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.)