IEther-00 (iether) B.11.31.1212 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 3 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1209.01 (continued) SR number Description card, and the corresponding switch port is disabled, the LAN interface link status on the system side is displayed by nwmgr and lanadmin as UP. It should be displayed as DOWN. QXCR1001216397 Link status detection delay with NC360m and NC364m PCIe Ethernet mezzanine server blade card (Intel 82571mezzanine cards only).
Table 9 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1103 SR number Description QXCR1001043759 When heavy traffic is run on a NIC with the Intel 82546 chipset with TSO enabled, an MCA occurs. The problem is due to known errata with NICs with this chipset. This problem occurs with IEther-00 version B.11.31.0909. Affected products are AB352A, AB290A, AB545A, A7011A, A7012A.
6.1 Operating system and version compatibility This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31). 6.2 Hardware requirements This version of IEther-00 runs on HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers with the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) operating system. 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.
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