HP-UX 11i December 2003 Release Notes
What’s New at a Glance
What’s New in the Original 11i Release?
Chapter 2
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• The HP-UX 11i Technical Computing OE contains applications to enable a technical
workstation or technical server. (See “HP-UX 11i Technical Computing Operating
Environment (TCOE)” on page 143.)
Chapter 7: Networking and Mass Storage Drivers (see page 155)
• Online Addition and Replacement (OLAR) enables the adding and replacing of PCI
I/O cards (adapters) while a system is running. (See “Online Addition and
Replacement of Networking and Mass Storage Cards” on page 171.)
• By eliminating driver installation and combining multiple drivers into one, the
set-up or upgrade of networking and I/O products has been made easier. (See
“Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers” on page 164.)
• Gigabit Ethernet (PCI, HSC) provides the means for interfacing to a 1000Base-SX
multimode fiber network. (See “Gigabit Ethernet Drivers” on page 157.)
• Although EISA interface cards are supported on the HP-UX 11i 32-bit operating
system, they are not supported on HP-UX 11i 64-bit operation.
• HSC FDDI driver enhanced. (See “HSC FDDI Driver” on page 163.)
Chapter 8: Installation (see page 173)
• Cold install changed to support new media and the new Operating Environments.
(See “Cold Install Changed” on page 174.)
• Ignite-UX version B requires at least 64MB of RAM and no longer supports 10.01
and 10.10 machines for 11i. (See “Ignite-UX” on page 175.)
• Update-UX command replaces swgettools to perform OS updates and add
Operating Environments. (See “Update-UX” on page 176.)
• Software Distributor changed in multiple ways, including enablement of multiple
target management capability and POSIX enhancements. (See “Software Distributor
(SD-UX)” on page 177.)
• SD Patch Installation changed to provide more control over patch management. (See
“SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation” on page 180.)
Chapter 9: General System Administration and Performance Monitoring (see page
183)
• System Administration Manager (SAM) enhanced to support new devices and
features. (See “Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM)” on page 190.)
• HP Distributed Print Service deprecated. (See “HP Distributed Print Service
Deprecated” on page 197.)
• Event Monitoring System (EMS) Hardware Monitors enabled to monitor the
operation of a wide variety of hardware products. (See “Diagnostics: EMS Hardware
Monitors” on page 198.)
• The command ioscan improved to provide clearer descriptions for most common PCI
devices. (See “Improved ioscan Description Field for PCI Devices” on page 199.)
Chapter 10: Process, Threads, Memory, and Kernel Parameters (see page 201)
• Gang scheduling for MPI applications and multi-threaded processes enabled. (See
“HP-UX Gang Scheduling” on page 202.)