IEther-00 (iether) B.11.31.1204 Ethernet Driver Release Notes

1 IEther-00 overview
The IEther-00 bundle contains the iether version B.11.31.1204 driver, which supports the
following Gigabit Ethernet cards and combination cards:
PCI-X Combination
CardsPCI-X Ethernet Cards
PCie Combination
Cards
PCIe Ethernet
Mezzanine CardsPCIe Ethernet Cards
AB290A, AD193A,
AD194A
A7011A, A7012A,
AB545A, AD331A,
AD332A
AD221A, AD222A,
AD393A
NC360m, NC364mAD337A, AD338A,
AD339A
2 New and changed features in this release
2.1 New features
There are no new features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication.
2.2 Changed features
There are no changed features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication.
3 Problems fixed in this version
Table 1 HP-UX 11i v3 April 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1204
DescriptionSR number
When using the nwmgr command over the iether interface to change the mtu size to 9000,
the following error is observed:
QXCR1001150789
#>nwmgr -s -A mtu=9000 -c lan<ppa>
lan<ppa> current values:
New MTU = ERROR: Invalid value
mtu : MTU
Maximum payload size for Ethernet frames.
Min: 257 Max: 9000 Default: 1500
Problems fixed in recent versions
Table 2 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1203
DescriptionSR number
When a guest VNIC is created over the iether interface, a synchronization issue in the
receive path between the host freeing used buffers and the guest shutting down causes the
HPVM host to panic.
QXCR1001132541
The iether driver causes reduced performance in other applications.QXCR1001169816
After 15 reboots, two of the four AD339A ports go into the DOWN state.QXCR1001135225
Table 3 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1109.01
DescriptionSR number
When a VNIC is configured using AVIO LAN, the HPVM guest is not accessible after the
guest online migration.
QXCR1001130168
When a guest VNIC is created over the iether interface, a synchronization issue in the
receive path between the host freeing used buffers and the guest shutting down causes the
HPVM host to panic.
QXCR1001132541
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