IEther-00 (iether) B.11.31.1307 Ethernet Driver Release Notes (1st Edition) 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 this version of IEther-00 at the time of this publication. 3.2 Changed features The iether driver has been enhanced with performance and stability improvements.
Table 3 HP-UX 11i v3 December 2012 fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.1212 SR number QXCR1001247694 Description On multiple-CPU systems and a high-transmit load, the iether driver might cause intermittent system hangs or high CPU utilization. In addition, under these circumstances, systems with MC/Serviceguard might exhibit a cluster-reformation or system Transfer Of Control (TOC). QXCR1001200917 Potentially poor network performance might be observed when operating the LAN adapter at 10Mb or 100Mb half-duplex.
5 Known problems and limitations The following problems and limitations are known to exist in this release: • Ethernet parameter restrictions For PCI and PCI-X LAN adapters that use the iether driver, HP does not recommend 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 adapter hangs.
6. 7. 8. 9. Click EFI and FWs for use on Integrity under the Description heading for the EFI download. 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 adapters is available in English at: http://www.hp.
