HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-5 Patch Summary and Release Notes (March 2009)

• Corrects a performance problem on systems with many sensors by reducing the
polling frequency.
• Prevents a long boot pause on AlphaServer GS1280 systems with large disk and
sensor counts.
• Fixes issues with envmond with respect to log messages and the execution of
shutdown scripts.
Patch 27030.00
OSFEXAMPLES540
• Eliminates the use of a /tmp file in a SysMan CLI example.
Patch 27031.00
OSFEXER540
• Corrects the memory exerciser user.syslog message from "Started" to "Stopped".
• Corrects a message from memx.
Patch 27034.00
OSFHWBASE540
• Enhances hwmgr show functionality for scsi path information.
• Provides for FCP-2 Link Level Error Recovery for tape operations so that tape I/O
can be successfully performed during periods of link errors, noisy lines, bit errors,
and lost or corrupted data frames.
• Enables Tru64 UNIX to work with tape devices that do not support non-tagged
commands.
• Fix for netstat trying to resolve the IP address 0.0.0.0 (INADDR_ANY) to a
hostname.
• Fix to netstat, kdbx displaying partial kernel addresses.
• Fixes several I/O error handling and error reporting problems in the Tru64 Emulex
Fibre Channel driver that can result in inefficient error handling or misleading
error log entries.
• Updates the bcm driver to V1.0.22 to fix issues with IPv6 and SNMP
• Fixes many small problems with the dsfmgr command.
• Fixes the hwmgr command to show path state correctly.
• Fixes numerous issues in the driver for DEGXA Gigabit Ethernet adapters, including
the DS25 onboard 10/100/1000 port.
• Corrects a problem in which information from the hwmgr -view transaction -cluster
command for a node on a cluster may not be displayed.
• Corrects some command-parsing irregularities in hwmgr that may cause options
like -category and -cluster to be confused.
3.4 Summary of Base Operating System Patches 153