HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 Release Notes, Edition 2

March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization”
• iconv Codeset Conversion: Supports more varied forms of user or third-party codeset
translation tables for MFCONV.
March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality”
• New: HP-UX Parallel Umounts (UmountallEnh): A multi-threaded umountall feature that
unmounts all or selected filesystems in parallel. Software Pack product.
• Locality-Optimized Resource Alignment (LORA): Patches have been delivered in the March
2009 FEATURE11i patch bundle to enable future support of the Locality-Optimized Resource
Alignment (LORA) feature. Some patches also include changes for other features and defect
fixes.
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2008 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the September 2008 release of HP-UX
11i v3 differs from the March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2008 Release Notes, available in its
most current version at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 3”
• Original HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments (OEs): The March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i
v3 was the last full Operating Environments Update Release (OEUR) release provided for the
original HP-UX 11i OEs.
• New HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments: With the March 2008 release, HP first presented
a set of new Operating Environments for HP-UX 11i v3. These new OEs provide a richer set
of products and improved choices over the original set of HP-UX 11i OEs. In the September
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.
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