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IRIX® 6.5.17 Update Guide

10SGML or XML documents to be published directly into HTML (ourdelivery format). These same tools are available to you as part of the“SGI Book Buildin

11A conversion process is provided (the existing insightAdmincommand). Various options for performing the conversion areavailable through this tool. I

12NFS• NFS Version 3 Client UpdateThe overall behavior of the NFS Version 3 client has been modified toimprove mixed and heavy load performance. Most c

13Cluster Management• New build_cmgr_script(1M) commandThe build_cmgr_script(1M) command generates a cmgr(1M)script from the cluster database. The scr

14Networking• New networking interface functionsIn IRIX 6.5.17, support for following interfaces has been added:– For nodename-to-address and address-

15– The freeaddrinfo() function frees one or more addrinfostructures returned by getaddrinfo(), along with anyadditional storage associated with those

16For more information, see the getaddrinfo(3), getnameinfo(),gai_strerror(3), freeaddrinfo(3), getipnodebyname(3),getipnodebyaddr(3), freehostent(3),

17since November 2000, as well as the latest IRIX Support Policydocuments, visit the IRIX Support Policy webpage located at:http://support.sgi.com/new

18Teleffect was moved from the Teleffect CD to the Applications CD.The Teleffect product enables the sharing of a single keyboard andmouse between mul

19• SGI Webserver 1.3.26• FLEXlm License Tools 3.4.7The floating license server was upgraded to FLEXlm v8.1b. For adetailed list of new features and bu

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20Freeware CDsThe following changes have been incorporated into the August 2002update to the SGI IRIX Freeware Project.New products for this release:•

21• jam-2.3 - make(1) replacement• libao-0.8.2 - simple portable audio output library• libesmtp-0.8.12 -library for posting e-mail• libogg-1.0rc3 - Og

22Updated products for this release:• analog-5.23 - HTTPD Logfile Analyser• apache-1.3.26 - Apache web server• automake-1.6.2 - generate autoconf files•

23• gawk-3.1.1 - GNU awk• GConf-1.0.9 - GNOME Config System• gdb-5.2 - GNU debugger• gdk-pixbuf-0.18.0 - image handling library• gedit-0.9.7 - GNOME te

24• libxml2-2.4.22 - XML parsing and manipulation• mc-4.5.55 - Midnight Commander visual shell• mozilla-1.0rc3 - Mozilla for IRIX• ncftp-3.1.3 - ncftp

25• sudo-1.6.6 - restricted superuser access• tar-1.13.25 - GNU tar• unzip-5.50 - Info-ZIP UnZip Archive uxtraction utilities• vera-1.9 - dictionary o

26DocumentationThe following manuals have been revised for the significant new featuresincorporated into this release.• IRIX Admin: Resource Administra

27• InSight Professional Publisher’s User Guide, 007-2863-003, has beenupdated to document the upgrade to the online documentation tools.• REACT Real-

28Key New Features from IRIX 6.5.1 to IRIX 6.5.16Hardware Platforms and Features SupportedIntroduced in IRIX 6.5.15:• Support for PCI Expansion Module

29• Support for the QED RM7000 processor on Silicon Graphics O2systemsIntroduced in IRIX 6.5.8:• Support initiated for VPro Graphics, the next generat

3for software supported by SGI: Active, Maintenance, Limited, Legacy,Courtesy, Divested, Retired, and Expired.Active Mode is our highest level of serv

30Introduced in IRIX 6.5.3:• Systems using the MIPS R12000 processor• Digital Video Multiplexer option board (DPLEX) for Silicon GraphicsOnyx2 systems

31New Software Features-Feature Stream OnlyIntroduced in IRIX 6.5.16• For the IRIX 6.5.16f release, the -extend option was added to theXVM show comman

32jlimit_pthread_ign, jlimit_rss_ign, andjlimit_vmem_ign. For more information on kernel tunableparameters, see the setjusage(2) entry in Appendix A i

33information on administering XFS quotas, see IRIX Admin: Disks andFilesystems.Caution: Group quotas are supported in the feature stream only. Ifyou

34Introduced in IRIX 6.5.14• The CXFS GUI was enhanced in the IRIX 6.5.14 release as follows:– CXFS Manager and CXFS Cluster View windows are nowcombi

35nodes running 6.5.12 and 6.5.13, backwards compatibility is enforcedby default in 6.5.13.See the CXFS Version 2 Software Installation and Administra

36Introduced in IRIX 6.5.10:• XVM installed with CXFS is now qualified on IP35 (Origin 3000)systems in addition to the existing qualification on the IP2

37information on the administration of disk quotas by project, see theedquota(1M), find(1M), quota(1M), repquota(1M), andfstab(4) man pages.• Support

38• Support for the CXFS productCXFS provides a cluster file system that allows file sharing betweenmachines. CXFS requires a new volume manager, XVM. T

39Maintenance and Feature StreamsIntroduced in IRIX 6.5.16:• IRIX 6.5.16 supports a new XThread Control Interface (XTCI) thatallows users to control m

4Courtesy Mode software is not officially part of the software supportofferings. Courtesy mode software is not covered by software supportcontracts, an

40in which you suspect a CPU may have a hardware error but you donot want to shut down your entire system.For more information, see the “Excluding a C

41Functions” in the IRIX Admin: Resource Administration manual andthe cpusetMove(3x) and cpusetMoveMigrate(3x) man pages.• The IRIX 6.5.16 release add

42For more information on kernel tunable parameters, see Appendix Ain IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation.• IRIX 6.5.16 provides support for

43For existing large filesystems with high numbered inodes this doesnot solve the problem, but it does solve it for new filesystems, and fornew files cre

44This change has been made per field request because we havediscovered that having gang scheduling on by default greatlydiminishes system performance.

45• A new partitioning administration command, partmgr(1M), isavailable to define and store partition definitions. For moreinformation, see IRIX Admin:

46(lmhostid). Any FLEXlm license based on the old non-partitionedlmhostid value will no longer work and a new license key must begenerated. See the fo

47Introduced in IRIX 6.5.14:• In the IRIX 6.5.5 release, SGI introduced a new optional directoryformat for XFS filesystems, referred to as the "ve

48• The cpusetGetProperties() and cpusetFreeProperties()functions were added to the Cpuset System library. For information,see chapter 4, "Cpuset

49media_change_alert_program specified with the -c option.This lets system administrators send commands to a tape jukebox tomount the next tape.• Chang

5The webpage athttp://support.sgi.com/irix/news/index.html#swmodescontains a link to a webpage where the eight software support modes aredescribed in

50a transfer and restart another one without taking down virtualconnection.• VPro for Octane and OpenGL performance improvements.• The following new s

51improvement to the existing functionality that is used internally bythe system.• The tools that report CPU utilization have been modified to correctt

52feature disables the reserved area of memory that the kernel providesfor applications to place their mmap and shmat mappings. For moreinformation, s

53/CDROM/dist/ directory of the IRIX 6.5.11 Overlays CD (3 of 3),February 2001.Introduced in IRIX 6.5.10:• Support for point-to-point connections betw

54Guide have been combined. The new document is called theEmbedded Support Partner User Guide and will contain overviewand usage information for the E

55• Support for new Miser cpuset options. These options allow thecreation of restrictive memory pools from the nodes that contain theCPUs listed in th

56• Open Inventor Runtime 2.1.6 overlay incorporates fixes included inversions 2.1.4 and 2.1.5. This overlay requires that the base Inventor2.1.4 image

57command. For more information, see IRIX Admin: Disks andFilesystems and the mkfs_xfs(1M) man page.• Support for the math and scientific library SCSL

58Introduced in IRIX 6.5.4:• Support for the Miser queue repack policy. For more information, seethe miser(4) and miser(5) man pages, and IRIX Admin:

59• New Software Manager and Inst configuration variable to moreeasily handle cases where configuration files are upgraded. See thesmart_config_handling p

6Welcome to your SGI IRIX 6.5.17 update. This booklet contains:• A list of key features in IRIX 6.5.17• A list of CDs contained in the IRIX 6.5.17 upd

60Applications CD changesNote: Applications take two forms: full images and overlays. The baseversions of each can be found on the Applications CD. Wh

61• IRIX Interactive Desktop System Administration, InformationSearching Execution Environment, Impressario 2.10.5, NEdit 5.1.1c,and Webviewer 3.0.2 w

62Introduced with IRIX 6.5.12• SGI web server, based on the Apache web server version 1.3.17,replaces the Netscape FastTrack web server.• WebSetup 3.2

63Introduced with IRIX 6.5.11:• Cosmo Player, IRIX Interactive Desktop, Impressario, IRIXInteractive Desktop Tools, IRIX Interactive Desktop Administr

64IRIS InSight Developer, and IRIS InSight Dynaweb Server have beenupdated with bugfixes.• Cosmo Player 2.1.4 release has added support for the Netscap

65SGImeeting 1.4. For more information on SGImeeting, seehttp://www.sgi.com/software/sgimeeting. For additionalassistance, contact your local SGI sale

66Introduced with IRIX 6.5.7:• SGImeeting and SGImeeting Extensions are now both licensedproducts and are no longer available on the Applications CD.

67IRIX OS Bundled SoftwareChanges with IRIX 6.5.14:• SCSL 1.4An iterative solver for sparse systems of linear equations, as well adirect solver for sp

68For customers who do not have web access and are enrolled under avalid support contract, CD media can be requested free of chargefrom their local su

69IRIX 6.5.17 Update Kit ContentsThe IRIX 6.5.17 Update Kit contains the following items for both serverand workstation system configurations:• CD Name

7IRIX 6.5.17 Key New FeaturesThe following changes have been incorporated into the core IRIX 6.5.17overlay CDs and the Applications CD.New Hardware Pl

70SGI WebsitesIRIX 6.5-Related Websites• SGI product informationhttp://www.sgi.com/products• IRIX 6.5 datasheethttp://www.sgi.com/software/irix6.5/dat

71Online Tools• Customer Registrationhttp://www.sgi.com/support/custreg.html• Software Licensing/Key-O-Matichttp://www.sgi.com/Support/Licensing• Supp

72©1999-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, asindicated elsewhere herein. No permiss

8– Drag and drop XVM volume elements to create local and clustervolume topologies.– Drag and drop disks to label them or give them away.– See volume e

9• CXFS upgrade: filesystem definitionsThe structure of the CXFS filesystem configuration was changed withthe release of IRIX 6.5.13f. Backward compatibil