched MPC groups
IX84316Cumulative Service APAR for AIX MPC driver
mpc.rte (previous name for devices.common.IBM.esconCU.mpc.rte)
1.1.0.1IX71952Cumulative Service APAR for Channel MPC V1.1
IX74168Crash in pincode when executing ifconfig es*
IX69912Channel MPC error report entry for XID failure
1.1.0.0IX67618Cumulative Service APAR Channel ESCON V1.1

devices.pci.esconCU.rte
2.1.5.3IY70375LINK INCIDENT VARYING ON AIX ESCON DEVICES
2.1.5.1IY36852PCI ESCON SUPPORT FOR AIX 5.1 AND 64-BIT KERNEL
IY35851PCI ESCON driver hangs after fiber pulled
2.1.5.0IY36852PCI ESCON SUPPORT FOR AIX 5.1 AND 64-BIT KERNEL
2.1.4.2IY35851PCI ESCON driver hang after fiber pulled
IY36855Cumulative service APAR for PCI ESCON device driver
2.1.4.1IY27411Crash on ESCON ioctl if bad arguments given
IY27416Crash if application writes zero-length data to ESCON
IY27443Communications hangs while running PDM over ESCON
IY29705ESCON ADAPTER CAN'T BE DEFINED ON P690
IY33418Cumulative service APAR for PCI ESCON device driver
2.1.4.0IY33418Cumulative service APAR for PCI ESCON device driver
2.1.3.0IY24787Syntax Errors reported in ESCON scripts
IY25235ESCON PCI Cumulative Service APAR
2.1.2.0IY20685ESCA_MISC_ERROR with return code of 0xAF
IY15256Add IOCP Host Def broken if no CU Name specified
IY21991ESCON PCI Cumulative Service APAR
2.1.1.4IY05079MPC link station restart problem after AIX reboot
IY05193Show/Change Subchannels sometimes displays garbage
IY06803Fix "426" error on mainframe ftp gets
IY08203Fix running out of SQ entries and misc other fixes
IY10232Allow LPAR of 1 to F instead of 1 to A
IY12392Data Storage Interrupt while SE log
IY11694CUMULATIVE SERVICE FOR ESCON PCI DEVICE DRIVER AND UCODE
2.1.1.2IX86520Crash shows escadd dump routine failure
IX88488Crash in net_free called from escadd:nscawrite
IY00982Cumulative service APAR for AIX PCI ESCON driver
IY01583Change DoSubd so connections field not wiped out
2.1.1.1IX84351Cumulative Service APAR for PCI ESCON V2.1
IX83762Channel Network interface not restored with mksysb
2.1.1.0IX84351Cumulative Service APAR for PCI ESCON V2.1

devices.mca.8fc3.rte
1.1.0.11IY33417Cumulative service APAR for AIX MCA ESCON driver
IY33887Crash in escadd:process_rcvmsg in AIX ESCON driver
1.1.0.10IY08196Fix "426" error on mainframe ftp gets
IY12392Data Storage Interrupt while SE log
IY11695CUMULATIVE SERVICE FOR THE MICROCHANNEL ESCON ADAPTER DEVICE DRIVER
1.1.0.9IY04273Crash in MCA ESCON nscawrite calling get_micq
IY05193Show/Change Subchannels sometimes displays garbage
IY05337Cumulative service APAR for MCA ESCON driver
1.1.0.8IX86520Crash shows escadd dump routine failure
IX83603Errors logged for zero length sense
IX87866ESCON performance slows down due to buffer leak
IX89340Crash in ESCON driver while running NFS
IY00715Crash in esdgdd running ESCON diag with memory debug
IY00983Cumulative service APAR for AIX MCA ESCON driver
IY01583Change DoSubd so connections field not wiped out
1.1.0.7IX77930Change ESCON driver not to count zero-length mbufs
IX83762Channel Network interface not restored with mksysb
IX84305Cumulative Service APAR for Channel ESCON V1.1
1.1.0.6IX71949Cumulative Service APAR Channel ESCON V1.1
IX75034 ESCON SNA link does not activate after reboot
IX74168Crash in pincode when executing ifconfig es*
IX69912Channel MPC error report entry for XID failure
IX72170Crash in ESCON driver on write; too much stack used
1.1.0.5IX65813Cumulative Service APAR Channel ESCON V1.1
1.1.0.4IX59988Cumulative Service APAR AIX Channel ESCON V1.1.
IX51744ESCON DEVICE SHOWS BOX-A STATE AFTER RISC WAS POWERED OFF
IX59159ESCON DRIVER CAN CRASH IN NSCREAD() AT AIX 4.1
IX59235PAGES_IN_USE SCHEME BREAKS DOWN WHEN WRITING FROM USER BUFFERS
IX59234LSCFG FOR ESCON0 AND ESCA0 GIVE N/A AS DESCRIPTION
IX59636ESCON DRIVER CORRUPTING SMALL PACKETS SENT TO THE HOST.
1.1.0.2IX56280Cumulative Service APAR Channel ESCON V1.1
1.1.0.1IX53905Cumulative Service APAR SNA Channel ESCON V1.1

escon.cuu
3.2.0.9IY11697CUMULATIVE SERVICE FOR THE MICROCHANNEL ESCON ADAPTER UCODE
IY11285ESCON hang condition
3.2.0.8IX83603ESCON Microcode Error Logged for Zero-Length Sense
IX82930ESCON Protocol Error Talking to Amdahl host

devices.mca.fe92.rte
4.2.0.8IX89048Error from ioctl(CAT_UNSOLICITED) with grouped subs
IY10260System crash in catwrite
IY11696Cumulative service APAR for AIX MCA Block Mux driver
4.2.0.7IX83762Channel Network interface not restored with mksysb
IX84981Crash in blkmuxdd:dma_free
IX84339Cumulative Service APAR for AIX Block Mux driver
4.2.0.6IX71951Cumulative Service APAR Channel BLKMUX V1.1
IX74168Crash in pincode when executing ifconfig es*
IX74189Crash in block mux driver catread
4.2.0.5IX67617Cumulative Service APAR Channel BLKMUX V1.1
4.2.0.4IX59989Cumulative Service APAR Channel BLKMUX V1.1
4.2.0.2IX56281Cumulative Service APAR Channel BLKMUX V1.1
4.2.0.1IX53906Cumulative Service APAR SNA Channel BLKMUX V1.1
4.1.3.1IX52148GENERIC ATTRIBUTE FOR CHECK_IND IS INCORRECT
4.1.3.0IX51417DMA VIOLATION WHEN WRITING FROM CATDD TO 370 CHANNEL
4.1.2.1IX50142CATDD CONTINUES TO USE AN MBUF EVEN AFTER FREEING IT

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LIMIT OF LIABILITY:
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License to the contained APAR fixes is conditioned upon the recipient
holding a license to the prerequisite product. The license terms
and conditions of the APAR fixes are the same as those for the
prerequisite product. Please see the product license for specifics.

Prerequisites

License to the contained APAR fixes is conditioned upon the recipient holding a license to the prerequisite product.

Installation Instructions

Before installing the PTFs, stop any applications which use the channel devices, such as TCP/IP and SNA software. The PTF files are in AIX installp format; use installp or "smit install" to install them.

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Technical Support

http://www.ibm.com/software/network/commserver/support/

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Product Synonym

cs/aix csaix comm communications server commserver sna channel escon blkmux block multiplexer aix mpc dlc dlcmpc dlcchannel esconCU

Problems (APARS) fixed
IX50142;IX51417;IX51744;IX52148;IX53905;IX53906;IX56280;IX56281;IX56281;IX59159;IX59234;IX59235;IX59636;IX59988;IX59989;IX65813;IX65820;IX67617;IX67618;IX67620;IX67932;IX69040;IX69912;IX69912;IX71949;IX71950;IX71951;IX71952;IX71953;IX72170;IX74168;IX74168;IX74168;IX74189;IX75034;IX77930;IX77932;IX82930;IX83115;IX83603;IX83603;IX83762;IX83762;IX83762;IX83762;IX83795;IX83795;IX84108;IX84108;IX84186;IX84305;IX84316;IX84339;IX84351;IX84351;IX84890;IX84890;IX84981;IX86520;IX86520;IX87490;IX87866;IX88045;IX88488;IX89048;IX89218;IX89219;IX89340;IY00715;IY00816;IY00982;IY00983;IY00985;IY01583;IY01583;IY01687;IY01687;IY01982;IY02021;IY02021;IY03139;IY03139;IY04273;IY05079;IY05079;IY05079;IY05193;IY05193;IY05337;IY06392;IY06664;IY06803;IY08196;IY08203;IY09598;IY10103;IY10232;IY10260;IY11057;IY11058;IY11285;IY11694;IY11695;IY11696;IY11697;IY12392;IY12392;IY12666;IY12667;IY12671;IY15256;IY20685;IY20732;IY21991;IY23363;IY24787;IY25235;IY26152;IY27411;IY27416;IY27443;IY29705;IY32687;IY33417;IY33418;IY33419;IY33887;IY35851;IY35851;IY36852;IY36855;IY58390;IY70375;IZ06687;U814357

Document Information

Modified date:
02 August 2018

UID

swg24004986

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