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Conference 7.286::fddi

Title:	FDDI - The Next Generation

Moderator:	NETCAD::STEFANI

Created:	Thu Apr 27 1989
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2259
Total number of notes:	8590

1126.0. "FCdriver versions" by COMICS::REYNOLDS (Mad Dogs and Englishmen) Mon Oct 25 1993 13:29

    Hello,
    
    Can someone confirm the situation with FCdriver? This was the DEFZAs
    driver  but now there is apparently a new version for use with the 
    DEFTA (supplied in the DEC Lan Device Driver kit).
    
    Can the new version be used with both the DEFTA and DEFZA - if not,
    what are the consequences of say using a DEFTA with the older FCdriver?
    
    The latest kit I can find for VMS 5.5-2 is VAXPHV05_U2055.A - is this 
    a different kit to the one above?
    
    thanks,
    
                John Reynolds, UK CSC, Comms.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1126.1		QUIVER::STEFANI	Have the # for the Mars Observer?	`Mon Oct 25 1993 17:45`	7
	Don't take this as gospel, but I believe the drivers are different between the DEFZA and the DEFTA. I know that the port interface is very different between the two cards so that making one driver to support both would likely be more difficult to write and maintain than having two separate drivers. - Larry
1126.2		STAR::STOCKDALE		`Tue Oct 26 1993 06:39`	6
	The one driver, FCDRIVER, supports both the DEFTA and DEFZA. There are other drivers like this, for example, ETDRIVER supports DEBNA and DEBNI. XQDRIVER supports DEQNA, DELQA, DEQTA. - Dick
1126.3		QUIVER::STEFANI	Have the # for the Mars Observer?	`Tue Oct 26 1993 08:38`	5
	>>The one driver, FCDRIVER, supports both the DEFTA and DEFZA. Hmmm...learn something new everyday. Thanks. - Larry
1126.4	which Fcdriver?	42441::REYNOLDS	Mad Dogs and Englishmen	`Tue Oct 26 1993 11:28`	20
	OK thanks. Just one point: you need a LAN device drivers kit to use the DEFTA - what is this kit called? I have a 5.5-2 kit called VAXPHV05_U2055.A containing FCdriver X-7 (5th Oct-93) and also a VMS 6.0 kit called VAXPHV01_060.A containing FCdriver X-7 (14th Oct-93). I understood that the LAN device driver kit was not installable on VMS 6.0 so I conclude that these kits contain 'DEFZA only' versions of FCdriver. Can someone confirm this and if true, give me a network pointer to this kit (or at least give me the ident of the DEFTA compatible FCdriver)? thanks, John.
1126.5		CSC32::B_GOODWIN		`Tue Oct 26 1993 11:41`	6
	John, check out note 1101.*, it might answer your questions on the Lan Device Driver Kit. Brad
1126.6		COMICS::REYNOLDS	Mad Dogs and Englishmen	`Tue Oct 26 1993 16:00`	12
	thanks for the pointer, Brad - this is really confusing! What is the situation with the DEFTA then - are you supposed to upgrade to VMS 5.5-2H4 or is this VMS kit included in the latest CDROM in which case you can just pull the FCdriver? To get round this problem though, is my FCdriver X-7 (5th Oct 93) version good for the DEFTA? The customer only has X-7 17th March 93 - DEFZA only? John.
1126.7		CSC32::B_GOODWIN		`Tue Oct 26 1993 16:48`	10
	John, I'm told you have to upgrade to 5.5-2H4, you are not suppose to just move the driver over. Also, the upgrade kit was made special and only sent to certain customers who required it. If you need a kit, check out the STARS article: [OpenVMS] Which Update Or Installation Kit To Use For V5.5-2H4 Hope this helps, Brad
1126.8		COMICS::REYNOLDS	Mad Dogs and Englishmen	`Tue Oct 26 1993 17:56`	10
	thanks Brad - I've checked out 5.5-2H4: it's a hardware upgrade specifically for 4000 systems with DEFTA and DEFQA! I'll check out why the customer wasn't made aware of this kit when he bought the DEFTA (grumble.. moan...) cheers, John.