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| DATE: 02/01/00                                                    |
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| DESCRIPTION: Users are unable to start new connections using      |
|              either SPX or IP.                                    |                                                                   |
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| README FILE FOR: JR14244                                          |
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| PTF NUMBER:  SAA40010                                             |
| APAR NUMBER: JR14244                                              |
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| This package contains APAR fixes to the product above.  This      |
| package can be distributed to any one who has a license for       |
| this product.                                                     |
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PREREQUISITES :

       PTF: SAA20040 MUST be installed before this fix is installed. 
            Please refer to the Web page listed above to obtain this 
            PTF.  For additional technical assistance contact the 
            appropriate SUPPORT CENTER for your Country listed on 
            the above Web page.  For example in the USA. you can 
            call 1-800-237-5511.

PROBLEM FIXED: Users are unable to acquire new connections either 
               using SPX or IP.  Connections already established 
               keep working fine. 

The PARTS LIST is as follows:

  SHIPPED (fn ft)                     REPLACES 
    CMSPX.NLM                           CMSPX.NLM
    CMSPX.MAP                           N/A (for diagnostic use)
    CMTCP.NLM                           CMTCP.NLM
    CMTCP.MAP                           N/A (for diagnostic use)
    CMAT.NLM                            CMAT.NLM
    CMAT.MAP                            N/A (for diagnostic use)

                
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

  JR14244.EXE (*.exe in the steps below) is a 
  self-extracting file containing the shipped executables.

  Installing the fix on the system:
    1) Be SURE to download the *.exe file in BINARY format.

    2) Create a temporary directory and copy the *.exe file in it.
       Run the executable to unpack the updated modules and this
       readme file.

    3) Backup your previous versions of the parts listed in the
       SHIPPED/REPLACED columns. Then apply the new parts. 

       IMPORTANT! If this is an APAR fix, carefully compare the 
       dates of the parts supplied with this APAR fix with the 
       dates of the        parts you are replacing. If ANY of 
       the parts being replaced are more recent than the parts 
       shipped with this APAR discontinue the installation of 
       this fix and contact Customer Support for clarification. 
    
    4) Copy the parts list from the appropriate sub-directory 
       into the directory where the previous files were kept.
    

CONTACT FOR Support:

      If you have any questions, please call the IBM SUPPORT CENTER
      for your Country.  For example in the USA call: 1-800-237-5511



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         Corp. 1997. All rights reserved.  No part of this publication
         may be reproduced, photocopied, stored on a retrieval system, 
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LIMIT OF LIABILITY:

   License to the contained APAR fixes is conditioned upon the recipient
   holding a license to the prerequisite product.  The license terms
   and conditions of the APAR fixes are the same as those for the
   prerequisite product.  Please see the product license for specifics.