HP-UX 11i December 2001 Release Notes

I/0 and Networking Cards
Network Drivers
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Ethernet) available on the Instant Information CD or under “Networking and
Communications” at http://docs.hp.com.
For information on installing and configuring the Gigabit Ethernet products, see PCI
1000Base-T and HSC/PCI 1000Base-SX/9000 Quick Installation available in the
/opt/networkdocs directory and at http://docs.hp.com.
The following release notes are also located in the /opt/networkdocs directory:
• gigether_relno.pdf
• gigether-01_relno.pdf
Fibre Channel Tachlite Driver
new for
December 2001
Now available is the new 2Gb, single port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter. The A6795A
PCI Tachyon XL2 adapter operates at bus speeds of up to 66 MHz with 64 bits bus width
and can transfer data at a 1Gb or 2Gb transfer rate. The adapter has auto-speed
negotiation that enables it to negotiate for the highest speed (1Gb or 2Gb) that is
common to the port and to the infrastructure connecting the port. Using the fcmsutil
diagnostic tool, you can display link speed and Vital Product Data (VPD) information
programmed on the adapter.
The A6795A adapter operates on the following platforms running HP-UX 11.00, 11i, or
later Operating Environments:
• A400, A500, L-class, N-class, and Superdome servers
• B1000 series, C3000 series, J5600 series, and J6000 workstations
The A6795A adapter will support all of the fabric topologies currently supported by the
existing Tachlite adapter. Boot support for the first release will be only on the N- and
L-class systems.
Summary of Changes
• As of December 2001, the HP-UX 11i Fibre Channel driver version is B.11.11.09.
Although this driver is pre-installed with each of the HP-UX Operating
Environments,you can also obtain it from the December 2001 application release CD.
The Fibre Channel 11i driver is a common driver for the following Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapters:
— A5158A PCI 1Gb Tachyon TL adapter
— A6684A HSC Tachlite adapter
— A6685A HSC Tachlite adapter
— A6795A PCI 2Gb Tachyon XL2 adapter
• HP has created a new Fibre Channel Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA)
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Application Programming Interface (API). The SNIA HBA
API is a C library interface that provides both a common HBA API library for all
HP-UX HBA vendors and a vendor-specific API library for HP’s Tachyon/Tachlite
Fibre Channel adapters. The API software is part of the driver and is installed at the
same time. The intended users of this API are programmers who want to create
applications for managing SANs networks.