HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

◦ FibrChanl-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ New: FibrChanl-02: First release on HP-UX 11i v3: recommended product on all OEs.
Driver for the Fibre Channel HBAs.
◦ GigEther-01: Change history is located at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ IB4X-00: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ IEther-00: Change history is located at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ RAID-01: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ scsiU320-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ USB-00: Updated to version C.01.05.08. Install kernel for the HP-UX 11i March 2008
release contains an EHCI driver (USB 2.0 hi-speed capability) which significantly decreases
the time necessary for installs from local USB devices. Includes defect fixes.
• New: Proximity Topology: Provides a mechanism to programmatically determine a system's
proximity topology in order to make informed decisions to minimize cache-to-cache latency.
• Utility Pricing Solutions
◦ The HP Instant Capacity: Updated with defect fixes and several enhancements, including
GiCAP Disaster Recovery, which allows customers to transfer usage rights to other group
members when a member is unavailable.
March 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration”
• Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: Supports cross subnet Serviceguard configurations.
• Dynamic Root Disk (DRD): Supports cloning of a VxVM root on HP-UX 11i v3. Introduces the
drd status command, which allows the user to easily view clone information on the system.
• New: EMSWeb: Event Monitoring Service (on SAM) is now available as EMSWeb tool on
the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). Provides both web-based GUI and TUI.
• Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Newly added as a recommended product to the HA-OE and
DC-OE. Supports HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.02.00 on HP-UX
11i v3.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with new patches
that enhance core features (including performance) and enable the support of the vPars,
Version 2.0 LVM volume groups, Integrity VM (HPVM), and new core products.
• New: HP Caliper: A general-purpose performance analysis tool for applications, processes,
and systems. Allows you to understand the performance and execution of an application and
to identify ways to improve its run-time performance. Newly added as a recommended product
to the BOE, HA-OE, VSE-OE, DC-OE.
• HP GlancePlus Pak: Updated to version 4.70. A set of new metrics have been added in HP
Performance Agent.
• HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment
New: Accelerated Virtual I/O (GuestAvioLan): Delivers a new re-architected I/O path
for Integrity VM (HPVM). Newly delivered as a recommended product on the HP-UX 11i
v3 BOE, HA-OE, VSE-OE, DC-OE, and the FOE, EOE, MCOE, TCOE.
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◦ HP Integrity VM Guest Support Libraries (VMGuestLib): Upgrade to version A.03.50
includes support for the new features of HP Integrity Virtual Machines A.03.50.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VMProvider): Upgrade to A.03.50 supports the
new features of HP Integrity Virtual Machines A.03.50.
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