Installation guide

1New and Changed Features
The Tru64 UNIX Version 4.0F software replaces earlier versions of the
operating system software and provides new or additional support for the
following:
• Maintenance for previous versions of the operating system
• Hardware-related support, including the following:
– Support for new AlphaServer processors
– Support for Fibre Channel based storage
– Logical partitions for AlphaServer GS140 system
• New and enhanced features, including the following:
– Upgraded Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
– Change to ATM PACING Virtual Circuits bandwidth accounting
– Extensions to the atom command’s programmable interfaces
– Ability to examine the stack of a user program that caused a kernel
crash dump
– Introduction of a new Compaq Analyze utility
– Secure version of the syslog facility
– Changes to VFS and AdvFS tunable attributes
– Addition of Visual Threads
– Enhancement to the bootable tape facility
– Introduction of Compaq Advanced Printing Software Version 1.0
– A new version of Netscape Communicator
– Introduction of Compaq Insight Manager
– Support for Universal Serial Bus (USB) keyboards and mice
– AltaVista search capability on documentation CD-ROM
– Support for Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)
– Availability of COM for Tru64 UNIX
For more information about some of these features, see the following
sections. You should also refer to Chapter 8, which describes features and