Gigabit Ethernet Driver Release Notes - GigEther-01 Software Version B.11.31.1109 (5900-1981, September 2011)

1 GigEther-01 (igelan) Gigabit Ethernet Driver for HP-UX

11i v3

This document contains information about GigEther-01 Gigabit Ethernet Driver supported on HP-UX

11i v3 for the September 2011 release.

What is new in this release?

The following information describes the updates to the HP-UX-based Gigabit ethernet driver called

igelan. The GigEther-01 software bundle, which is loaded into the operating environment (OE),

contains the igelan driver.

The September 2011 version of the HP-UX 11i v3 GigEther-01 software bundle contains defect

fixes. For more information on the defect fixes in the release, see “Defects fixed in this release”

(page 4).

Defects fixed in this release

Table 1 lists the defects fixed in this release.

Table 1 Defects fixed in B.11.31.1109

Defect descriptionDefect ID

If a virtual NIC is configured using an Accelerated Virtual Input/Output

(AVIO) Lan after the guest online migration, the HPVM guest becomes

QXCR1001136993

inaccessible. This problem occurs with GigEther-01 B.11.31.1103. This

defect is fixed in this release.

When a guest virtual NIC is created on the igelan interface, there is a

synchronization issue between the host and the guest in the receive path

that causes the HPVM host to panic. This defect is fixed in this release.

QXCR1001159907