IEther-00 (iether) B.11.31.1210 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.
• PCI OLRAD • PCI Error handling and recovery • vPars V6 • HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM) • HPVM AVIO • HP-UX LAN provider • 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.
Table 4 HP-UX 11i v3 April 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1204 SR number QXCR1001150789 Description When using the nwmgr command over the iether interface to change the mtu size to 9000, the following error is observed: #>nwmgr -s -A mtu=9000 -c lan lan current values: New MTU = ERROR: Invalid value mtu : MTU Maximum payload size for Ethernet frames. Min: 257 Max: 9000 Default: 1500 Table 5 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.
Table 8 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1103 (continued) SR number Description QXCR1001075909 When a guest vNIC is created over the iether interface, the iether driver holds lock too long during AVIO packet processing. This causes an HPVM host panic. QXCR1001075915 When a guest vNIC is created over the iether interface, the iether driver receives packets from AVIO guest and handles reset request from the AVIO guest simultaneously.
6.3 Firmware requirements IMPORTANT: To ensure full functionality, you must install the latest adapter firmware and Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) driver for your adapter. The IEther-00 (iether) requires the latest firmware for supported devices. For more information, see the latest HP-UX Ethernet Card Support Matrix at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-11iv3-docs Network adapters supported on HP 9000 systems do not require separate firmware updates.
