HP-UX 11i v3 Read Before Installing or Updating March 2011 HP Part Number: BA927-90058 Published: March 2011
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Table of Contents Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3.........................................................5 Media kit contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3 HP-UX 11i v3 delivers the highest level of integrated virtualization and automation. HP-UX 11i v3 dynamically reduces complexity and cuts deployment times to maximize return on investment. This DVD booklet provides the following information: • Contents of the HP-UX 11i v3 media kit. • Descriptions of the Operating Environments. • New products included in this release.
Media kit contents DVDs • • • HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) OE Multi-DVD Set — Contains an Operating Environment (OE). HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) Application Software Multi-DVD Set — Contains HP-UX application software. HP-UX 11i v3 Instant Information DVD — Contains various HP-UX documentation. Useful if you don't want to go on the web. Documentation NOTE: Documents at http://docs.hp.com are being migrated to the HP Business Support Center (BSC) website (http://hp.
The following documents can be found on the HP-UX 11i v3 Instant Information DVD and on the web at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs: • HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes — Describes what is new or changed for HP-UX 11i v3. • HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide — Describes system requirements, provides instructions for cold-installing or updating HP-UX, and includes information about known install/update problems.
HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments Starting with the March 2008 release, HP provides a set of new Operating Environments (OEs) for HP-UX 11i v3. These new OEs, described in Table 1, provide a richer set of products and improved choices over the original set of HP-UX 11i OEs. Detailed information on the new HP-UX 11i v3 OEs can be found at www.hp.com/go/hpux11iv3. For information on transition and mapping from the original OEs to the new OEs, see http://h20338.www2.hp.
Table 1 New HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments New OE Description Base OE (BOE) Provides integrated HP-UX functionality for customers requiring less complex installations. The BOE contains all the applications included in the Foundation OE, and improves the bundle set by adding much-requested products such as HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) and APA. This OE is bundled HPUX11i-BOE.
Table 1 New HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments (continued) New OE Description High Availability For customers requiring high availability for large OE (HA-OE) mission-critical applications, this OE contains all the products included in the BOE (and the original EOE), plus applications such as HP Serviceguard and HA toolkits required to enable a mission-critical server. This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-HA-OE.
Finding firmware Make sure your system meets the minimum firmware requirements for the latest HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) release. HP recommends that you update to the latest firmware available before installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v3. Verifying and downloading firmware 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Go to http://www.hp.com. Select the Support & Drivers tab, then Download drivers and software. Enter your product name or number and click Go. If necessary, select your specific product from the search results.
HP-UX Virtual Partitions and HP Integrity Virtual Machines are incompatible HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) is not compatible with HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM). The vPars and Integrity VM products cannot be installed on the same nPartition or the same virtual partition. Integrity VM cannot be installed on a system that has vPars software installed. There is a check during Integrity VM installation preventing it.
What’s new in this release Unless otherwise noted, see the HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2011 Release Notes (http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs) for further information about the following new products and features. For information on what has changed, also see the HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2011 Release Notes (http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs). Numerous existing HP-UX 11i v3 products also provide new features and enhancements in March 2011.
Table 2 New products and features in HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 14 New Product/feature Description 10GigEthr-03 Contains the iocxgbe driver. Added to all OEs as a recommended (default-installed) product. For further information, including the products supported by this bundle, see 10GigEthr-03 (iocxgbe) B.11.31.1103 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. FibrChanl-03 Delivers the driver fcoc for use with Fibre Channel Over Ethernet HBAs.
Table 2 New products and features in HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 (continued) New Product/feature Description HP Operations agent Helps you monitor the performance of systems in your environment by collecting system performance metrics. With its integration with HP Operations Manager (HPOM), the HP Operations agent enables you to create a centralized monitoring environment that can be managed from the HPOM console.
Table 2 New products and features in HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 (continued) 16 New Product/feature Description HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) Provides an environment for securely consolidating multiple application environments within a single image of the HP-UX 11i OS. SRP is a component of the Partitioning Continuum for HP-UX and offers high efficiency in resource utilization along with maximum flexibility and performance for customers seeking the benefits of workload consolidation. HP-UX SRP A.
Harmless messages and known problems Before cold-installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v3, make sure you read “Appendix A: Harmless messages and known problems,” in the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide (http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs). The web version of the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide is the most up-to-date version of the document. For information about other known problems, see the product's own documentation at http://hp.com/bizsupport.
Web resources • HP-UX 11i v3 Documentation Includes the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes, and HP-UX 11i v3 Read Before Installing or Updating (this document on the web). Be sure to select the document appropriate for your release. http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs • HP-UX System Administrator's Guide http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs • Ignite-UX http://hp.com/go/ignite-ux • Software Depot http://software.hp.com • IT Resource Center (ITRC) http://itrc.hp.
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