Networking Year 2000 Compliance
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Last content update: November 23, 1999 (see Notice)
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Network Processors

MainWay 2000 / 2600

Model Component Hardware Software Version Year 2000 ready Change
MainWay 2001
MainWay 2005
MainWay 2005-E
MainWay 2010
MainWay 2020
MainWay 2030
MainWay 2040
LAN Extender LS 2200 8.1.2-1 OK Update
LP 6000 or CB 6000 4.3.1-3 (LMM Classic)

OK(1)

Oct 12, 1999
7.0.0-39 / 8.3.2 (LMM+) when IS and ES
CB 3500 1.0 OK Oct. 16, 1998
WAN Subsystem WP or EWP DNS-E V2U3 ET06 OK(2) Mar 30, 1999
S-ONP, ONP or F-ONP DNS-E V2U3 ET06 OK(2) Mar 30, 1999
Service Processor Any SP 07.06-2 OK(2) Mar 30, 1999
MainWay 2600 LAN Extender LS 2200 8.1.2-1 OK Update
CB 3500 1.0 OK Jun 3, 1999
CB 9000 2.0 OK Jun 3, 1999
WAN Subsystem WP or EWP DNS-E V3U1 OK Jun 3, 1999
S-ONP, ONP or F-ONP DNS-E V3U1 OK Jun 3, 1999
Service Processor Any SP 08.02 OK Jun 3, 1999
MainWay ICC ICC Subsystem Any Any OK Oct. 16, 1998

(1) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with the built-in 3Com product CoreBuilder 6000 (previously named LANplex 6000) including :
      - either the board LMM Classic (3C6301) at software level 4.3.1-3 or higher.
      - or the board LMM+ (3C6311) at software level 7.0.0-39, 8.3.2 or higher when intelligent switching software (IS) and extended switching software (ES).
More detailed Year 2000 information is available on 3Com website.

(2) Year 2000 readiness requires the installation of the Y2K kit which depends on the Service Processor HW platform :
      - on DPX/20 (Product code : CPUJ009-0100), the Y2K kit (Product Codes : CNMR002-MW20 and CNHR037-S0A0) includes DNS-E V2U3 ET06D upgrade, AIX version 3.2.55 and SP build 07.06-2 upgrade;
      - on Estrella (Product codes : CPUJ017-0100, CPUJ017-0200, CPUJ017-1100 or CPUJ017-1200), the Y2K kit (Product-codes : CNMR003-MWES and CNHR042-S0A0) includes DNS-E V2U3 ET06 upgrade, AIX version 4.2 and SP build 07.06-2 upgrade.

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Datanet

Model Software version Year 2000 ready Change
DN7500/xx DNS V4U1 ET22 No  
DN7500/xx DNS V4U3 ET28 OK(1) Oct. 16, 1998
DN71xx Any No (2) Oct. 16, 1998
DN7100/xx Any No (2) Oct. 16, 1998
DN8/xx Any No (2) Oct. 16, 1998
CpNet5105 Any No (2) Oct. 16, 1998

(1) Year 2000 ready when running DNS V4U3 ET 28 with the application of SER 74026 which is available from BULL Customer Service Division.

(2) Not Year 2000 ready even running DNS V4U3 ET28.

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GCOS 7 Communications

Hardware Subsystem Software Version Year 2000 ready Change
CNP7 CNS7 A2U3 ET30 OK (1) Oct. 16, 1998
CNP7 CNS7 A2U0 ET14 OK (1) Oct. 16, 1998
CNP7 CNS7 A2U2 ET26 No April 30, 1997
FCP7 FCP7 OK(1) Oct. 16, 1998

(1) Managed by DPS 7000 host running GCOS 7 V7 TS7458 or higher.

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GCOS 8 Communications

Hardware Subsystem Software version Year 2000 ready Change
FCP8   OK(1)  
DXE (or DX)   OK Oct. 16, 1998
G8LINK   No  
OPEN8   No  

(1) Managed by Bull DPS 9000 running GCOS 8 SR4500.3 or higher.

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Terminals

Family Model Year 2000-ready Change
Bull Questar BQ200 / BQ205 / BQ210 N/A Dec. 9, 1998
  BQ303 / BQ305 / BQ306 N/A Dec. 9, 1998
  BQ310 / BQ310C N/A Dec. 9, 1998
  BQ330 OK Dec. 9, 1998
  BQ380 N/A Dec. 9, 1998
WID Terminals WID Terminal OK Dec. 9, 1998
  WID 210 / 220 / 221 / 230 / 231 OK Dec. 9, 1998
  WID 300 OK (1) Dec. 9, 1998
Others MICRO / TCS OK Dec. 9, 1998

(1) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with a Year 2000 ready WinConnect X11 option on the server.

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Terminals Cluster Servers

Model Hardware Subsystem Software version Year 2000-ready Change
BQ200 BQ200 (Base Q400) All OK Dec. 9, 1998
BQ200 (Base Starsys) All OK Dec. 9, 1998
BQ350 BQ350 6.2.1.12 (3C5440D) OK Feb 19, 1999
BQ350 6.2.1 (3C5441D) OK Feb 19, 1999
BQ380 BQ380 (Base BM200)   OK (1) Dec. 9, 1998
BQ380 (Base Z-Station 420 Sn)   OK (1) Dec. 9, 1998
BQ380-2 (Base Z-Select 100)   OK (1) Dec. 9, 1998
BQ380-3 (Base Z-Station ES/P) All OK (1) Dec. 9, 1998
BQ380-4 (Base Z-Station EL) All OK (1) Dec. 9, 1998
BQ390/GALATA     OK Dec. 9, 1998
Terminal Servers TCU7022   OK Dec. 9, 1998
TCU704x   OK Dec. 9, 1998
TCU705x   OK Dec. 9, 1998
WID Servers Any Y2K ready NT server WinFrame 1.6 No (2) Feb 19, 1999
WinFrame 1.7 OK (3) (4) Feb 19, 1999
MetaFrame 1.0 OK (5) Feb 19, 1999

(1) Although the BQ380 includes PC hardware, it does not use information from PC BIOS or real-time clock. Its functionning as a terminal cluster server is not affected by the roll-over to Year 2000.

(2) <<WinFrame 1.6 is no longer tested for Year 2000 compliance and therefore is not supported as Year 2000 compliant by Citrix Systems. An upgrade to WinFrame 1.7 is currently available for those customers who require a Year 2000 compliant system from Citrix. Please refer to your standard sales channel for information regarding this upgrade. Please refer to the Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure for WinFrame 1.7 for information regarding the Year 2000 status of the WinFrame 1.7 product.>> Information source : Citrix Systems, Inc.

(3) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with Windows NT version 3.51 or higher.

(4) <<WinFrame 1.7 is considered Year 2000 compliant when Service Pack 5b and the related hotfixes have been applied.>> Information source : Citrix Systems, Inc.

(5) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with Windows NT version 4.0 or higher.

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Emulators

Affinity 2

Software Functionality Version Year 2000 ready Change
Migration to AFFINITY 32 set 2 03.01.01 OK Oct. 16, 1998
AFFINITY 2 any No Oct. 16, 1998

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Affinity 32

Software Functionality Version Year 2000 ready Change
Client/server 03.01.01 OK Oct. 16, 1998

Desktop & Windows NT Gateways

  OK (1) Oct. 16, 1998
AFFINITY 32 / TNVIP for MAINWAY 2001/2005 03.01.01 OK Oct. 16, 1998
AFFINITY 32 / WID 03.01.01 OK Oct. 16, 1998
AFFINITY VISUAL 32 03.00.08 OK Oct. 16, 1998

(1) See Year 2000 ready version of related components.

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Glink

Software Functionality Version Year 2000 ready Change
Glink for Windows R5.4 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999
GGATE system R5.0 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999
G3270 R5.0 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999
QSIM R5.0 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999
GUFT R5.0 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999
GSPOOL R5.0 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999
GLAPI R5.0 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999
GLINE R5.0 OK (1) Jun 3, 1999

(1) Product origin : Gallagher & Robertson Inc. More detailed Year 2000 information is available on G&R website.

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VIPlet

Software Functionality Version Year 2000 ready Change
VIPlet 2.0 OK New

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Infrastructure products

3Com products

For information on the Year 2000 readiness status of 3Com products resold by Bull, please contact 3Com directly or visit their web site.

Bull is providing this information on behalf of 3Com, who take full responsibility for the Year 2000 readiness and support of their products. Bull makes no guarantees concerning the Year 2000 readiness of 3Com products.

Motorola products

For information on the Year 2000 readiness status of Motorola products resold by Bull, please contact Motorola directly or visit their web site.

Bull is providing this information on behalf of Motorola, who take full responsibility for the Year 2000 readiness and support of their products. Bull makes no guarantees concerning the Year 2000 readiness of Motorola products.

CpNet 2500

Model Hardware Subsystem Software version Year 2000-ready Change
CpNet2510 ACP10 V1 OK (1) Oct. 16, 1998
CpNet2520 ACP20 any No (4) Feb 19, 1999
CpNet2530 ACP30 any No (4) Feb 19, 1999
CpNet2535 ACP40 any No (4) Feb 19, 1999
CpNet2540 ACP50 (286) any No (4) Feb 19, 1999
CpNet2550 ACP50 (286/386) any No (4) Feb 19, 1999
CpNet2550/486 ACP50/54 (486-T2) V4 OK (2) Oct. 16, 1998
ACP70 ACP70 V4 OK (3) Oct. 16, 1998

(1) Availability planned by 1Q99.

(2) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with PCMCIA software version V4 which requires a 16MB memory size and an ELXII board for supporting PCMCIA media.

(3) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with software version V4 which requires a 16MB memory size.

(4) This product is partially Year 2000 ready, but the problems that we have identified occur only when the date is managed or when you are using network management utilities.

Software Functionality Version Year 2000 ready Change
VIEW25 Any No Oct. 16, 1998

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Miscellaneous

Software Functionality Version Year 2000 ready Change
LOAD/DUMP FOR DATANET 7500   OK (2) Oct. 16, 1998
UFTF V2.0 No (1) Oct. 16, 1998
UFTF V3 OK (1) (2) Oct. 16, 1998

(1) Year 2000 readiness of UFTF requires migration to UFTF V3 which will be available by 4Q98. For more information, please contact your local Bull representative.

(2) Year 2000 ready when running in conjunction with an IBM Y2K ready environment.

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Notice
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