HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

2008 OEUR, several new products and features have been added. See the remainder of this
section for summaries of the new products and features.
• Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v3 Core Enhancements): Several new and updated
Software Pack products are available in the Operating Environments as optional products.
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-Specific Information”
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Provides support for
new PCI-Express I/O adapters in HP Integrity Servers, and HP-UX support for HP servers with
PA8900 processors and the sx2000 chipset. Supports the AMD/ATI Radeon 7000 graphics
adapter and improved kernel debugger support for HP LAN cards. Also supports the optional
HP-UX Dynamic nPartitions feature for servers without System Bus Adapter devices.
• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition: No longer included. Has reached end of life. New
solution: HP Service Essentials Remote Support Pack.
• New: HP-UX Scheduler Enhancements for Power Management: A new dynamic tunable is
provided to dynamically enable or disable the mechanism to put processors in low power
consumption state when idle.
• New: HP-UX Swapoff: Provides the ability to remove swap devices without rebooting the
system. This feature is enabled by a new command and an enhanced system call. The command
is a Software Pack feature and is optional on all OEs.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEthr-00: Updated to include accelerated virtual I/O (AVIO).◦
◦ 10GigEthr-01: Newly added as an optional product to the Operating Environments
and includes accelerated virtual I/O (AVIO).
◦ CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ FibrChanl-00: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ FibrChanl-01: To see what's changed from one release to the next, see the driver's
release history.
◦ FibrChanl-02: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ GigEther-01: The gigabit interface to be configured to connect at ONLY speed 1000FD
and fail if there is a fallback in the speed (100FD/100HD or 10FD/10HD). Supports
accelerated virtual I/O (AVIO) to significantly improve Integrity VM (HPVM) I/O
performance.
◦ IB4X-00: Includes defect fixes and enhancements.
◦ IEther-00: To see what’s changed from one release to the next, see the IEther-00
driver’s release history.
◦ PCIMUX-00: Diagnostic utility pmux_diag for AD278A/AD279A now supports several
new functionalities. Includes defect fixes.
◦ RAID-01: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ scsiU320-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements.
• I/O Subsystem: Includes defect fixes and usability enhancements to enhance the system's
availability, performance, and ease-of-use.
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