Chimera Software

RELEASE NOTES

Release Notes for Release 94.1

HOW TO INSTALL

Click the SW release you need on the left, and save it onto your PC.
Double-click to launch.
To install the software using the default options, click the “Install” button after accepting the terms in the displayed license agreement. (Note that during the install process, shortcuts to each application will be added to your Windows desktop.)
IMPORTANT: Please follow these instructions for upgrading to Release 79.2 and newer.

Upgrade Chassis Firmware

Once the installation is complete it will offer to launch the XenaChassisUpgrader which can update all your Xena test chassis to the new release. How to perform chassis firmware upgrades.
Note: The XenaChassisUpgrader will check if your hardware and software licenses are still valid. See more about the Valkyrie Licensing System.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

All test modules in a chassis MUST have a valid SW maintenance license

In Valkyrie Release 84 (Val-84) an important change was implemented in the ChassisUpgrader that causes it to check the status of the software maintenance license for all test modules in the chassis and only perform the upgrade if all test modules in the chassis have a valid software maintenance license.

This was implemented to avoid conflicts some customers had experienced where SW versions in modules and chassis did not match.

This means when you buy a new module and want to install it in an existing ValkyrieBay chassis together with other modules, all modules in that chassis must have a valid software maintenance license to ensure any software updates required for the new module can be installed.

Please contact Xena support at https://support.xenanetworks.com/ or [email protected] if you experience that a module with a valid software maintenance license is rejected by the ChassisUpgrader.

Please note that the “Defined Test Chassis” list will be cleared first time you open the ChassisUpgrader.

C-Odin-10G-4S-2P-Combi not supported by Val-85
Please observe that C-Odin-10G-4S-2P-Combi will not link up at 10G if Val-85 is installed. We therefore recommend that you do not install Val-85 on C-Odin-10G-4S-2P-Combi.

Windows 7 no longer supported:

In Val-85, the Valkyrie Windows applications like ValkyrieManager no longer support legacy versions of Microsoft Windows. Using Val-85 Valkyrie software will require Windows version 8 or higher. As a consequence, the support for legacy plugins will also be obsoleted.