HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the March 2012 release of HP-UX 11i
v3 differs from the September 2011 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or the sections in the remainder of this document.
March 2012 Release Notes, Hardware-specific information
• CommonIO: Packages multiple products which support SAS and Fibre Channel adapters, and
is always installed. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See HP CommonIO
B.11.31.1203 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs.
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Includes new HP-UX
11i v3 (11.31) patches for support of current HP Integrity systems with the latest I/O adapters,
networking, and storage products. New patches were also added for improved debugging,
better event handling, error records persistence, enhanced machine information reports, soft
reboot feature enablement, improved performance, and support on the latest Intel Itanium
processors in currently-shipping HP Integrity systems. See “Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle
for HP-UX 11i v3 ” (page 102).
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEthr-02: Contains the iexgbe driver. Updated with quality improvements. For
further information, including the products supported by this bundle, see 10GigEthr-02
◦
(iexgbe) B.11.31.1203 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ 10GigEthr-03: Contains the iocxgbe driver. Updated with quality improvements. For
further information, including the products supported by this bundle, see 10GigEthr-03
(iocxgbe) B.11.31.1203 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-01: Contains the driver fcd for use with Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs.
Updated with quality improvements. For further information, see FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre
Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on
supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix.
Both documents are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-02: Contains the driver fclp for use with Fibre Channel HBAs. Updated
with quality improvements. For more information, see FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel
Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards,
see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents
are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-03: Contains the driver fcoc for use with Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
HBAs. Updated with quality improvements. For more information, see FibrChanl-03 (fcoc)
Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on
supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix.
Both documents are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ GigEther-01: Contains the igelan driver. Version B.11.31.1112 delivers defect fixes.
See GigEther-01 (igelan) B.11.31.1112 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://
www.hp.com/go/gigabit-ethernet-100bt-cards-docs.
◦ IB4X-00: Version B.11.31.1203 delivers defect fixes. See IB4X-00 Driver for InfiniBand
Release Notes Version Number B.11.31.1203 at http://www.hp.com/go/
hpux-iocards-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 I/O Cards.)
◦ IEther-00: Contains the iether driver. Updated with quality improvements and defects
fixes. For further information, including the products supported by this bundle, see IEther-00
(iether) B.11.31.1203 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
gigabit-ethernet-100bt-cards-docs.
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