HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

• Asian Bitmap Fonts: Enhanced to support the latest national standards and ISO 10646.
• Fallback Font Support: For text-based GUI applications, in the event there are no glyphs, the
application will display “?” or “::” characters.
• Asian Functionality (Obsoleted and Deprecated): Several legacy functions are obsolete and
have been removed. Also, certain Asian printer lp models, utility/library routines, and dot
bitmap fonts have been deprecated.
Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality”
• Common Desktop Environment: Updated to version 2.1. Now includes native Itanium®-based
32-bit and 64-bit X/Motif libraries; delivers 64-bit PA-RISC and Itanium®-based libraries for
the first time in HP-UX 11i v3; supports Node and Host Name Expansion feature and expanded
username feature; and includes many other changes.
• Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Client and Integrated Login: Default permissions of
3 files have changed; several new filesets are available on PA-RISC and Itanium®-based
systems; several products are not available with DCE Client; Integrated Login has 2 new
filesets.
What is New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006
In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the initial (February 2007)
release of HP-UX 11i v3 differs from the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For further details,
see the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes, available in its most current
version at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
The following are not exhaustive lists, so HP strongly recommends that you consult the HP-UX 11i
Version 3 Release Notes (February 2007) for information that is not included here.
In addition, you may want to review the list “What is New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX
11i v1 September 2005” (page 76) for a general picture of how the initial (February 2007) release
of HP-UX 11i v3 differs from the September 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v1.
Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-Specific Information”
• Enhancements to IO Forwarding: The IO forwarding interrupt comes under the purview
of Detect & Strobe and is enhanced.
• New: estape Tape and eschgr Autochanger Drivers: New with HP-UX 11i v3. ssrfc driver
no longer available.
• HP-UX 11i v3 Driver Development Kit (DDK): Enhanced for HP-UX 11i v3. Provides
documentation, sample code, build environment and development tools for 3rd-party
developers, ISVs and IHVs to develop and test drivers on HP-UX 11i v3 PA-RISC and
Itanium®-based platforms.
• Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA): There is an issue with LUN WWIDs and HP-UX 11i v3.
• HP StorageWorks Secure Path: Obsolete.
• I/O Subsystem: Several new I/O commands help manage the I/O subsystem, and existing
commands have new options and functionality to support the next generation mass storage
stack.
• New: The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack manages I/O devices, such as SCSI logical
units (LUNs). In this release, the mass storage stack delivers functionality designed to enhance
server scalability, adaptability, and performance while retaining backward compatibility.
New features include agile addressing, native multi-pathing, and increased parallelization.
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