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    style="color: black;">
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   <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"
 <hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color="#009900" align=center>   align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Pegasus
   Enhancement Proposal (PEP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
 </span></div>  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
    style="color: black;"><br>
   <br>
   <b>PEP #:</b> 305<br>
   </span></p>
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Title: </b>Release
   Notes for OpenPegasus 2.6.1</p>
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Created:</b> <st1:date
    year="2004" day="23" month="3">3 August 2007<br>
   </st1:date></p>
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Authors: </b>Dave
   Sudlik<br>
   </p>
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Status:&nbsp; </b>approved</p>
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Version History:</b></p>
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         <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
    style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>Version&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
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    style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(202, 230, 202) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;"
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    style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>Date&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>
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         <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
    style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>&nbsp;Change Description<br>
         </o:p></span></b></p>
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         <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
    style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2">&nbsp;1.0</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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         <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
    style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p><font size="2">&nbsp; 3
   August 2007<br>
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         <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <span
    style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Dave Sudlik<br>
         </font></span></p>
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         <td style="padding: 0.75pt;" height="22">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span
    style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2">Initial
   Submission. Updates for 2.6.1 (from 2.6) are highlighted <span
    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
    size="2"> </font></o:p></span></p>
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         <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1.1<br>
         </td>
         <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">8 August 2007<br>
         </td>
         <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">Dave Sudlik<br>
         </td>
         <td style="vertical-align: top;">Updates from review <span
    style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br>
         </td>
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     </tbody>
   </table>
   <p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
   <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
    style="color: black;">
   <hr align="center" color="#009900" noshade="noshade" size="2"
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   <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
   simply to summarize the characteristics of this release, point to other
   documentation that defines the release in more detail, and provide
   additional information about this release that is not available in the
   other Pegasus documentation. <span class="norm1"><span
    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>
   <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
    style="color: black;">
   <hr align="center" color="#009900" noshade="noshade" size="2"
    width="100%"></span></div>
   <h2 style="margin-bottom: 1px;"><b><o:p><font size="4">&nbsp;Contents<br>
   </font></o:p></b></h2>
   <ol>
     <li><a href="#Availability_of_this_Release_">Availability of this
   Release</a></li>
     <li><a href="#Functionality_of_This_Release">OpenPegasus
   Functionality of This Release</a></li>
     <li><a href="#Relationship_to_CIMWBEM_Standards">Relationship
   to CIM/WBEM Standards</a></li>
     <li><a href="#Supported%20Platforms">OpenPegasus Supported Platforms</a></li>
     <li><a href="#Conformance%20with%20DMTF%20Specifications">Conformance
   with DMTF Specifications</a></li>
     <li><a href="#PEGASUS%20Bugs">OpenPegasus Bugs</a></li>
     <li> <a
    href="#Pegasus%20Release%20Control%20and%20Version%20Definition%20Documentation">OpenPegasus
   Release Control and Version Definition Documentation</a></li>
     <li><a href="#General%20Documentation">General
   Documentation</a></li>
   </ol>
   <h2><span style="color: black;">Availability
   of this Release</span></h2>
   <p>This release is available in a number of forms including:</p>
   <ul>
     <li><b>Source release</b> in both ZIP (and ZIP EXE) and TAR formats.
   These can be
   downloaded from the <span class="SpellE">OpenPegasus</span> Web
   site at <a
    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
   OpenPegasus web site.. The source RPM is&nbsp; available on the
   OpenPegasus web site that can be used to build binaries for most
   LSB-compliant RPM-based Linux distributions and versions.</li>
     <li><b>The Pegasus CVS repository</b>. The CVS tags representing this
   release and
   subsequent snapshots that are made available in the Pegasus CVS are
   defined on the OpenPegasus CVS repository web page (see the <a
    href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/">OpenPegasus
   CVS page</a> for information) using the tags defined on the <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=cvs.tpl&amp;ggid=392">release
   snapshots page</a>.</li>
   </ul>
   <p>The instructions for acquiring the released code are on the <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&amp;ggid=392">Pegasus
   WEB site</a>.
   Installation instructions are part of the README in the root of the
   Pegasus source
   tree.</p>
 </div> </div>
   <div class="Section1">
 <p>This is a place-holder for the 2.5 Release Notes which be added just before  <h2><span style="color: black;">OpenPegasus Functionality for This
 the release.</p>  Release</span></h2>
 <p>Earlier versions can be downloaded from CVS, or from among the Release PEPS  Pegasus overall status by release is defined by&nbsp; a <a
 <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/documents.tpl?gdc_category=14&gdc_docage=0&grouped=Y&S=gdc_title&R=desc">   href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature Status WEB
 here</a>.</p>  Page</a> that is available on the OpenPegasus web site .&nbsp; That web
 <span  page shows the Pegasus users and developers the status of the various
 style='color:black'>  features found in Pegasus using a simple color coded key (white, red,
   yellow, green) and a description of each feature.
 <hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color="#009900" align=center>  <p><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pegasus 2.6.1 is a "point"
   release, extending Pegasus 2.6 in
   selected areas. Normally an OpenPegasus "point" release does not
   contain major new pieces of functionality, but in this case one new PEP
   was added for IPv6 support, the description of which has been added to
   these Release Notes.</span><br>
   </p>
   <p>The major areas of development for this release&nbsp; were as
   follows. For more information access the documented PEP:</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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   Table of Major Changes for this Release</p>
   <table style="font-family: Arial;" bordercolordark="#666666"
    bordercolorlight="#cccccc" border="1" cellspacing="1">
     <tbody>
       <tr align="center">
         <th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">PEP</th>
         <th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">Description</th>
         <th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">Posted PEP<br>
   Version</th>
       </tr>
       <tr align="center">
         <td style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">291</td>
         <td style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" align="left">OpenPegasus
   Support for IPv6: Stage 1<br>
         </td>
         <td style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">1.2</a>
         </td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
   <p>The status of several components of Pegasus functionality change
   status between Pegasus versions. <span class="norm"><a
    name="comtag_116">Features that have changed status can be identified
   by a change in color from the 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
   were made under the control of the Pegasus bugzilla bug system. See the
   bug section below for more information.<br>
   </p>
   <h3 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 Support<br>
   </h3>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 is short for "Internet
   Protocol
   Version 6". IPv6 is the "next generation" protocol designed by the IETF
   to replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4
   ("IPv4"). IPv6 Support for OpenPegasus is documented in <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">PEP
   291</a>.<br>
   </p>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The IPv6 support in OpenPegasus is
   controlled by the PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6 build variable. Setting this to
   'true' before building OpenPegasus will enable the IPv6 support. In
   2.6.1 this variable will default to 'false' to omit the IPv6 support.<br>
   </p>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The following subsections provide
   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
   of IPv6 support on a platform by OpenPegasus. If you build with
   PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6=true, your platform must support IPv6 or you will
   get a build failure (missing header files), a run-time bind() failure,
   or possibly some other failure. This applies to both the CIM Server and
   Listener components. For more information on IPv6 support for your
   specific platform, refer to the documentation for that platform.<br>
   </p>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">All OpenPegasus externals that
   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
   an IP address (eg. no optional or required port number), then the IPv6
   address must be specified without brackets. For example, the
   OpenPegasus osinfo client (which returns information about the OS
   running on a host system) takes separate host and port options. In this
   case a host with an IPv6-configured network interface would be
   specified as:<br>
   </p>
   <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">osinfo -h
   3ffe:1:2:1 -p 5988<br>
   </div>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">But the cimcli command, which
   takes
   an optional "location" option including an optional port number,
   requires the IPv6 address to be delimited with brackets, for example:<br>
   </p>
   <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">cimcli ns -l
   [3ffe:1:2:1]</div>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">or<br>
   </p>
   <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">cimcli ns -l
   [3ffe:1:2:1]:5989<br>
   </div>
   <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For more information on
   specifying
   IPv6 addresses, refer to </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2373.txt">IETF RFC 2373 - IP Version
   6 Addressing Architecture</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   and </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt">IETF RFC 2732 - Format for
   Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's</a><span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.</span><br
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <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
   IPv6 capability is generally compiled as a module, but it's possible
   that this module is not loaded automatically on startup.</p>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Note:
   you shouldn't anymore 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
   longer improved according to definitions in latest RFCs. It's recommend
   to use series 2.6.x now.<br>
   </p>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">To check whether your current
   running
   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>
   </p>
   <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">test -f
   /proc/net/if_inet6 &amp;&amp; echo "Running kernel is IPv6 ready"<br>
   </div>
   <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For more information on
   enabling
   IPv6 in the Linux kernel and configuring network interfaces, refer to </span><a
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/">The Linux
   Documentation Project's IPv6 HOWTO</a><span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.<br>
   <br>
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Warning</span>:
   There is currently an open issue with RedHat to address a problem that
   is seen intermittently on RHEL5 and SLES10 systems. This problem is
   described in </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    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
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248052">RedHat
   bug 248052</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">, and manifests
   itself as an intermittent IPv6 socket failure. You should be aware that
   OpenPegasus with IPv6 enabled may be
   significantly impacted in these environments.</span><br
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
 </span> </span>
   <h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 on Windows</h4>
   <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Microsoft provides supported IPv6
   implementations for Windows Server
   2003, Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows XP with Service
   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
    style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ipv6.exe</span><span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> tool to install, uninstall, and
   query
   your IPv6 configuration. For example:</span><br
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ipv6 install<br>
   ipv6 if<br>
   </div>
   <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Windows Vista
   and Windows Server 2008 support an integrated
   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
   on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.</span><br
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For more information on
   installing, configuring, and using IPv6 on Windows platforms, refer to
   the document </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    href="https://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx">IPv6
   for Microsoft Windows: Frequently Asked Questions</a><span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.</span><br
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Testing your OpenPegasus IPv6
   support</h4>
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">As part of the OpenPegasus
   automated tests, the TestClient, g11ntest, and IndicationStressTest
   test clients were modified to run tests using the IPv6 loopback address
   (::1) if PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6=true.</span><br
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You can also perform manual
   tests
   using the IPv6 loopback or a real IPv6-configured network interface.
   For example, using the IPv6 loopback on a system with OpenPegasus
   running on the wbem standard http port of 5988:</span><br
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">osinfo -h ::1</span><br>
   </div>
   <p></p>
   <ol>
   </ol>
   <h2>OpenPegasus Relationship to
   CIM/WBEM Standards</h2>
   <p>Pegasus was designed and implemented to comply with the DMTF
   CIM/WBEM specifications The following table defines the level of the
   DMTF specifications to which this version of Pegasus aims to conform
   today.</p>
   <table id="AutoNumber1" border="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%">
     <tbody>
       <tr>
         <td bgcolor="#00ffff" width="33%"><b>DMTF Specification</b></td>
         <td bgcolor="#00ffff" width="33%"><b>Specification Version</b></td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="33%">DSP 0004 - CIM Infrastructure Specification</td>
         <td width="33%">Version 2.3 Final, 4 October 2005</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="33%">DSP 0200 - CIM Operations over HTTP</td>
         <td width="33%">1.2.0, preliminary, 9 December 2004</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="33%">DSP 0201 - Representation of CIM in XML</td>
         <td width="33%">2.2.0, preliminary, December 2004</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="33%">DSP 0202 - CIM Query Language Specification</td>
         <td width="33%">1.0.0, preliminary, 9 December 2004</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="33%">DSP 0205 - WBEM Discovery using SLP</td>
         <td width="33%">1.0, preliminary, 27 January 2004</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="33%">DSP 0206 - WBEM SLP Template</td>
         <td width="33%">1.0.0, Preliminary, January 2004</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td width="33%">CIM Schema </td>
         <td width="33%">2.9 Final, Jan. 2005 ( default) 2.13.1 (available
   in pegasus CVS)</td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
   <h2><a name="Conformance with DMTF Specifications">Conformance
   Exceptions to
   DMTF Specifications</a></h2>
   <p>It is a major goal
   of the OpenPegasus project to both drive and utilize the DMTF CIM/WBEM
   specifications.&nbsp; However, today there are a number of known
   differences.&nbsp;
   As of this release, some of the differences include the following:</p>
   <ol>
     <li><b>Provider Registration</b> - Pegasus supports registration
   through a set of Pegasus Provider registration classes rather than
   support the DMTF defined Provider Qualifier. Pegasus will not support
   this qualifier in the future. See the readme for more information on
   provider registration.&nbsp; This is not a deviation from the
   specifications but is a different method of registration than many CIM
   Servers and means that the the provider qualifier is unused in Pegasus.</li>
     <li>&nbsp;<b>Indications </b>-Today Pegasus supports process
   indications and lifecycle indications when defined specifically by
   providers. Pegasus does not support lifecycle indications if they are
   not defined by the provider or for changes to CIM Classes.<font
    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
    face="Courier New">pegasus/src/Unsupported/LifecycleIndicationProvider/README.LifecycleIndications.htm</font></a>.</span></li>
     <li>
       <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">&nbsp;</span><font
    style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">IncludeQualifiers
   option on Instance Operations</font><span style="color: black;"><b>&nbsp;</b>
   -
   The DMTF specifications have deprecated the use of qualifiers on
   instance operations with the 1.2 CIM Operations Specification.&nbsp;
   Some CIM Client implementations expect instances
   returned
   from the CIM Server to include the qualifiers defined in the class
   definition (such as KEY qualifiers on properties).&nbsp; </span>&nbsp;Pegasus
   today expects the provider to complete the qualifiers on instances in
   accordance with the specification and generally the interpretation is
   that Pegasus applies class level qualifiers when the includeInstance
   parameter is supplied on instance operations.&nbsp; However, Pegasus
   today is inconsistent in the return of qualifiers so that the user
   should NOT depend on Pegasus accurately honoring the includeQualifier
   parameter for instance operations.&nbsp; In the future it is expected
   that Pegasus will deprecate the use of qualifiers on instance
   operations completely.<font color="#ff0000"> </font></p>
     </li>
     <li><b>LocalOnly option on instance
   Operations </b>- With the 1.1 version of Specification for CIM
   Operations over HTTP, the definition of the LocalOnly parameter for the
   GetInstance and EnumerateInstances operations was modified. This change
   was incorrect, resulted in reduced functionality and introduced a
   number of backward compatibility issues. As a result of issues
   introduced by this change, we strongly recommend that CIM Clients set
   LocalOnly = false and do not rely on the use of this parameter to
   filter the set of set of properties returned. See Appendix C of this
   specification for more information.</li>
     <li>
       <p class="MsoNormal"><b>MultiRequest Oprations</b> - Pegasus
   does not support the DMTF defined MultiRequest Operation option.</p>
     </li>
     <li>
       <p class="MsoNormal"><b>MOFCompiler namespace pragma</b> - The
   Pegasus compiler does not support the namespace pragma.</p>
     </li>
     <li><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pegasus implements
   chunking
   based on the DSP0200 1.2.0 preliminary spec. Refer to bug </span><a
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6760">6760</a><span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> for more details.</span><br>
     </li>
   </ol>
   <h2><b><span style="font-family: Times;">OpenPegasus <a
    name="Supported Platforms">Supported
   Platforms</a></span></b></h2>
   <p>Each OpenPegasus release lists as 'active' platforms those
   hardware/software platforms that have recognized ports for the Pegasus
   code
   base including a maintainer for the platform that will be willing to
   regularly 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
   a group
   to provide the role of test and maintenance, correct operation of&nbsp;
   Pegasus cannot be
   assured.&nbsp; In all cases, including the active platforms, it is the
   responsibility of the entity that packages and/or compiles OpenPegasus
   for shipment or deployment, to read, and actively monitor the Pegasus
   bugzilla database for a list of relevant defects that affect their
   platform. &nbsp; The platforms that are considered 'active' for this
   Pegasus release are:<br>
   &nbsp;</p>
   <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 302.25pt;" border="1"
    cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" height="409" width="504">
     <tbody>
       <tr style="">
         <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;"
    height="26" width="211">
         <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
    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;"
    height="26" width="289">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black;">Compilers</span></b><span
    style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"
    width="211">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">HP-UX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"
    width="289">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">HP <span
    class="SpellE">aC</span>++ B3910B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"
    width="211">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
    style="color: black;">Linux on Power</span></span><span
    style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"
    width="289">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
    style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"
    width="211">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
    style="color: black;">zLinux</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"
    width="289">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
    style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"
    width="211">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Linux Itanium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"
    width="289">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
    style="color: black;">gcc</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"
    width="211">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Linux IA-32, <span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">X86_64</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"
    width="289">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span
    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>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="91"
    width="211">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Windows 2000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="91"
    width="289">
         <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;" lang="NL">Microsoft
   Visual C++ Ver 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span
    style="color: black;">Works on VC .NET 2003 (<span class="SpellE">aka</span>
   v7.1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="69"
    width="211">
         <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>
       </tr>
       <tr style="">
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="43"
    width="211"> <font size="3">MacOS version 10.2 and higher</font></td>
         <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="43"
    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>
         <td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><font color="RED"><span
    style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 8<br>
   &nbsp;</span></font></big></td>
         <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
   required. (see Pegasus bug 4632)</big><br>
         </td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="norm"></span><big><font><font
    color="RED"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 9<br>
   &nbsp;</span></font></font></big></td>
         <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>
         </td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
   <br>
   <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>
   <div style="margin-left: 40px;">
   <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font
    style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RHAS
   2.1 needs the update to fix Red Hat Bugzilla 98815.</font><br>
   </p>
   </div>
   <p>Further information regarding Pegasus support on IBM platforms can
   be
   found at: <a
    href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r1/en_US/index.htm?info/icmain.htm"><span
    style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r1/en_US/index.htm?info/icmain.htm</span></a>
   </p>
   <p> Further information regarding Pegasus support on HP platforms can
   be
   found at:
   <a href="http://www.hp.com/go/wbem">http://www.hp.com/go/wbem</a>.</p>
   <h2><span style="color: black;"><a name="PEGASUS Bugs">Pegasus Defects</a></span></h2>
   <p>The Pegasus bugzilla database documents any defects found in Pegasus
   and&nbsp; is available through the following link:&nbsp; <a
    href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/">OpenPegasus bugzilla
   database</a>.&nbsp; Note that all changes&nbsp; committed for this
   release have been marked with the keyword <font face="Courier New"><b>2.6.<span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1</span>_APPROVED</b></font>
   so that all changes for this release can be found with the following
   bug search. Effective with the start of the Pegasus 2.6 work, all
   changes to the CVS tree were documented through bugs.&nbsp; Thus bugs
   were filed not only for bugs and their corresponding fixes but also as
   part of the process of committing new code representing the work on
   PEPs done for Pegasus 2.6.&nbsp; Therefore, a search of the bugzilla
   base for bugs with the tag <font face="Courier New"><b>2.6.<span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1</span>_APPROVED</b></font> will
   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
    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
   2.6.1_APPROVED bug list</a><br>
   </p>
   <h4>2.6.1 bugs of special interest:<br>
   </h4>
   <ul>
     <li><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"
    href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6643">Bug 6643</a><span
    style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> changed the way OpenPegasus loads
   libraries (such as providers) in a POSIX environment. The dlopen() call
   was changed to include the RTLD_GLOBAL option for all POSIX platforms
   except VMS.</span><br>
     </li>
   </ul>
   <h2><a
    name="Pegasus Release Control and Version Definition Documentation">Pegasus
   Release Control and Version Definition Documentation</a></h2>
   <p>The Pegasus project is controlled largely through a set of documents
   (PEPs) that serve as the definition and review mechanism for new and
   modified Pegasus functionality and for the definition and documentation
   of releases.</p>
   <p>Specifically the following PEPs define the characteristics of the
   Pegasus 2.6 release. These PEPs are available as
   <a
    href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/documents.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&amp;gdc_docage=0&amp;S=gdc_title&amp;R=desc">OpenPegasus
   Approved PEPs.</a><br>
   <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">For this 2.6.1 point release,
   only
   this document, the 2.6.1 Release Notes, was updated. All other
   references should be back to the 2.6 release PEPs.</span><br>
   </p>
   <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
   functionality that will go into the release and points to all of the
   PEPs that represent the Pegasus&nbsp; functionality changes for this
   version of Pegasus.</li>
     <li> <b>PEP 277 -&nbsp; OpenPegasus 2.6 Build and Configuration
   Options</b>&nbsp; for Selected
   Platforms</li>
     <li> <b>PEP 278 OpenPegaus 2.6 External Interfaces</b> - Lists the
   public interfaces for clients and providers that are considered
   external and therefore "frozen".<br>
     </li>
     <li> <b>PEP 279 - OpenPegasus 2.6 SDK Packaging Definition - </b>Defines
   the recommended set of files for inclusion in the OpenPegasus SDK</li>
     <li><b>PEP 280 - Pegasus&nbsp; 2.6 Runtime Packaging Definition </b>-
   Defines the recommended set of files for inclusion in this OpenPegasus
   release.</li>
     <li><b style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">PEP 305 - Pegasus 2.6.1
   Release
   Notes</b> (This document located in
   the approved PEP repository and the OpenPegasus source tree root
   directory)<br>
     </li>
     <li><b>PEP 289&nbsp; - Pegasus 2.6 readme.txt </b>(Located in PEP
   repository and also in the OpenPegasus
   source
   tree root directory).</li>
   </ol>
   <h2><a name="General Documentation">General Documentation</a></h2>
   <p>The following documentation is available for the this Pegasus
   release:</p>
   <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
     <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Utilities</b> - A
   combination of help generally available with the -h option for each
   command and HTML documentation for most of the tools.<o:p></o:p></li>
     <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>API and&nbsp; usage
   documentation</b> - See the header files and the HTML&nbsp; API
   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
   documentation.&nbsp; In particular the Common/tests unit tests contain
   extensive examples of the use of the Common APIs.</li>
     <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Building and Debugging
   Providers </b>- Readme.html in the Pegasus Root Directory, API
   documentation, and documentation from the Pegasus Technical Workshop
   which is available on the Pegasus web site.</li>
     <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Building and Debugging
   Clients</b> - API documentation and the documentation on the Pegasus
   Technical Workshop which is available on the Pegasus web site.</li>
     <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>Compiler operation and
   commands</b> - compiler help (cimmofl -h)</li>
     <li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b>PEPs</b> - The
   features of Pegasus that have been installed in this and the previous
   few versions are defined by Pegasus PEPs that are available on the
   OpenPegasus web site.&nbsp; While these are the original design
   documents largely and use in the process of defining and approving the
   overall characteristics of new functionality, they serve as a guide to
   the design and implementation of these features.</li>
   </ul>
   &nbsp;
   <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span
    style="color: black;">&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
   <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
    style="color: black;">
   <hr align="center" color="#009900" noshade="noshade" size="2"
    width="100%">
   <p style="text-align: left;"><i><font size="2">Copyright (c) 2006 EMC
   Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.; IBM Corp.; The
   Open Group; VERITAS Software Corporation; Intel Corp.</font><br>
   <br>
   <font size="1">Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any
   person obtaining a copy&nbsp; of this software and associated
   documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
   restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
   modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
   the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
   to do so, subject to the following conditions:</font><br>
   <font size="2"><br>
   </font><font size="1">THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND THIS PERMISSION
   NOTICE SHALL BE INCLUDED IN ALL COPIES OR SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS OF THE
   SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED&nbsp; "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
   ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
   WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
   NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
   LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
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   WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.</font></i></p>
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