HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2012

1 Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3
Introduction to HP-UX 11i v3
HP-UX 11i v3 is an enterprise release delivering the highest level of integrated virtualization and
automation. HP-UX 11i v3 dynamically reduces complexity and cuts deployment times to maximize
return on investment.
Some key highlights of HP-UX 11i v3 include: advancements in performance, integrated
multi-pathing, new security and availability offerings which provide increased resiliency, layered
security and in-depth protection, Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology support using Dynamic LCPU,
and multi-OS management across HP-UX and other HP supported operating systems.
HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments
With the March 2008 release, HP began offering new HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments.
The new Operating Environments, which offer a richer set of products, are available only for HP-UX
11i v3 and are described in Table 2 (page 7). For more detailed information on the new HP-UX
11i v3 Operating Environments, see www.hp.com/go/hpux11iv3.
HP announced the discontinuance of the original HP-UX 11i v3 OEs (FOE, EOE, and MCOE)
effective October 31, 2008. From November 1, 2008 onward, only the new HP-UX 11i v3 OEs
(Base OE, Virtual Server OE, High Availability OE, and Data Center OE) are available for HP
9000 and HP Integrity servers.
Information on transition, support, and mapping from original to new v3 Operating Environments
can be found at
http://h20338.www2.hp.com/hpux11i/us/en/products/hpux11iv3-oes-support-costs.html
For lists of the bundles in each new OE, see Appendix C (page 84).
Table 2 New HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments
DescriptionHP-UX 11i v3 OE
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
Base OE (BOE)
bundle set by adding much-requested products such as HP Process Resource Manager
(PRM) and APA. This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-BOE.
Designed for customers seeking higher resource utilization or embarking on consolidation
projects and need virtualization for a flexible UNIX environment. The VSE-OE contains
Virtual Server OE (VSE-OE)
all the products included in the BOE (and the original EOE) and adds a host of other
products including HP Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX (formerly HP Insight
Dynamics – VSE for Integrity). The VSE-OE is bundled as HPUX11i-VSE-OE.
For customers requiring high availability for large mission critical applications, this OE
contains all the products included in the BOE (and the original EOE), plus applications
High Availability OE (HA-OE)
such as HP Serviceguard and HA toolkits required to enable a mission-critical server.
This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-HA-OE.
For customers who need both flexibility and high availability, the Data Center OE provides
mission critical virtualization by combining the robust product selection in the VSE-OE
Data Center OE (DC-OE)
and HA-OE in one integrated and tested bundle. This OE contains all the products
included in the BOE, VSE-OE, HA-OE (and the original MCOE) and is bundled as
HPUX11i-DC-OE.
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