IEther-00 (iether) B.11.31.1209 Ethernet Driver Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 Abstract This document contains specific information that is intended for users of this HP product.
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1 IEther-00 overview The IEther-00 bundle contains the iether version B.11.31.
• MIB and driver statistics • Configurable using SMH or nwmgr • nettl tracing/logging 3 New and changed features in this release 3.1 New features There are no new features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication. 3.2 Changed features There are no changed features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication. 4 Problems fixed in this version Table 1 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.
Table 5 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1109 SR number Description QXCR1001116167 When the iether module is loaded and unloaded continuously, a card might be left in an unclaimed state with an error log message. QXCR1001087501 When a guest VNIC is created over the iether interface, a synchronization issue in the transmit path between the host freeing used buffers and the guest shutting down causes the HPVM host to panic. Table 6 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.
Workaround: Set autonegotiation to ON. • Ethernet parameter restrictions For PCI and PCI-X LAN cards that use the iether driver, HP does not support changing the default values of the following four tunables. It has been found that certain combinations of these tunables (other than the default settings) could result in card hangs. ◦ send_max_bufs ◦ recv_max_bufs ◦ send_coal_ticks ◦ recv_coal_ticks These tunables are not supported with PCI-E cards that use the iether driver.
. 8. 9. To review firmware versions and release notes, click the Readme tab. To download the firmware, click the Download button. Download the firmware. To install the firmware update, follow the procedure supplied with the downloaded update package. 7 Related information The latest documentation for Ethernet cards is available in English at: http://www.hp.
