0GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) 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-02 bundle for HP-UX 11i v3.
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1 10GigEthr-02 overview The 10GigEthr-02 bundle contains the iexgbe driver, which supports the following 10 Gigabit Ethernet products and LOMs: PCIe 10 Gigabit Ethernet Cards PCIe 10 Gigabit Mezzanine Ethernet Cards HP Integrity Server LOM AM225A 10GbE-SR (fibre) adapter NC532m (part number 467799-B21) BL860c i2 AM232A 10GbE-LR (fibre) adapter BL870c i2 AM233A 10GbE-CR (copper) adapter BL890c i2 Integrity Superdome 2 NOTE: The HP-UX ioscan utility shows AM225A, AM232A and AM233A cards all as “AM2
2 New and changed features in this release 2.1 New features • Instances of iexgbe_watchdog() are now distributed across multiple CPUs. (QXCR1001068207) A new macro, IEXGBE_LAUNCH_TIMER_ON_SPU, distributes multiple instances of iexgbe_watchdog() invocation across multiple CPUs at system boot. Previously, all iexgbe instances were on the same CPU. 2.2 Changed features • The manpages are enhanced. (QXCR1001118679) A usage description for the newly added nwmgr ifAdmin command is added to the manpages.
4 Known problems and limitations The following problems are known to exist in version B.11.31.1109: • Using ncweb to change number of receive queues causes an error message. Severity: Medium When you use the ncweb or SMH interface to change the number of receive queues, an error message appears. Workaround: Use nwmgr instead of ncweb to change number of the queues. The command syntax is: nwmgr -s -A drv_mq= -c lan where The number of queues that you want to enable.
Related information The latest documentation for Ethernet cards is available in English at: http://www.hp.com/go/10-gigabit-ethernet-docs • Installation guides are listed alphabetically in the “Setup and install — general” section. • Release notes are listed alphabetically in the “Getting started” section. • Support guides are listed alphabetically in the “User guide” section. • Support Matrix documents are listed alphabetically in the “General reference” section.
