HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 Release Notes, Edition 2

March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 3”
• Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v3 Core Enhancements): Several new and updated
Software Pack products are available in the Operating Environments as optional products.
March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-Specific Information”
• CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements.
• New: Dynamic P-States Feature: Adds the ability to control processor performance from within
HP-UX, allowing systems to conserve power when not fully loaded. Requires Intel® Itanium®
9100 series or later processors.
• Hardware Enablement Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Includes support for new
PCI-Express I/O adapters in HP Integrity Servers, and HP-UX support for HP servers with
PA8900 processors and the sx2000 chipset. Also includes new HP-UX 11i v3 patches that
improve PCIe Error Recovery (ER) and support of new PCIe devices. New patches were also
added for CPU and memory On-Line Addition/Deletion (OLAD) for future HP platforms.
• Mass Storage Stack: Enhancements include congestion control, server manageability,
ease-of-use, and I/O performance.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
FibrChanl-00: Updated to version B.11.31.0903 for a defect fix.◦
◦ FibrChanl-01: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ FibrChanl-02: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ GigEther-00: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ GigEther-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ IB4X-00 Driver for InfiniBand: Supports the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
for Oracle RAC environments and for connectivity to the HP/Oracle Exadata intelligent
storage cell.
◦ IEther-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ RAID-01: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ scsiU320-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ USB-00; Version D.11.31.0903 bundle enables the new USB 2.0 support.
• Utility Pricing Solutions
◦ HP Instant Capacity: Updated to version B.11.31.09.01.00. Provides more versatility in
configuring GiCAP groups (with IPV6) and more functionality with gWLM and iCAP
Manager; and defect fixes.
March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration”
• Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: You can benefit from the ease-of-use that the
web-based interface provides for configuration synchronization and consolidated logging.
• Dynamic Root Disk: You will be able to update your OE level on the clone while your original
system remains up and running. Once the update on the clone is done, you can boot the clone
and keep your original image as backup. Defect fixes and packaging changes involving run
time checks and dependencies are also being introduced.
• Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Version B.05.00 includes support for Modular Packages,
Oracle 11g R1, Oracle 10g R2 ASM on Itanium servers, and more.
• Event Monitoring Service: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
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