IEther-00 (iether) B.11.23.1107 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Release Notes, Edition 2

Problems fixed in recent versions

Table 2 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2010 Fixes — IEther-00 B.11.23.1009

DescriptionSR Number

NULL pointer de-reference in iether driver function “iether_send_complete” causes a “Data

Key Miss Fault,” which causes a system crash.

QXCR1001049943

4 Known problems and limitations

• Installing IEther-00 B.11.23.1107 with TSO enabled causes a system panic.

If you install IEther-00 version B.11.23.1107 on a server with TSO enabled for certain cards,

the system panics. This problem occurs with the following cards: AD337A, AD338A, AD339A,

447883-B21, 445978-B21.

This problem will be corrected in a future release of the IEther-00 bundle.

Workarounds:

◦ If you have TSO enabled and you do not need any of the fixes described in Table 1

(page 3), then do not install this version of IEther-00.

◦ If you need one or more of the fixes described in Table 1 (page 3), then disable TSO

before installing this version of IEther-00.

To disable TSO on each specific interface, use the lanadmin command to set the “vmtu”

tunable to 0 for each PPA (Physical Point of Attachment) number. For example:

# lanadmin -X vmtu 0 <ppa>

For more information on the lanadmin command, see the Ethernet Support Guide for

HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v2. This document is available at:

http://www.hp.com/go/gigabit-ethernet-100bt-cards-docs

• No lanboot support for NC360m.

Lanboot of HP-UX 11i v2 is not supported on the NC360m 2-port gigabit mezzanine card.

Workaround: None at the time of this publication.

5 Compatibility and installation requirements

This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release.

• For specific installation instructions, see the installation procedure or overview document for

your card.

• For detailed information on supported server platforms, operating systems, and firmware level

requirements, see the Ethernet Support Matrix.

These documents are available at:

http://www.hp.com/go/gigabit-ethernet-100bt-cards-docs

• Support Matrix documents are listed alphabetically in the “General reference” section.

• Installation guides are listed alphabetically in the “Setup and install — general” section.

5.1 Operating system and version compatibility

This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23).

5.2 Hardware requirements

This version of IEther-00 runs on HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers with the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23)

operating system.