10GigEthr-00 (ixgbe) B.11.31.1109 Ethernet Driver Release Notes

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10GigEthr-00 (ixgbe) B.11.31.1109

Ethernet Driver Release Notes

HP-UX 11i v3

Abstract

This document provides information about the September 2011 release of the 10GigEthr-00 bundle for HP-UX 11i v3.

HP Part Number: 5900-1814

Published: September 2011

Edition: 1

Summary of content (4 pages)

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0GigEthr-00 (ixgbe) B.11.31.1109 Ethernet Driver Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 Abstract This document provides information about the September 2011 release of the 10GigEthr-00 bundle for HP-UX 11i v3.
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1 10GigEthr-00 overview The 10GigEthr-00 bundle in HP-UX Application Release 1109 contains the ixgbe version B.11.31.1109 driver, which supports the HP AB287A and AD385A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet Cards. 2 New and changed features in this release 2.1 New features The following feature is new with this version of 10GigEthr-00: • The manpages are updated. A new manpage is added for ifadmin status, to correspond with the enhanced nwmgr command set (QXCR1001105892). 2.
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Known problems and limitations • Interrupt migration causes momentary link down events. Severity: Medium (for vPars configurations); Low (for non-vPars configurations) This problem occurs under a limited set of conditions and configuration details; most customers are not exposed to it. Customers using the ixgbe driver and AD385A or AB287A 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapters will experience momentary “link down” event when migrating card interrupts to another CPU.