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  align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Pegasus  align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Pegasus
 Enhancement Proposal (PEP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> Enhancement Proposal (PEP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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  style="color: black;"><br>   style="color: black;">
 <br> <br>
 <b>PEP #:</b> 305<br>  <b>PEP #:</b> 359<br>
 </span></p> </span></p>
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Title: </b>Release <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Title: </b>Release
 Notes for OpenPegasus 2.6.1</p>  Notes for OpenPegasus version 2.11.0</p>
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Created:</b> <st1:date  <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Created:</b> 23
  year="2004" day="23" month="3">3 August 2007<br>  March 2011</p>
 </st1:date></p>  <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Authors: </b>Karl
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Authors: </b>Dave  Schopmeyer<br>
 Sudlik<br>  
 </p> </p>
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Status:&nbsp; </b>approved</p>  <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Status:&nbsp; </b>draft</p>
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Version History:</b></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Version History:</b></p>
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  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>Version&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>   style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
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  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>Date&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>   style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
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  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>&nbsp;Author</o:p></span></b></p>   style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
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  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>&nbsp;Change Description<br>   style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
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  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2">&nbsp;1.0</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2">&nbsp;1.0</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p><font size="2">&nbsp; 3   size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">23 March 2011</span></font></p>
 August 2007<br>  
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       <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <span       <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <span
  style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Dave Sudlik<br>   style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Karl Schopmeyer</font></span></p>
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  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2">Initial  style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2">Initial
 Submission. Updates for 2.6.1 (from 2.6) are highlighted <span  Submission&nbsp;<span style="color: red;"></span></font><o:p><font
  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">in  
 this color. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></font><o:p><font  
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       <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1.1<br>        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">&nbsp;</td>
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       <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">8 August 2007<br>        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">&nbsp;</td>
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       <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">Dave Sudlik<br>      </tr>
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       <td style="vertical-align: top;">Updates from review <span        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">&nbsp;</td>
  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br>        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">&nbsp;</td>
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 <p><b>Abstract:</b> This document defines the release notes for the <p><b>Abstract:</b> This document defines the release notes for the
 2.6.1 release of the OpenPegasus CIM Server. The purpose of this PEP is  2.11.0 release of the OpenPegasus CIM Server. The purpose of this PEP
 simply to summarize the characteristics of this release, point to other  is
   to summarize the characteristics of this release, point to other
 documentation that defines the release in more detail, and provide documentation that defines the release in more detail, and provide
 additional information about this release that is not available in the additional information about this release that is not available in the
 other Pegasus documentation. <span class="norm1"><span  other Pegasus documentation.</p>
  style="font-size: 9pt;"><a  
  href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc_edit.tpl?grid=632&amp;file=Pegasus2_3_1ReleaseNotes.html&amp;tag=35"  
  target="_self"><br>  
 </a></span></span></p>  
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 <h2 style="margin-bottom: 1px;"><b><o:p><font size="4">&nbsp;Contents<br>  <h2 style="margin-bottom: 1px;"><b><o:p><font size="5">&nbsp;Contents</font></o:p></b></h2>
 </font></o:p></b></h2>  
 <ol> <ol>
   <li><a href="#Availability_of_this_Release_">Availability of this   <li><a href="#Availability_of_this_Release_">Availability of this
 Release</a></li> Release</a></li>
   <li><a href="#Functionality_of_This_Release">OpenPegasus   <li><a href="#Functionality_of_This_Release">OpenPegasus
 Functionality of This Release</a></li> Functionality of This Release</a></li>
     <li><a href="#Compatibility_Considerations_">Compatibility
   Considerations</a></li>
   <li><a href="#Relationship_to_CIMWBEM_Standards">Relationship   <li><a href="#Relationship_to_CIMWBEM_Standards">Relationship
 to CIM/WBEM Standards</a></li> to CIM/WBEM Standards</a></li>
   <li><a href="#Supported%20Platforms">OpenPegasus Supported Platforms</a></li>   <li><a href="#Supported%20Platforms">OpenPegasus Supported Platforms</a></li>
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 downloaded from the <span class="SpellE">OpenPegasus</span> Web downloaded from the <span class="SpellE">OpenPegasus</span> Web
 site at <a site at <a
  href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&amp;ggid=392">www.openpegasus.org.</a>&nbsp;</li>  href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&amp;ggid=392">www.openpegasus.org.</a>&nbsp;</li>
   <li><b>OpenPegasus&nbsp; binary and source RPMs</b> on the    <li><b>OpenPegasus&nbsp;source RPMs</b> on the OpenPegasus web site..
 OpenPegasus web site.. The source RPM is&nbsp; available on the  A source RPM is&nbsp; available on the
 OpenPegasus web site that can be used to build binaries for most OpenPegasus web site that can be used to build binaries for most
 LSB-compliant RPM-based Linux distributions and versions.</li> LSB-compliant RPM-based Linux distributions and versions.</li>
   <li><b>The Pegasus CVS repository</b>. The CVS tags representing this   <li><b>The Pegasus CVS repository</b>. The CVS tags representing this
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 <div class="Section1"> <div class="Section1">
 <h2><span style="color: black;">OpenPegasus Functionality for This <h2><span style="color: black;">OpenPegasus Functionality for This
 Release</span></h2> Release</span></h2>
 Pegasus overall status by release is defined by&nbsp; a <a  Pegasus overall status by release is defined by&nbsp; a
  href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature Status WEB  <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature Status
 Page</a> that is available on the OpenPegasus web site .&nbsp; That web  WEB Page</a>
 page shows the Pegasus users and developers the status of the various  that is available on the OpenPegasus web site .&nbsp; That web page
 features found in Pegasus using a simple color coded key (white, red,  shows the
 yellow, green) and a description of each feature.  Pegasus users and developers the status of the various features found
 <p><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pegasus 2.6.1 is a "point"  in Pegasus
 release, extending Pegasus 2.6 in  using a simple color coded key (white, red, yellow, green) and a
 selected areas. Normally an OpenPegasus "point" release does not  description of
 contain major new pieces of functionality, but in this case one new PEP  each feature.
 was added for IPv6 support, the description of which has been added to  <p>Pegasus 2.11.0
 these Release Notes.</span><br>  is a major release, extending the previous Pegasus release in selected
 </p>  areas as described in the Pegasus&nbsp; PEP defining this release
   .&nbsp; </p>
 <p>The major areas of development for this release&nbsp; were as <p>The major areas of development for this release&nbsp; were as
 follows. For more information access the documented PEP:</p>  follows. Note that the bugs listed represent only those features
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  incorporated in bugs without PEPS that are considered enhancements, not
 Table of Major Changes for this Release</p>  all bugs incorporated in the release. For
   more information access the PEP/BUG for each change defined below:</p>
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font
    style="font-weight: bold;" size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Table of Major
   Changes for this Release</font></p>
 <table style="font-family: Arial;" bordercolordark="#666666" <table style="font-family: Arial;" bordercolordark="#666666"
  bordercolorlight="#cccccc" border="1" cellspacing="1">   bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" border="1" cellspacing="1" width="82%">
   <tbody>   <tbody>
     <tr align="center">     <tr align="center">
       <th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">PEP</th>        <th bgcolor="#00ffff">PEP/BUG #</th>
       <th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">Description</th>        <th bgcolor="#00ffff">Description of Change</th>
       <th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">Posted PEP<br>        <th bgcolor="#00ffff" width="128">Posted PEP<br>
 Version</th> Version</th>
     </tr>     </tr>
       <tr>
         <td>PEP 318</td>
         <td>Run 32 bit providers in 64 bit OpenPegasus</td>
         <td style="text-align: center;"><a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/23224/PEP_318_32bit_providers_in_64bit_OpenPegasusVer10.htm">1.0</a></td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td style="text-align: center;" width="7%">PEP 356</td>
         <td align="left" width="75%">Provider Module Grouping</td>
         <td width="128"> <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/22030/PEP356_ProviderModuleGrouping.htm">2.2</a><br>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td style="text-align: center;" width="7%">PEP 357</td>
         <td align="left" width="75%">SNMP V3 Trap Generation in Pegasus
   Indication Handler</td>
         <td style="text-align: center;" width="128"><a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/23237/PEP_357_-_SNMP_v3_trap_generation_in_Pegasus_.htm">1.0</a></td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td style="text-align: center;" width="7%">PEP 324<br>
         </td>
         <td align="left" width="75%">DMTF Indications Profile (DSP 1054)
   Implementation, stage 2 <br>
         </td>
         <td width="128"><a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/22529/PEP324-DMTF_Indications_Profile_stage2_Ver11.html">1.1</a></td>
       </tr>
     <tr align="center">     <tr align="center">
       <td style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">291</td>        <td style="text-align: center;" width="7%">PEP 349<br>
       <td style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" align="left">OpenPegasus  
 Support for IPv6: Stage 1<br>  
       </td>       </td>
       <td style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> <a        <td align="left" width="75%"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span
  href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">1.2</a>   style=""></span>Improve the
   availability of the CIMOM by better isolation from faulty providers</span></td>
         <td width="128"> <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/22386/PEP_349_-_Improve_the_availability_of_the_CIMOM_by_better_isolation_from_faulty_providers.htm">0.5</a></td>
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         <td style="text-align: center;"><a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8787">Bug 8787</a><br>
       </td>       </td>
         <td>Add External SLP support to release builds<br>
         </td>
         <td style="text-align: center;"> <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/21277/PEP350_MultiCIMOM.htm">
         </a></td>
       </tr>
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         <td style="text-align: center;"> <a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8800">Bug 8800<br>
         </a></td>
         <td> <span class="norm"><a name="comtag_90"></a>enable
   PEGASUS_USE_RELEASE_CONFIG_OPTIONS build option to have true/false
   values</span><br>
         </td>
         <td style="text-align: center;"><br>
         </td>
       </tr>
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         <td style="text-align: center;"><a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8806">Bug
   8806</a></td>
         <td>Diagnose data for BAD UTF8 exception</td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td><a href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8825">Bug
   8825</a></td>
         <td>Option to specify multiple provider dirs for release builds</td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
       </tr>
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         <td style="text-align: center;"><a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8839">Bug
   8839</a></td>
         <td>OOP Provider recovery enhancement</td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
       </tr>
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         <td><a href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8845">Bug
   8845</a></td>
         <td><font size="1"><big><big>Enhance SSL Certificate info to
   expose the whole certificate</big></big><br>
         </font></td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td style="text-align: center;" width="7%"> <a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8871">Bug 8871<br>
         </a> </td>
         <td align="left" width="75%"><span
    style="text-decoration: underline;">Enhance WSMan Server Adpater&nbsp;
   to include enumeration association filters</span></td>
         <td width="128">&nbsp;<br>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td style="text-align: center;" width="7%">&nbsp;</td>
         <td align="left" width="75%"> </td>
         <td width="128"><a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8171"><br>
         </a></td>
     </tr>     </tr>
   </tbody>   </tbody>
 </table> </table>
 <p>The status of several components of Pegasus functionality change <p>The status of several components of Pegasus functionality change
 status between Pegasus versions. <span class="norm"><a  status
  name="comtag_116">Features that have changed status can be identified  between Pegasus versions. <span class="norm"><a name="comtag_116">Features
 by a change in color from the previous release to this release</a></span>  that
 on the <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature  have changed status can be identified by a change in color from the
 Status WEB Page</a>.</p>  previous
   release to this release</a></span> on the
   <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature Status
   WEB Page</a>.</p>
 <p>Finally, a significant number of internal changes and corrections <p>Finally, a significant number of internal changes and corrections
 were made under the control of the Pegasus bugzilla bug system. See the  were made
 bug section below for more information.<br>  under the control of the Pegasus bugzilla bug system. See the bug
 </p>  section below
 <h3 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 Support<br>  for more information.</p>
 </h3>  <h3><font color="#000000">Information on&nbsp; IPv6 Support (PEP 291)</font></h3>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 is short for "Internet  <p><b>NOTE:</b> This functionality was incorporated in OpenPegasus
   2.7.0 but it
   was felt that the information below was worth repeating in subsequent
   Release
   Notes</p>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><font color="#000000">IPv6 is
   short for "Internet
 Protocol Protocol
 Version 6". IPv6 is the "next generation" protocol designed by the IETF Version 6". IPv6 is the "next generation" protocol designed by the IETF
 to replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4 to replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4
 ("IPv4"). IPv6 Support for OpenPegasus is documented in <a  ("IPv4"). IPv6 Support for OpenPegasus is documented in </font> <a
  href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">PEP   href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">
 291</a>.<br>  <font color="#3333ff">PEP
 </p>  291</font></a><font color="#000000">.</font></p>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The IPv6 support in OpenPegasus is  <p>The IPv6 support in OpenPegasus is
 controlled by the PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6 build variable. Setting this to  controlled by the PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6 build variable. The default for
 'true' before building OpenPegasus will enable the IPv6 support. In  this
 2.6.1 this variable will default to 'false' to omit the IPv6 support.<br>  variable is "true"; setting this to
   'false' before building OpenPegasus will disable the IPv6 support.<br>
 </p> </p>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The following subsections provide  <p>The following subsections provide
 some information on IPv6 support for the Linux and Windows platforms. some information on IPv6 support for the Linux and Windows platforms.
 Note that in the 2.6.1 release there is no automatic run-time detection Note that in the 2.6.1 release there is no automatic run-time detection
 of IPv6 support on a platform by OpenPegasus. If you build with of IPv6 support on a platform by OpenPegasus. If you build with
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 Listener components. For more information on IPv6 support for your Listener components. For more information on IPv6 support for your
 specific platform, refer to the documentation for that platform.<br> specific platform, refer to the documentation for that platform.<br>
 </p> </p>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">All OpenPegasus externals that  <p>All OpenPegasus externals that
 support either a hostname or an IP address as input have been updated support either a hostname or an IP address as input have been updated
 to allow an IPv6 address to be specified. If the required input is just to allow an IPv6 address to be specified. If the required input is just
 an IP address (eg. no optional or required port number), then the IPv6 an IP address (eg. no optional or required port number), then the IPv6
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 case a host with an IPv6-configured network interface would be case a host with an IPv6-configured network interface would be
 specified as:<br> specified as:<br>
 </p> </p>
 <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">osinfo -h  <div
 3ffe:1:2:1 -p 5988<br>   style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-family: monospace;"><big><font
 </div>   color="#000000">osinfo -h
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">But the cimcli command, which  3ffe:1:2:1 -p 5988</font></big></div>
   <p>But the cimcli command, which
 takes takes
 an optional "location" option including an optional port number, an optional "location" option including an optional port number,
 requires the IPv6 address to be delimited with brackets, for example:<br> requires the IPv6 address to be delimited with brackets, for example:<br>
 </p> </p>
 <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">cimcli ns -l  <div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: monospace;"><big>cimcli ns
 [3ffe:1:2:1]</div>  -l [3ffe:1:2:1]</big></div>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">or<br>  <p>or</p>
 </p>  <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><big><span
 <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">cimcli ns -l   style="font-family: monospace;">cimcli ns -l [3ffe:1:2:1]:5989</span></big><br>
 [3ffe:1:2:1]:5989<br>  
 </div> </div>
 <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <br>
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For more information on  For more information on
 specifying specifying
 IPv6 addresses, refer to </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  IPv6 addresses, refer to <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2373.txt">IETF
  href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2373.txt">IETF RFC 2373 - IP Version  RFC 2373 - IP Version
 6 Addressing Architecture</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  6 Addressing Architecture</a>
 and </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  and <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt">IETF RFC 2732 -
  href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt">IETF RFC 2732 - Format for  Format for
 Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's</a><span  Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's</a>.<br>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.</span><br  <h4><font color="#000000">IPv6 on Linux</font></h4>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <p>Modern Linux distributions already
 <h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 on Linux<br>  
 </h4>  
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Modern Linux distributions already  
 contain IPv6-ready kernels, the contain IPv6-ready kernels, the
 IPv6 capability is generally compiled as a module, but it's possible IPv6 capability is generally compiled as a module, but it's possible
 that this module is not loaded automatically on startup.</p> that this module is not loaded automatically on startup.</p>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Note:  <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:
 you shouldn't anymore use kernel series 2.2.x, because it's not  </span>you shouldn't&nbsp;use kernel series 2.2.x, because it's not
 IPv6-up-to-date anymore. Also the IPv6 support in series 2.4.x is no IPv6-up-to-date anymore. Also the IPv6 support in series 2.4.x is no
 longer improved according to definitions in latest RFCs. It's recommend longer improved according to definitions in latest RFCs. It's recommend
 to use series 2.6.x now.<br> to use series 2.6.x now.<br>
 </p> </p>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">To check whether your current  <p>To check whether your current
 running running
 kernel supports IPv6, take a look into your /proc filesystem. The entry kernel supports IPv6, take a look into your /proc filesystem. The entry
 /proc/net/if_inet6 must exist. A short automated test looks like:<br> /proc/net/if_inet6 must exist. A short automated test looks like:<br>
 </p> </p>
 <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">test -f  <div
 /proc/net/if_inet6 &amp;&amp; echo "Running kernel is IPv6 ready"<br>   style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-family: monospace;"><big><font
 </div>   color="#000000">test -f
 <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  /proc/net/if_inet6 &amp;&amp; echo "Running kernel is IPv6 ready"</font></big></div>
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For more information on  <p>For more information on
 enabling enabling
 IPv6 in the Linux kernel and configuring network interfaces, refer to </span><a  IPv6 in the Linux kernel and configuring network interfaces, refer to
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/">The Linux
  href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/">The Linux  Documentation Project's IPv6 HOWTO</a>.<br>
 Documentation Project's IPv6 HOWTO</a><span  
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.<br>  
 <br> <br>
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Warning</span>:  <span style="font-weight: bold;">Warning</span>:
 There is currently an open issue with RedHat to address a problem that There is currently an open issue with RedHat to address a problem that
 is seen intermittently on RHEL5 and SLES10 systems. This problem is is seen intermittently on RHEL5 and SLES10 systems. This problem is
 described in </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  described in <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
  href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6586">Pegasus  <a href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6586">Pegasus
 bug 6586</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> and </span><a  bug 6586</a>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  </span>and<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
  href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248052">RedHat  <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248052">RedHat
 bug 248052</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">, and manifests  bug 248052</a>,
 itself as an intermittent IPv6 socket failure. You should be aware that  </span>and manifests itself as an intermittent IPv6 socket failure. You
 OpenPegasus with IPv6 enabled may be  should be aware
 significantly impacted in these environments.</span><br  that OpenPegasus with IPv6 enabled may be significantly impacted in
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  these
 </span>  environments.</p>
 <h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 on Windows</h4>  <h4><font color="#000000">IPv6 on Windows</font></h4>
 <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Microsoft provides supported IPv6  <p>Microsoft provides supported IPv6
 implementations for Windows Server implementations for Windows Server
 2003, Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows XP with Service 2003, Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows XP with Service
 Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows CE .NET 4.1 and later.</p> Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows CE .NET 4.1 and later.</p>
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">On Windows XP, you can use the </span><span  On Windows XP, you can use the <span style="font-weight: bold;">ipv6.exe</span>
  style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ipv6.exe</span><span  tool to install, uninstall, and
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> tool to install, uninstall, and  
 query query
 your IPv6 configuration. For example:</span><br  your IPv6 configuration. For example:<br>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <br>
 <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <div
 <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ipv6 install<br>   style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-family: monospace;"><big><font
 ipv6 if<br>   color="#000000">ipv6 install<br>
 </div>  ipv6 if</font></big></div>
 <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <p>Windows Vista
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Windows Vista  
 and Windows Server 2008 support an integrated and Windows Server 2008 support an integrated
 IPv4 and IPv6 implementation known as the Next Generation TCP/IP stack. IPv4 and IPv6 implementation known as the Next Generation TCP/IP stack.
 Note that the OpenPegasus IPv6 support in 2.6.1 has not yet been tested  Note that the OpenPegasus IPv6 support has not yet been tested
 on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.</span><br  on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.<br>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <br>
 <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  For more information on
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For more information on  
 installing, configuring, and using IPv6 on Windows platforms, refer to installing, configuring, and using IPv6 on Windows platforms, refer to
 the document </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  the document
  href="https://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx">IPv6  <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx"><font
 for Microsoft Windows: Frequently Asked Questions</a><span   color="#000000">IPv6
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.</span><br  for Microsoft Windows: Frequently Asked Questions</font></a>.<br>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  </p>
 <h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Testing your OpenPegasus IPv6  <h4><font color="#000000">Testing your OpenPegasus IPv6
 support</h4>  support</font></h4>
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">As part of the OpenPegasus  As part of the OpenPegasus
 automated tests, the TestClient, g11ntest, and IndicationStressTest automated tests, the TestClient, g11ntest, and IndicationStressTest
 test clients were modified to run tests using the IPv6 loopback address test clients were modified to run tests using the IPv6 loopback address
 (::1) if PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6=true.</span><br  (::1) if PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6=true.<br>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <br>
 <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  You can also perform manual
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You can also perform manual  
 tests tests
 using the IPv6 loopback or a real IPv6-configured network interface. using the IPv6 loopback or a real IPv6-configured network interface.
 For example, using the IPv6 loopback on a system with OpenPegasus For example, using the IPv6 loopback on a system with OpenPegasus
 running on the wbem standard http port of 5988:</span><br  running on the WBEM standard http port of 5988:<br>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br>
 <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">  <big style="font-family: monospace;"> osinfo -h ::1</big></div>
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">osinfo -h ::1</span><br>  <h2><a name="Compatibility_Considerations_">Compatibility Considerations</a></h2>
 </div>  <p>Support for forward-compatibility is a fundamental design principle
 <p></p>  for the
 <ol>  OpenPegasus project. As a Community, our goal is for well-behaved
 </ol>  OpenPegasus
   Providers or Clients, using only the externally defined OpenPegasus
   interface,
   to continue to work with a minor version upgrade of OpenPegasus.
   However, there
   are certain classes of errors (e.g., non-compliance with a standard
   that
   significantly affects interoperability) that may require the Community
   to make
   potentially incompatible changes. The following table contains a list
   of defect
   fixes that MAY impact, even well-behaved, OpenPegasus Providers or
   Clients when
   upgrading to this OpenPegasus release.</p>
   <p>&nbsp;</p>
   <table style="font-family: Arial;" bordercolordark="#666666"
    bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" border="1" cellspacing="1" width="80%">
     <tbody>
       <tr align="center">
         <th bgcolor="#00ffff" width="10%">Bugzilla #</th>
         <th bgcolor="#00ffff">Description</th>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td><a href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8830">8830</a></td>
         <td align="left">The requirement for providers (CMPI and C++) to
   filter properties from instances has been relieved. The server will do
   the filtering at the protocol adapter level. To avoid a negative impact
   on performance the CIMInstance::filter() and
   CMPIInstanceFT.setPropertyFilter() functions have been changed to a
   NOP. This may be a change in behavior for provider relying in some
   unknown way on the instance being filtered through these functions. To
   allow users to actually filter properties from an instance, new
   function CIMInstance::filterInstance() will actually filter properties
   from an instance exactly as the CIMInstance::filter() did in previous
   versions of Pegasus.</td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td></td>
         <td></td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td></td>
         <td></td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td></td>
         <td></td>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td></td>
         <td></td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
 <h2>OpenPegasus Relationship to <h2>OpenPegasus Relationship to
 CIM/WBEM Standards</h2> CIM/WBEM Standards</h2>
 <p>Pegasus was designed and implemented to comply with the DMTF <p>Pegasus was designed and implemented to comply with the DMTF
 CIM/WBEM specifications The following table defines the level of the CIM/WBEM specifications The following table defines the level of the
 DMTF specifications to which this version of Pegasus aims to conform DMTF specifications to which this version of Pegasus aims to conform
 today.</p> today.</p>
 <table id="AutoNumber1" border="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%">  <table id="AutoNumber1" border="1" cellspacing="1" width="80%">
   <tbody>   <tbody>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td bgcolor="#00ffff" width="33%"><b>DMTF Specification</b></td>       <td bgcolor="#00ffff" width="33%"><b>DMTF Specification</b></td>
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     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td width="33%">DSP 0200 - CIM Operations over HTTP</td>       <td width="33%">DSP 0200 - CIM Operations over HTTP</td>
       <td width="33%">1.2.0, preliminary, 9 December 2004</td>        <td width="33%">Version 1.2, Final, January 09, 2007</td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td width="33%">DSP 0201 - Representation of CIM in XML</td>       <td width="33%">DSP 0201 - Representation of CIM in XML</td>
       <td width="33%">2.2.0, preliminary, December 2004</td>        <td width="33%">Version 2.2 Final, January 09, 2007</td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td width="33%">DSP 0202 - CIM Query Language Specification</td>       <td width="33%">DSP 0202 - CIM Query Language Specification</td>
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     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td width="33%">CIM Schema </td>       <td width="33%">CIM Schema </td>
       <td width="33%">2.9 Final, Jan. 2005 ( default) 2.13.1 (available        <td width="33%">2.22.1 Final,&nbsp; 22 Oct 2009( default) </td>
 in pegasus CVS)</td>  
     </tr>     </tr>
   </tbody>   </tbody>
 </table> </table>
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 provider registration.&nbsp; This is not a deviation from the provider registration.&nbsp; This is not a deviation from the
 specifications but is a different method of registration than many CIM specifications but is a different method of registration than many CIM
 Servers and means that the the provider qualifier is unused in Pegasus.</li> Servers and means that the the provider qualifier is unused in Pegasus.</li>
   <li>&nbsp;<b>Indications </b>-Today Pegasus supports process    <li><b>Indications </b>-Today Pegasus supports process
 indications and lifecycle indications when defined specifically by indications and lifecycle indications when defined specifically by
 providers. Pegasus does not support lifecycle indications if they are providers. Pegasus does not support lifecycle indications if they are
 not defined by the provider or for changes to CIM Classes.<font not defined by the provider or for changes to CIM Classes.<font
  color="#ff0000"> </font><span class="norm"> <font color="#ff0000">&nbsp;</font>For  color="#ff0000"> </font><span class="norm"> <font color="#ff0000">&nbsp;</font>For
 more information see the Pegasus CVS file&nbsp; <a name="comtag_137">&nbsp;<font  more information see the Pegasus CVS file:<a name="comtag_137"><font
  face="Courier New">pegasus/src/Unsupported/LifecycleIndicationProvider/README.LifecycleIndications.htm</font></a>.</span></li>   size="2"> </font><font face="Courier New" size="2">&nbsp;pegasus/src/Unsupported/LifecycleIndicationProvider/README.LifecycleIndications.htm</font></a><font
    size="2">.</font></span></li>
   <li>   <li>
     <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;</span><font      <p class="MsoNormal"><font
  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">IncludeQualifiers  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">IncludeQualifiers
 option on Instance Operations</font><span style="color: black;"><b>&nbsp;</b> option on Instance Operations</font><span style="color: black;"><b>&nbsp;</b>
 - -
 The DMTF specifications have deprecated the use of qualifiers on The DMTF specifications have deprecated the use of qualifiers on
 instance operations with the 1.2 CIM Operations Specification.&nbsp;  instance operations with the 1.2 CIM Operations Specification and
   stated specifically that the client should NOT depend on the
   includeQualifiers parameter of the CIM/XML instance operations
   returning qualifiers.&nbsp;
 Some CIM Client implementations expect instances Some CIM Client implementations expect instances
 returned returned
 from the CIM Server to include the qualifiers defined in the class from the CIM Server to include the qualifiers defined in the class
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 should NOT depend on Pegasus accurately honoring the includeQualifier should NOT depend on Pegasus accurately honoring the includeQualifier
 parameter for instance operations.&nbsp; In the future it is expected parameter for instance operations.&nbsp; In the future it is expected
 that Pegasus will deprecate the use of qualifiers on instance that Pegasus will deprecate the use of qualifiers on instance
 operations completely.<font color="#ff0000"> </font></p>  operations completely. &nbsp;When Pegasus uses object normalization,
   the normalizer does apply qualifiers to returned instances if the
   includeQualifiers operation parameter is set.</p>
   </li>   </li>
   <li><b>LocalOnly option on instance   <li><b>LocalOnly option on instance
 Operations </b>- With the 1.1 version of Specification for CIM Operations </b>- With the 1.1 version of Specification for CIM
 Operations over HTTP, the definition of the LocalOnly parameter for the Operations over HTTP, the definition of the LocalOnly parameter for the
 GetInstance and EnumerateInstances operations was modified. This change  GetInstance and Enumerate Instances operations was modified. This
   change
 was incorrect, resulted in reduced functionality and introduced a was incorrect, resulted in reduced functionality and introduced a
 number of backward compatibility issues. As a result of issues number of backward compatibility issues. As a result of issues
 introduced by this change, we strongly recommend that CIM Clients set introduced by this change, we strongly recommend that CIM Clients set
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 filter the set of set of properties returned. See Appendix C of this filter the set of set of properties returned. See Appendix C of this
 specification for more information.</li> specification for more information.</li>
   <li>   <li>
     <p class="MsoNormal"><b>MultiRequest Oprations</b> - Pegasus      <p class="MsoNormal"><b>MultiRequest Operations</b> - Pegasus
 does not support the DMTF defined MultiRequest Operation option.</p> does not support the DMTF defined MultiRequest Operation option.</p>
   </li>   </li>
   <li>   <li>
     <p class="MsoNormal"><b>MOFCompiler namespace pragma</b> - The     <p class="MsoNormal"><b>MOFCompiler namespace pragma</b> - The
 Pegasus compiler does not support the namespace pragma.</p> Pegasus compiler does not support the namespace pragma.</p>
   </li>   </li>
   <li><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pegasus implements    <li><b>CIMOperation Trailer </b>- Pegasus implements
 chunking chunking
 based on the DSP0200 1.2.0 preliminary spec. Refer to bug </span><a  based on the DSP0200 1.2.0 preliminary spec. including the operation
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  trailer defined in that specification Refer to bug <a
  href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6760">6760</a><span   href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6760">6760</a>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> for more details.</span><br>  for more details. This trailer was completely removed from the DSP0200
   </li>  1.2 final specification as a non-compatible change so that if chunking
   is used Pegasus is returning a noncompliant response to enumerate type
   requests.&nbsp;</li>
     <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whitespace in XML value Element</span>
   - Pegasus trims the leading and trailing whitespace from XML value
   elements that are of the Type String. &nbsp;This behavior is documented
   in Pegasus bug <a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8773">8773</a>
   and there is a patch available for users. &nbsp;However, since the
   change is considered a change to behavior this will not be patched
   until pegasus does a major version update. NOTE: There are some
   documented bugs in Pegasus such as this that the OpenPegasus team feels
   cannot be modified until a major version update. &nbsp;These bugs are
   documented with the Bugzilla tag <big style="font-weight: bold;"><samp>"3.0_TARGET".</samp></big></li>
     <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">modifyInstance operation
   behavior in the Pegasus repository does not match the DMTF specification</span>.
   Under some conditions (ex. if no propertyList is supplied) it modifies
   all properties rather than just the properties supplied with the
   request thereby Nulling out existing values. See bug <a
    href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8752">8752</a>
   for more information.</li>
 </ol> </ol>
 <h2><b><span style="font-family: Times;">OpenPegasus <a <h2><b><span style="font-family: Times;">OpenPegasus <a
  name="Supported Platforms">Supported  name="Supported Platforms">Supported
 Platforms</a></span></b></h2> Platforms</a></span></b></h2>
 <p>Each OpenPegasus release lists as 'active' platforms those  <p align="left">Each OpenPegasus release lists as 'active' platforms
   those
 hardware/software platforms that have recognized ports for the Pegasus hardware/software platforms that have recognized ports for the Pegasus
 code  code base
 base including a maintainer for the platform that will be willing to  including a maintainer for the platform that will be willing to
 regularly document issues and/or fix defects as the Pegasus  regularly
 code base is changed.&nbsp;  document issues and/or fix defects as the Pegasus code base is
   changed.&nbsp;
 Pegasus may be operable on other platforms (ex. Windows 98) but without Pegasus may be operable on other platforms (ex. Windows 98) but without
 a group a group
 to provide the role of test and maintenance, correct operation of&nbsp; to provide the role of test and maintenance, correct operation of&nbsp;
 Pegasus cannot be  Pegasus
 assured.&nbsp; In all cases, including the active platforms, it is the  cannot be assured.&nbsp; In all cases, including the active platforms,
   it is the
 responsibility of the entity that packages and/or compiles OpenPegasus responsibility of the entity that packages and/or compiles OpenPegasus
 for shipment or deployment, to read, and actively monitor the Pegasus  for
 bugzilla database for a list of relevant defects that affect their  shipment or deployment, to read, and actively monitor the Pegasus
 platform. &nbsp; The platforms that are considered 'active' for this  bugzilla
 Pegasus release are:<br>  database for a list of relevant defects that affect their
 &nbsp;</p>  platform.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 302.25pt;" border="1"  The platforms that are considered ported are shown in the two tables
  cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" height="409" width="504">  below.&nbsp;
   The first table represents platform sofr which testing is done on a
   regular
   basis and reported to the Pegasus Nightly Build Test WEB Page. Those
   platforms
   which have been ported but do not have test results that are current at
   the time
   of the release are reported in the second table.</p>
   <b>Actively Supported Platforms (Nightly Tests Reported for this
   release)</b>
   <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 90%;" border="1"
    cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">
   <tbody>   <tbody>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td       <td
  style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(153, 255, 153) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; width: 126.75pt;"   style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(0, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; width: 240px;"
  height="26" width="211">   height="26">
       <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Platform and       <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Platform and
 OS</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> OS</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
       <td       <td
  style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(153, 255, 153) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; width: 173.25pt;"   style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(0, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; width: 75%;"
  height="26" width="289">   height="26">
       <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Compilers</span></b><span       <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Compilers</span></b><span
  style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>  style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="211">        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">HP-UX<o:p>
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">HP-UX<o:p></o:p></span></p>  PA_RISC and Itanium</o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="289">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">HP <span       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">HP <span
  class="SpellE">aC</span>++ B3910B<o:p></o:p></span></p>  class="SpellE">aC</span>++ B3910B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="211">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
  style="color: black;">Linux on Power</span></span><span  style="color: black;">Linux on Power</span></span><span
  style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>  style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="289">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="211">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
  style="color: black;">zLinux</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>  style="color: black;">zLinux</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="289">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="211">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Linux Itanium<o:p></o:p></span></p>       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Linux Itanium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="289">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <span style="color: black;"><font
  width="211">   size="3">Linux IA-32</font></span></td>
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Linux IA-32, <span        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <span class="SpellE"><span
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">X86_64</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>   style="color: black;"><font size="3">gcc</font></span></span><span
    style="color: black;"><font size="3">
   (versions 3.xx, 4.xx)</font><o:p></o:p></span></td>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Linux X86_64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
  width="289">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span       <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;">  style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;">
 (versions 2.9x, 3.xx, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">4.xx</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>  (versions 3.xx, 4.xx)</span></p>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
       <tr>
         <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font size="3">z/OS V1.7 and up</font></td>
         <td style="vertical-align: top;"><font size="3">XL C/C++ from
   z/OS Version 1.7 and up</font></td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
   &nbsp;
   <p align="center"><b>Platforms not Actively supported for this release
   (No
   current Nightly Build Test Results</b></p>
   <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 90%;" id="table2" border="1"
    cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">
     <tbody>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="91"        <td
  width="211">   style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(0, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; width: 240px;"
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Windows 2000<o:p></o:p></span></p>   height="26">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Platform and
   OS</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
       </td>       </td>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="91"        <td
  width="289">   style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(0, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; width: 75%;"
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="NL">Microsoft   height="26">
 Visual C++ Ver 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Compilers</span></b><span
  style="color: black;">Works on VC .NET 2003 (<span class="SpellE">aka</span>   style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
 v7.1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>  
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="69"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font size="3">Windows XP</font>
  width="211">        <p></p>
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Windows XP<o:p>,  
 Windows 2003</o:p></span></p>  
       </td>  
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="69"  
  width="289">  
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="NL">Microsoft  
 Visual C++ Ver. 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version </span>7.1<span  
  style="color: black;" lang="NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>  
       </td>       </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font size="3">Microsoft Visual
   C++ Ver. 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version 7.1. Note: Visual C++
   Ver. 6 no longer being regular tested. </font> </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr style="">     <tr style="">
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="43"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font size="3">MacOS version 10.3
  width="211"> <font size="3">MacOS version 10.2 and higher</font></td>  and higher</font></td>
       <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="43"        <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font size="3">gcc 4.01</font></td>
  width="289"> <font size="3">gcc 3.3, gcc 4.01</font></td>  
     </tr>  
     <tr>  
       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>HP OpenVMS Alpha<br>  
       </big></td>  
       <td style="vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;<big><font  
  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="RED">HP C++ V<span  
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">7.3-009</span> for OpenVMS  
 Alpha and above</font></big> </td>  
     </tr>  
     <tr>  
       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><span class="norm"></span><font  
  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> HP OpenVMS IA64</font></big></td>  
       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="norm"></span><big><font  
  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HP C++ V7.<span  
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">2-021</span> on OpenVMS IA64 and  
 above</font></big> </td>  
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><font color="RED"><span       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><font color="RED"><span
  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 8<br>   style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 8</span></font></big></td>
 &nbsp;</span></font></big></td>  
       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>GNU&nbsp; 2.95.3,&nbsp; Sun       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>GNU&nbsp; 2.95.3,&nbsp; Sun
 CC compiler V 5.8. Note that the latest thread patch (108993) may be CC compiler V 5.8. Note that the latest thread patch (108993) may be
 required. (see Pegasus bug 4632)</big><br> required. (see Pegasus bug 4632)</big><br>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
     <tr>     <tr>
       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="norm"></span><big><font><font        <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="norm"></span><big><font
  color="RED"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 9<br>   color="RED"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 9</span></font></big></td>
 &nbsp;</span></font></font></big></td>  
       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>GNU&nbsp; 2.95.3, Sun       <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>GNU&nbsp; 2.95.3, Sun
 WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3, patch 111685-22 2005/04/09</big><br> WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3, patch 111685-22 2005/04/09</big><br>
       </td>       </td>
     </tr>     </tr>
       <tr>
         <td><big>HP OpenVMS 8.3 or later Alpha</big></td>
         <td><big><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="RED">HP C++ V<span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">7.3-009 or later required</span> for
   OpenVMS
   Alpha</font></big></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td><big><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> HP OpenVMS 8.3 or
   later IA64</font></big></td>
         <td><big><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HP C++ V7.</font><font
    color="#993399">3-023 or later required</font><font
    style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> on OpenVMS IA64</font></big></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt;">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Windows 2000</span></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font size="3">Microsoft Visual
   C++ Ver.&nbsp; 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler version.&nbsp;Works on VC
   .NET 2003 v7.1). NOTE: Visual C++ Ver. 6 no longer being regularly
   tested.</font></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font size="3">Windows 2003</font>
         <p></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font size="3">Microsoft Visual
   C++ Ver. 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version 7.1. Note: Visual C++
   Ver. 6 no longer being regular tested. </font> </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td><big>OpenSolaris 11 (Nevada) Community Edition (Sparc and
   IX86)</big></td>
         <td><big>CC Compiler Sun Studio 5.11</big></td>
       </tr>
   </tbody>   </tbody>
 </table> </table>
 <br>  <p><b>Platform patches</b>
 <b>Platform patches</b>  
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font  
  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The following is a list of platform  
 patches Pegasus requires.<br>  
 </font>  
 </p> </p>
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font
    style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The following is a list known of platform
   patches Pegasus requires.</font></p>
 <div style="margin-left: 40px;"> <div style="margin-left: 40px;">
   <ol>
     <li>
 <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font
  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RHAS  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RHAS
 2.1 needs the update to fix Red Hat Bugzilla 98815.</font><br>  2.1 needs the update to fix Red Hat Bugzilla 98815.</font></p>
     </li>
     <li>
       <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">RHEL 4.4
   multithreading bug in
   getpwuid-r could cause a CIM Server failure (Bugzilla 6232). This is
   fixed in
   RHEL 4.5</p>
     </li>
     <li>
       <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Red Hat and SUSE
   Linux multiple versions -
   multithreaded client intermittently fails connecting to IPv6 (Pegasus
   Bugzilla
   6586) (Red Hat bug 248052)<br>
 </p> </p>
     </li>
   </ol>
 </div> </div>
 <p>Further information regarding Pegasus support on IBM platforms can <p>Further information regarding Pegasus support on IBM platforms can
 be be
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 <p>The Pegasus bugzilla database documents any defects found in Pegasus <p>The Pegasus bugzilla database documents any defects found in Pegasus
 and&nbsp; is available through the following link:&nbsp; <a and&nbsp; is available through the following link:&nbsp; <a
  href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/">OpenPegasus bugzilla  href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/">OpenPegasus bugzilla
 database</a>.&nbsp; Note that all changes&nbsp; committed for this  database</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 release have been marked with the keyword <font face="Courier New"><b>2.6.<span  Effective with the start of the Pegasus 2.6 work, all changes to the
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1</span>_APPROVED</b></font>  CVS tree are documented through bugs.&nbsp; Bugs reports are filed not
 so that all changes for this release can be found with the following  only for bugs and
 bug search. Effective with the start of the Pegasus 2.6 work, all  their corresponding fixes but also as part of the process of committing
 changes to the CVS tree were documented through bugs.&nbsp; Thus bugs  new code
 were filed not only for bugs and their corresponding fixes but also as  representing the work on PEPs done for Pegasus 2.6 and all subsequent
 part of the process of committing new code representing the work on  versions.&nbsp; Therefore, a search of
 PEPs done for Pegasus 2.6.&nbsp; Therefore, a search of the bugzilla  the Open Pegasus bugzilla base for bugs with the tag for a particular
 base for bugs with the tag <font face="Courier New"><b>2.6.<span  version
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1</span>_APPROVED</b></font> will  (ex.&nbsp;
 yield  
 all changes to the  
 Pegasus <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">RELEASE_2_6-branch</span>  
 CVS <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">branch since</span>  
 Pegasus 2.6.0.</p>  
 <p>  
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - Changes for Pegasus 2.6.<span  
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1 point</span> release (bugs Tagged <font  
  face="Courier New"><b>2.6.<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1</span>_APPROVED</b></font>)&nbsp;  
 <a <a
  href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&amp;short_desc=&amp;long_desc_type=substring&amp;long_desc=&amp;bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&amp;bug_file_loc=&amp;status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&amp;status_whiteboard=&amp;keywords_type=allwords&amp;keywords=2.6.1_APPROVED&amp;bug_status=RESOLVED&amp;bug_status=VERIFIED&amp;bug_status=CLOSED&amp;emailassigned_to1=1&amp;emailtype1=substring&amp;email1=&amp;emailassigned_to2=1&amp;emailreporter2=1&amp;emailqa_contact2=1&amp;emailcc2=1&amp;emailtype2=substring&amp;email2=&amp;bugidtype=include&amp;bug_id=&amp;chfieldfrom=&amp;chfieldto=Now&amp;chfieldvalue=&amp;cmdtype=doit&amp;order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&amp;field0-0-0=noop&amp;type0-0-0=noop&amp;value0-0-0=">Pegasus   href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.6.0_APPROVED">2.6.0_APPROVED</a>,
 2.6.1_APPROVED bug list</a><br>  <a
 </p>   href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.6.1_APPROVED">
 <h4>2.6.1 bugs of special interest:<br>  2.6.1_APPROVED</a>,
 </h4>  <a
 <ul>   href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.7.0_APPROVED">2.7.0_APPROVED</a>,
   <li><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"  etc) will yield all changes to
  href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6643">Bug 6643</a><span  the Pegasus CVS tree for that Pegasus release.</p>
  style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> changed the way OpenPegasus loads  <p>
 libraries (such as providers) in a POSIX environment. The dlopen() call  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - Changes for this release (bugs Tagged
 was changed to include the RTLD_GLOBAL option for all POSIX platforms  2.11.0_APPROVED). The link is&nbsp;<a
 except VMS.</span><br>   href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.11.0_APPROVED">
   </li>  Pegasus 2.11.0_APPROVED bug list.</a></p>
 </ul>  
 <h2><a <h2><a
  name="Pegasus Release Control and Version Definition Documentation">Pegasus   name="Pegasus Release Control and Version Definition Documentation">Release
 Release Control and Version Definition Documentation</a></h2>  Control and Version Definition Documentation</a></h2>
 <p>The Pegasus project is controlled largely through a set of documents  <p>The Pegasus project is controlled largely through the CVS repository
 (PEPs) that serve as the definition and review mechanism for new and  and a set of documents
   (PEPs) that serve both as the definition and review mechanism for new
   and
 modified Pegasus functionality and for the definition and documentation modified Pegasus functionality and for the definition and documentation
 of releases.</p> of releases.</p>
 <p>Specifically the following PEPs define the characteristics of the  The following documentation defines the characteristics of this Pegasus
 Pegasus 2.6 release. These PEPs are available as  release. The documents are available&nbsp;in the OpenPegasus CVS
 <a  repository.
  href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/documents.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&amp;gdc_docage=0&amp;S=gdc_title&amp;R=desc">OpenPegasus  <br>
 Approved PEPs.</a><br>  <ul>
 <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For this 2.6.1 point release,    <li><b> OpenPegasus Release Definition/Status -No PEP (See Wiki
 only  Section <a
 this document, the 2.6.1 Release Notes, was updated. All other   href="https://wiki.opengroup.org/pegasus-wiki/doku.php?id=dev:release:2_11_x">OpenPegasus
 references should be back to the 2.6 release PEPs.</span><br>  2.11.x Release Status</a>) - <span style="font-weight: normal;">A&nbsp;
 </p>  section in the Pegasus wiki is used
 <ol>  
   <li> <b>PEP 218 - OpenPegasus 2.6 Release Definition</b> - This PEP  
 is  
 used  
 throughout the development of this version as the control point for throughout the development of this version as the control point for
 functionality that will go into the release and points to all of the functionality that will go into the release and points to all of the
 PEPs that represent the Pegasus&nbsp; functionality changes for this PEPs that represent the Pegasus&nbsp; functionality changes for this
 version of Pegasus.</li>  version of Pegasus</span>.&nbsp;</b></li>
   <li> <b>PEP 277 -&nbsp; OpenPegasus 2.6 Build and Configuration    <b> </b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><b>OpenPegasus&nbsp;
 Options</b>&nbsp; for Selected  Build and Configuration
 Platforms</li>  Options&nbsp; for Selected
   <li> <b>PEP 278 OpenPegaus 2.6 External Interfaces</b> - Lists the  Platforms -&nbsp; <span style="font-weight: normal;">In previous
 public interfaces for clients and providers that are considered  versions of Pegasus this information was&nbsp; released as a Pegasus
 external and therefore "frozen".<br>  PEP. Starting with Pegasus 2.9.0 the information is located in the
   </li>  OpenPegasus CVS repository as <big style="font-weight: bold;"> <span
   <li> <b>PEP 279 - OpenPegasus 2.6 SDK Packaging Definition - </b>Defines   style="font-family: monospace;">pegasus/doc/BuildAndReleaseOptions.html</span></big>.</span></b><b>
 the recommended set of files for inclusion in the OpenPegasus SDK</li>    <li> OpenPegasus External Interfaces -<span
   <li><b>PEP 280 - Pegasus&nbsp; 2.6 Runtime Packaging Definition </b>-   style="font-weight: normal;">The list of the OpenPegasus interfaces
 Defines the recommended set of files for inclusion in this OpenPegasus  that are considered external and therefore "frozen". Unless an
 release.</li>  exception is explicitly approved by the Steering Committee all
   <li><b style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">PEP 305 - Pegasus 2.6.1  subsequent releases of Pegasus MUST continue to support these
 Release  interfaces. Interfaces not explicitly listed in this document, should
 Notes</b> (This document located in  be considered as internal and subject to change.In previous Pegasus
 the approved PEP repository and the OpenPegasus source tree root  releases this information was available as a separate PEP. Starting
 directory)<br>  with Pegasus 2.9.0 this information is integrated into the Pegasus
   </li>  repositoryas&nbsp; </span><small style="font-weight: bold;"><font
   <li><b>PEP 289&nbsp; - Pegasus 2.6 readme.txt </b>(Located in PEP   face="Courier New" size="4"><small>pegasus/doc/EnternalInterface.html</small></font></small><span
 repository and also in the OpenPegasus   style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></li>
 source    </b> <li><b> OpenPegasus&nbsp; SDK Packaging Definition - <span
 tree root directory).</li>   style="font-weight: normal;">Defines the recommended set of files for
 </ol>  inclusion in the OpenPegasus
 <h2><a name="General Documentation">General Documentation</a></h2>  SDK. Starting with Pegasus release 2.11.0, this document is available
 <p>The following documentation is available for the this Pegasus  in the Pegasus CVS repository as <big style="font-weight: bold;"><samp>pegasus/doc/SDKPackaging.html</samp></big>.
 release:</p>  In
   previous Pegasus releases this document was made available as s
   separate Pegasus PEP document rather than in the CVS repository.</span>&nbsp;
       </b></li>
     <b> </b> <b> <li>&nbsp;Pegasus&nbsp; Runtime Packaging Definition
   -&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: normal;">Defines the recommended set
   of files for inclusion in this OpenPegasus
   release. Starting with Pegasus release 2.11.0, this idocument contained
   in the CVS repository as <big style="font-weight: bold;"><samp>pegasus/doc/RuntimePackaging.html</samp></big>.
   In previous
   releases this was made available as a seperate Pegasus PEP document
   rather than in the CVS repository. </span>&nbsp;</li>
     </b> <b> <li>Pegasus Release Notes -&nbsp;<span
    style="font-weight: normal;"> </span>PEP 355 - <span
    style="font-weight: normal;"> (This document is located in the
   approved PEP repository and the OpenPegasus source tree root directory (<big
    style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: monospace;">pegasus/ReleaseNotes.htm</span></big>)</span></li>
     </b>
   </ul>
   <h2><b><a name="General Documentation">General Documentation</a></b></h2>
   <p><b>The following documentation is available for the this Pegasus
   release:</b></p>
 <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
   <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Utilities</b> - A    <b> <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Utilities</b> - </li>
 combination of help generally available with the -h option for each    </b>A
 command and HTML documentation for most of the tools.<o:p></o:p></li>  combination of help generally available with the --help option for each
   <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>API and&nbsp; usage  command and HTML documentation for most of the tools.<o:p></o:p> <b> <li
 documentation</b> - See the header files and the HTML&nbsp; API   class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>API and&nbsp; usage
   documentation</b> - </li>
     </b>See the header files and the HTML&nbsp; API
 documentation that is on the web site. The best API usage documentation documentation that is on the web site. The best API usage documentation
 is the existing utilities and test programs and the examples in the API is the existing utilities and test programs and the examples in the API
 documentation.&nbsp; In particular the Common/tests unit tests contain documentation.&nbsp; In particular the Common/tests unit tests contain
 extensive examples of the use of the Common APIs.</li>  extensive examples of the use of the Common APIs. <b> <li
   <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Building and Debugging   class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Building and Debugging
 Providers </b>- Readme.html in the Pegasus Root Directory, API  Providers </b>- </li>
     </b>Readme.html in the Pegasus source tree Root Directory, API
 documentation, and documentation from the Pegasus Technical Workshop documentation, and documentation from the Pegasus Technical Workshop
 which is available on the Pegasus web site.</li>  which is available on the Pegasus web site. <b> <li class="MsoNormal"
   <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Building and Debugging   style="color: black;"><b>Building and Debugging
 Clients</b> - API documentation and the documentation on the Pegasus  Clients</b> - </li>
 Technical Workshop which is available on the Pegasus web site.</li>    </b>API documentation and the documentation on the Pegasus
   <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Compiler operation and  Technical Workshop which is available on the Pegasus web site. <b> <li
 commands</b> - compiler help (cimmofl -h)</li>   class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>PEPs</b> - </li>
   <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>PEPs</b> - The    </b>The
 features of Pegasus that have been installed in this and the previous features of Pegasus that have been installed in this and the previous
 few versions are defined by Pegasus PEPs that are available on the few versions are defined by Pegasus PEPs that are available on the
 OpenPegasus web site.&nbsp; While these are the original design OpenPegasus web site.&nbsp; While these are the original design
 documents largely and use in the process of defining and approving the documents largely and use in the process of defining and approving the
 overall characteristics of new functionality, they serve as a guide to overall characteristics of new functionality, they serve as a guide to
 the design and implementation of these features.</li>  the design and implementation of these features.
 </ul> </ul>
 &nbsp;  <hr>Licensed to The Open Group (TOG) under one or more contributor
 <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span  license
  style="color: black;">&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>  agreements. Refer to the OpenPegasusNOTICE.txt file distributed with
 <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
  style="color: black;">  Each contributor licenses this file to you under the OpenPegasus Open
 <hr align="center" color="#009900" noshade="noshade" size="2"  Source License; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
  width="100%">  License.
 <p style="text-align: left;"><i><font size="2">Copyright (c) 2006 EMC  <p>Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.; IBM Corp.; The  obtaining a
 Open Group; VERITAS Software Corporation; Intel Corp.</font><br>  copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
 <br>  "Software"),
 <font size="1">Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any  to deal in the Software without restriction, including without
 person obtaining a copy&nbsp; of this software and associated  limitation
 documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without  the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
 restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,  sublicense,
 modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of  and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
 the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished  Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:</p>
 to do so, subject to the following conditions:</font><br>  <p>The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
 <font size="2"><br>  included
 </font><font size="1">THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND THIS PERMISSION  in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.</p>
 NOTICE SHALL BE INCLUDED IN ALL COPIES OR SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS OF THE  <p>THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
 SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED&nbsp; "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF  EXPRESS
 ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE  OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
 NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
 LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION  CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
 OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION  TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
 WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.</font></i></p>  SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.</p>
 </span></div>  
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