HyperFabric Release Notes (HP-UX 11iv1 and HP-UX 11i v2)

HyperFabric Release Notes
Announcement
Chapter 14
Announcement
HyperFabric is a high-speed network link that runs on various HP systems running HP-UX.
HyperFabric supports Hyper Messaging Protocol (HMP) and the IP network protocol stack
(TCP/IP/UDP).
This release note contains information about versions B.11.11.05.01 and B.11.23.03.01 of the
HyperFabric software.
Notice of non support of Oracle 10g RAC
HyperFabric product suite was designed to optimize performance of Oracle 9i RAC database
running on HP-UX clusters. With the industry moving to standards-based networking
technologies for database clustering solutions, HP and Oracle have worked together to
optimize features and performance of Oracle 10g RAC database with standards-based
interconnect technologies including Gigabit Ethernet, 10Gigabit Ethernet and Infiniband.
To align with the market trend for standards-based interconnects, Oracle 10g RAC database
is not currently supported on configurations consisting of HyperFabric product suite and it
will not be supported in the future either. As a result, customers must switch to Gigabit
Ethernet, 10Gigabit Ethernet or Infiniband technology if they plan to use Oracle 10g RAC.
Please note that configurations comprising HyperFabric and Oracle 9i continue to be
supported.