NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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          Products involved: AXIS StorPoint CD and CD/T for Ethernet

          Release date: 961101	

          Release type: Production 

          Software version: 3.01

          Filename: SPCD_ETH.301   Size: 1092 KB

 
          Last preceding
          release:	 3.00

          Flash loading 
          instructions:       See flash.txt document


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          Corrected problems and added features in version 3.01:
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          1. NetWare Burst mode

             Improved Burst mode performance with Microsoft's NetWare client 
             for Windows 95.

             Background

             The StorPoint CD transmits packets with less delay than AXIS 850 and
             Novell Servers. This is due to our new and more powerful hardware.
             The NetWare clients for Windows 95 cannot handle packets with short
             interpacket delay so packets are lost. 
             
             The number of frames lost depends on the client hardware and so does 
             the performance loss. Typically you can loose 30% performance on
             a 486-66 PC with Microsoft client. 
             
             The Microsoft client increases the requested send delay when packets
             are lost. We have added handling of this send delay in the burst 
             requests and that solves the problem for the Microsoft NetWare 
             Windows 95 client.
             
             The Novell client handles packet loss by decreasing the burst size
             and not by increasing the send delay so you can still expect some
             performance loss.

             We recommend that you upgrade to 3.01 only if you have Windows 95
             with Microsoft's client.
 
          2. Diagnostics page

             In the config/public/ folder there is a new html diagnostics page
             diag.htm. 
            
             This page could be used to verify the server and drive functionality
             after installation in a tower. If the page is requested during
             the first hour after boot up the CD drives performance over the SCSI
             bus will be verified by automatically locating and reading a large 
             file on an inserted disc. 

          3. Improved seek performance

             The seek performance has been improved (SMB 50 percent and NetWare
             20 percent).

             This improves the performance for browsing and accessing files
             in directories with many entries.             

          4. Memory upgrade
         
             This release supports memory upgrades with DIMM modules.

             The memory types that can be used are

             SO-DIMM 1x32 72-pin 5V 60ns 4Mb 
             SO-DIMM 4x32 72-pin 5V 60ns 16Mb 

             The extended memory is auto detected and is used for caching.

             An additional PLD is required to be able to address the extended 
             memory. This PLD will be supplied only by Axis.    

          5. Test button

             If the test button is pressed during power on all LEDs start
             flashing. If the test button is released and pressed again 
             the factory default settings are restored.


         Best regards

         AXIS COMMUNICATIONS AB