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October 2009 release for HP-UX
Defects are fixed in HP SMH 3.0.2.1 for HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3, and HP SMH 2.2.9.3.1
for HP-UX 11i v1. Following are the details:
• Changes are made in the Namazu search engine to fix a security vulnerability. This defect
fix was earlier (July web release) available only on HP-UX 11i v3. This release includes the
fix in all three HP-UX versions (HP-UX 11i v1, v2, and v3).
• The following defects are resolved:
CR QXCR1000961776. On HP-UX 11i v1 systems, HP SMH now correctly displays the
Description and other data in the System Summary page.
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◦ CR QXCR1000939573. On HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 systems, you can now
access HP SMH using IPv6 address in the URL when SMH is in both 'autostart URL' mode
and 'Start on Boot' mode. This is possible on both ports, 2301 and 2381.
◦ CR QXCR1000940148. Unnecessary awk errors are no longer logged on HP-UX 11i
v1 and v2. The issue is not applicable to HP-UX 11i v1.
IMPORTANT: The support for long length passwords of up to 255 characters in the shadow
password mode is not available yet. HP SMH is pre-enabled to support maintaining long passwords
ahead of this feature actually being available in HP-UX.
September 2009 release for HP-UX
HP SMH 3.0.2 for HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 includes product enhancements and defect
fixes. Following are the product enhancements:
• Support for IPv6 addresses.
• Support for Internet Explorer web browser version 8.
• Support for long length passwords of up to 255 characters in the shadow password mode.
• Support for Java 6. This enables you to open the Java-based HP SMH plug-in applications
such as HP Serviceguard and Partition Manager, where Java 6 is installed. On HP-UX 11i v1
HP SMH continues to support Java 1.5.
HP SMH 2.2.9.3 for HP-UX 11i v1 contains defect fixes.
March 2009 release for HP-UX
HP SMH 3.0.0 for HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 provides the following product enhancements:
• Improved feature-rich user interface
• User configurable user interface properties
• User control of session and user interface timeouts
• Capability to verify HP SMH software dependency information using the new smhassist
command
HP SMH 2.2.9.2 for HP-UX 11i v1 contains defect fixes.
January 2009 release for Linux and Windows
HP SMH 3.0 provides the following functionality over previous HP SMH releases:
• New user interface
• Support for Kerberos on Windows
• Support for Command Line Interface
• The ability to disable port 2301
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