SPECpower_ssj2008 v1.10 - Release Details - readme_1.10.txt - 02/14/2009
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SPECpower_ssj2008 v1.10 is a point release which added the support for 
multiple-servers run, also adds enhancements and a series of new
features. Changes to the Run and Reporting Rules and all the other
supporting documents are made in order to reflect these enhancements.


Code changes:
 o ssj and director
    o Support multi-server runs (including homogeneous and heterogeneous
      environments)
    o Set up scripts for a remote Director by default
    o Fix minor communication issues when establishing connections
      between SSJ and Director
    o Add multi-system configuration summary fields to raw file
    o Allow configuration of individual SSJ instances to be passed from
      Director
    o Fix timeout issue when connecting to large numbers of JVMs
    o Fix short Director connection timeout on some platforms
    o Specify director hostname on the command-line rather than in
      property files
    o Notify Director of invalid input parameters
    o Improve error handling for missing or invalid properties files
    o Always use US date formatting in the raw file for the test date, 
      so the date can be easily parsed
    o Update description and default value for memory description field
    o run.validity flag in raw file was not set properly for valid runs
    o Make SPECpower_ssj_config.props the default value for
      input.include_file
    o Warn if the CCS SSJ version does not match the runtime SSJ version
    o Add firmware versions to config file and report
    o Pass "transactions" to CCS during ramp up and ramp down periods
    o Pass "ssj_ops" to CCS in "idle" state
    o Improve error handling with SSJ/Director version mismatch

 o reporter
    o The glossary document URL is now configurable
    o Add a Power Details report
    o Include reporting of PTDaemon Uncertainty calculations
    o Add new report fields (e.g. Test Method, Form Factor)
    o Show voltage/current range values
    o Rename main report to include "-main" in the filename
    o Do not show power and performance details in reports for results
      marked Non-Compliant
    o Show Publication Date on sub-reports
    o Make reporter links and titles consistent for multi-system results
    o Show "warnings" in report to identify possible issues without
      making the run invalid
    o Show both total and per-core hardware threads
    o Updated version of JFreeChart
    o Better handling of various error conditions (e.g. when power
      analyzer data is missing)
    o Format links in Instance Summary tables as links instead of
      glossary items
    o Report minimum temperature on a true per-interval basis
    o Improve print format of reports

 o validator
    o Most validation messages are now linked to the corresponding
      run rule
    o Support power analyzer uncertainty validation
    o Fix validation of temperature error readings to verify the
      percentage of bad readings for the entire run
    o Update required versions of CCS and PTDaemon
    o Make validation of CCS/PTDaemon versions dependent on the
      version of SSJ used for the test
    o Add validation for multi-system results

 o SPEC PTDaemon
    o added voltage and current range setting and range reading
      functions for most accepted analyzers
    o added analyzer identity checking versus specified model
    o added RMS calculation of voltage and current aggregate values
    o added Chroma 66202 as an accepted power analyzer
    o added "-u" switch to list unsupported devices; by default only
      accepted devices listed
    o numerous minor bug fixes

 o ccs
    o CCS now supports use of multiple power analyzers and temperature
      sensors. 
    o Added capability to set Current and Voltage ranges on power
      analyzers that support programmatic settings.
    o Ranges can be set and changed at each load level. 
    o Two new properties added to ccs.props for range setting
       o ccs.ptd.[name].current_range_settings
       o ccs.ptd.[name].voltage_range_settings
    o CCS now reads and logs power measurement “uncertainty” from the
      SPEC PTDaemon. 
    o added visual activity monitor (vam)
    o addedpProperties to declare and define connection to VAM


The latest documentation and technical support answers may be found on
the SPEC web site at http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/

Happy Benchmarking!

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