0GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1203.01 Ethernet Driver Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 Abstract This document provides information about the March 2012 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
Table 1 10GigEthr-02 flow control and Jumbo Frames support matrix MTU Rx flow control Tx flow control 1500 (non-Flex-10 ports) ON/OFF ON/OFF Default setting during driver initialization before startup config parameters are applied will be: OFF Default setting during driver initialization before startup config parameters are applied will be: OFF OFF only. ON/OFF 9000 (non-Flex-10 ports) NOTE: Rx flow control cannot be set to ON if Jumbo Frames (MTU value greater than 1500) are enabled.
Problems fixed in recent versions Table 4 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 Fixes — 10GigEthr-02 B.11.31.1109 SR number QXCR1001017249 Description When a port of the device is reset while there is traffic on any of the ports, the reset operation might result in a failure to run down the adapter that can only be recovered by rebooting the system. Table 5 HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 Fixes — 10GigEthr-02 B.11.31.
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/10-gigabit-ethernet-docs 5.
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