HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

• Internet Services: You can now deselect individual Internet Services during installation or
remove filesets later.
• BIND: BIND 9.3 includes many new features, including transition support for IPv4 and IPv6.
With HP-UX 11i v3, NAMED and NAMED ARGS variables are moved to /etc/rc.config.d/
namesvrs.
• DHCPv4 (bootpd): New option sa configures the tftp server, providing control of the siaddr
field of the dhcp packet. New configuration option for the subnet selection option
in the /etc/dhcptab file allows bootpd to assign a network address even if bootpd is
not part of that network. Support for PXE clients is added.
• DHCPv6: Now available in the core operating system.
• inetd Command: Two new command line options, -p (limit number of processes invoked
by inetd) and -a (enable user level auditing pf processes). Support for large hostnames and
large PIDs.
• libc: Numerous changes in APIs.
• Mailx, Elm, and Talk: elm(1M) and mailx(1M) are long-user-name compliant.
• R-commands: long username is supported.
• New: Sendmail: Version 8.13.3 has numerous new features.
• New: TFTP: tftpd™ (server) and tftp™ (client) now support IPv6 addresses. New command
line options specify upper and lower port range limits for data transfer.
• WU-FTPD: Version 2.6.1 supports long usernames. Adds several new features and is backward
compatible with WU-FTPD 2.4.
• LAN Administration Commands: lanadmin now supports an IPoIB interface, 64-bit MIB, and
native and non-native drivers developed by independent hardware vendors; lanscan and
linkloop now support IPoIB interfaces.
• LDAP-UX Integration Product: This release includes the new LDAP-UX version B.04.00.10.
• New: Mobile IPv6: Uses a fixed IP address for extended periods to allow mobile nodes to
change network access points while remaining accessible with no disruption of network
continuity. Supports IPv6 addresses.
• New: Network Interface Management Command Line Interface: The nwmgr command is used
to manage LAN-based and IB-based network interfaces; a single tool for performing all network
interface-related tasks.
• New: Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: These tools in
the HP System Management Homepage replace the Networking and Communications functions
of the System Administration Manager (SAM), which are no longer available.
• New: Red Hat Directory Server for HP-UX: Provides an industry-standard centralized directory
service to build your intranet or extranet on. Your Red Hat servers and other directory-enabled
applications use the directory service as a common, network-accessible location for storing
shared data, such as user and group identification, server identification, and access control
information.
• STREAMS: NOSYNC feature allows multiple instances of a put procedure for a queue and the
service routine for that queue to run concurrently. All references to the global variable
uniprocessor have been removed.
• NetTL - Network Tracing and Logging: The nettl command is enhanced with formatting
support for IPoIB the header, command-line option to configure trace buffer value, pre-capture
trace values, and new options to manage trace filters.
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