IEther-00 (iether) B.11.31.1212 Ethernet Driver Release Notes

• 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.
4 Problems fixed in this or earlier versions
4.1 Problems fixed in this version
Table 1 HP-UX 11i v3 December 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1212
DescriptionSR number
On multiple-CPU systems and a high-transmit load, the iether driver might cause intermittent
system hangs or high CPU utilization.
QXCR1001247694
In addition, under these circumstances, systems with MC/Serviceguard might exhibit a
cluster-reformation or system Transfer Of Control (TOC).
Potentially poor network performance might be observed when operating the LAN card at
10Mb or 100Mb half-duplex. The following adapters could be impacted: AD221A, AD222A,
AD393A, and rx2800 LAN on Motherboard (LOM) adapters.
QXCR1001200917
4.2 Problems fixed in previous releases
Table 2 HP-UX 11i v3 October 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1210
DescriptionSR number
After a LAN adapter port is reset, the statistics reported might reveal a large number of
Inbound Discards. Activity on the receive side might appear to be hung. The following LAN
adapter products could be impacted: AD221A, AD222A, AD393A, and rx2800 core
LAN-on-Motherboard (LOMs).
1
QXCR1001220405
1
The rx2800 LAN interface is on the system motherboard. This LAN adapter appears in ioscan displays as AH395-60001.
Table 3 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1209.01
DescriptionSR number
False link status reported when NC360m or NC364m autonegotiation is OFF (Intel
82571mezzanine cards only). When autonegotiation is OFF for the NC360m or NC364m
QXCR1001202598
4