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

March 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 is 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 presents 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.
• Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v3 Core Enhancements): Several Software Pack products
are available in the Operating Environments as optional products.
March 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-Specific Information”
• New: Graphics: Newly delivered as an optional product in the HP-UX 11i v3 BOE, VSE-OE,
HA-OE, and DC-OE.
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle (HWEnable11i) for HP-UX 11i v3: 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. Includes new patches that enable HP Insight
Control power management for supported systems with Intel® Itanium® processors 9100
series. Also includes patches that enable the PCI-express Error Recovery (PCIe-ER) functionality
on HP Integrity servers with the sx2000 chipset.
• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition: Updated to version A.03.95.520.22.05. Provides minor
defect fixes. HP Runner is no longer bundled with HP ISEE installations.
• I/O Subsystem: The rmsf command supports the -H option with the -x option to remove
stale device special files associated with a specific hardware path. Adding or deleting CPUs
redistributes I/O interrupts more equitably across the CPUs. And more.
• Mass Storage Stack: Offers new performance and usability options to manage multi-pathed
disks and disk arrays, and more.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEther-00 : Supports the new AD385A 266Mhz PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet cards
as well as the AB287A cards.
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◦ CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ FibrChanl-00: Updated to add support for users to update the EFI driver for the Tachyon
XL2 (A6795A) Fibre Channel HBAs using the FC Mass Storage utility
/opt/fcms/bin/fcmsutil.
◦ 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.
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