10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1004 Ethernet Driver Release Notes, Edition 2 (June 2010)

2 New and changed features in this release
2.1 New features
Version B.11.31.1004 of the 10GigEthr-02 bundle enables the following features:
• Flex-10 bandwidth allocation
• Link handling (when SmartLink is enabled)
• HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)
• HP Serviceguard
• LAN Monitor
2.2 Changed features
There are no changed features included in 10GigEthr-02 at the time of this publication.
3 Problems fixed in this version
There are no defects or fixes included in 10GigEthr-02 at the time of this publication.
Problems fixed in recent versions
There were no defects or fixes included in 10GigEthr-02 version B.11.31.1003.
There were no defects or fixes included in 10GigEthr-02 version B.11.31.0911.
4 Known problems and limitations
The following problems are known to exist in version B.11.31.1004:
• Receive performance is impacted with Multi Queue.
Severity: Medium
Multi Queue enables different flows of network traffic to be routed to different CPUs, helping
to avoid saturating a CPU.
In this version of the iexgbe driver, Multi Queue is not implemented. This feature will be
added in a future release of the 10GigEthr-02 bundle.
• Resetting a port with traffic running can cause the controller to go offline.
Severity: Medium
If you use a command such as lanadmin -r to reset a port while it is active and under
load, the controller might go offline.
Workaround: Do not reset a port until its traffic level has subsided.
This problem will be corrected in a future release of the 10GigEthr-02 bundle.
5 Compatibility and installation requirements
This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release.
• For specific installation instructions, see the installation procedure or overview document
for your card.
• For detailed information on supported server platforms, operating systems, and firmware
level requirements, see the Ethernet Support Matrix.
These documents are available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs
Click the link for your HP-UX version.
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