HP CommonIO B.11.31.0909 Release Notes

This document provides information about the September 2009 release of the CommonIO bundle
for HP-UX 11i v3.
1 HP CommonIO Overview
The CommonIO bundle packages multiple products, and is always installed. The following
sections describe each CommonIO component.
1.1 FC-COMMON
FC-COMMON is delivered in the CommonIO bundle. FC-COMMON contains the FC-SNIA file
set. FC-SNIA contains the Common SNIA HBA Application Programming Interface (API) library,
which provides a consistent interface to access HBA information in a Fibre Channel Storage Area
Network. This standard C-language API is being implemented across vendors and is supported
by vendor-specific library instances.
1.2 SAS-COMMON
SAS-COMMON is delivered in the CommonIO bundle. SAS-COMMON contains the sasmgr(1M)
utility, which you can use to manage all SAS Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) on HP-UX. Currently,
sasmgr(1M) manages SAS HBAs controlled by SerialSCSI-00.
1.3 Bundle Versions
Table 1 lists the CommonIO version that corresponds to each HP-UX release:
Table 1 CommonIO Versions by Release
Bundle NameBundle VersionHP-UX VersionRelease
CommonIO
B.11.31.01
HP-UX 11i v3
Application Release 0706
B.11.31.0709Application Release 0709
B.11.31.0712Application Release 0712
B.11.31.0803Application Release 0803
B.11.31.0809Application Release 0809
B.11.31.0812Web Release 0812
B.11.31.0903Application Release 0903
B.11.31.0909Application Release 0909
2 New and Changed Features in This Release
2.1 FC-COMMON
There are no new features included in CommonIO at the time of this publication.
2.2 SAS-COMMON
There are no new features included in CommonIO at the time of this publication.
3 Problems Fixed in This Version
3.1 FC-COMMON
There are no defects or fixes included in CommonIO at the time of this publication.
1 HP CommonIO Overview 3