HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

NOTE: Firefox and Thunderbird are deprecated and are planned for future obsolescence.
• Perl: Equivalent to Open source 5.8.8 release functionality, including an enhancement and
defect fixes. See Perl Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/perl.
March 2012 Release Notes, Internationalization
• There are no changes in March 2012 for the products or features that are normally documented
in this section.
March 2012 Release Notes, Other functionality
• There are no changes in March 2012 for the products or features that are normally documented
in this section.
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the September 2011 release of HP-UX
11i v3 differs from the March 2011 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or the chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2011 Release Notes,
available in its most current version at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
September 2011 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.11.31.1109 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs.
• Hardware Enablement Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Includes new HP-UX 11i v3
patches for support of the latest HP Integrity systems with new Core I/O and chipsets. New
patches were also added to support future hardware.
• HP Insight Control power management: Version 6.3 includes Data Center Power Control
(DCPC) support for HP Integrity Superdome 2, and Power Capping and Power Regulator
support for HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2, and BL890c i2 servers. See HP Insight Control
Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEthr-00: Contains the ixgbe driver, which supports the AB287A and AD385A
PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet Cards. Updated with quality improvements. See 10GigEthr-00
◦
(ixgbe) B.11.31.1109 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ 10GigEthr-01: Contains the icxgbe driver, which supports the AD386A PCIe 10
Gigabit Ethernet Card. Updated with quality improvements. See 10GigEthr-01 (icxgbe)
B.11.31.1109 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ 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.11.31.1109 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.11.31.1109 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. See FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage
Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see the
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