HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes
- 1 Finding HP-UX 11i v1 Documentation
- 2 What’s New at a Glance
- What’s in This Chapter?
- What’s New in the December 2004 Release?
- What’s New in the June 2004 Release?
- What’s New in the December 2003 Release?
- What’s New in the September 2003 Release?
- What’s New in the June 2003 Release?
- What’s New in the March 2003 Release?
- What’s New in the December 2002 Release?
- What’s New in the September 2002 Release?
- What’s New in the June 2002 Release?
- What’s New in the March 2002 Release?
- What’s New in the December 2001 Release?
- What’s New in the September 2001 Release?
- What’s New in the June 2001 Release?
- What’s New in the Original 11i v1 Release?
- 3 HP-UX 11i Version 1 Release Overview
- 4 nPartition (Hard Partition) Systems
- 5 Workstation/Server Specific Information
- What’s in This Chapter?
- Supported Systems
- Hardware Enablement
- HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition
- HP-UX V-Class Changes
- SCSI Drivers scsi3 and c720
- SCSI Driver c8xx
- Service Processor (GSP or MP)
- N4000 and rp7400 Server Functionality
- ttytype Support for the N4000 and rp7400 Console
- New stty Options
- Workstations
- 6 HP-UX 11i Version 1 Operating Environment Applications
- What’s in This Chapter?
- The HP-UX 11i Version 1 Operating Environments
- HP-UX 11i v1 Foundation Operating Environment
- Always-Installed Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
- Base VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)
- Codeword iCOD
- Event Monitoring Service (EMS)
- GTK+ Libraries
- HP CIFS Client and HP CIFS Server
- HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
- HP-UX Software Development Kit and Runtime Environment for the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) Pla...
- HP-UX Support Tools (Diagnostics): STM, ODE, & EMS Hardware Monitors
- HP-UX Web Server Suite
- HP-UX Apache-based Web Server
- HP-UX Webmin-based Admin
- HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine
- HP-UX XML Web Server Tools
- Java for HP-UX Add-On Standard C++ Runtime Libraries for the SDK and the RTE
- Judy Libraries
- Mozilla Application Suite
- MySQL
- OpenSSL
- Partition Manager
- Perl Programming Language
- Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Kerberos
- Plug-In for the Java 2 Platform for Mozilla
- Servicecontrol Manager (SCM)
- Software Distributor
- Update-UX
- HP-UX 11i v1 Enterprise Operating Environment (EOE)
- HP-UX 11i v1 Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE)
- HP-UX 11i v1 Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE)
- HP-UX 11i v1 Technical Computing Operating Environment (TCOE)
- Selectable Applications
- 7 Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
- 8 Installation
- What’s in This Chapter?
- Cold Install Changed
- Update-UX
- Software Distributor
- Multiple Target Management Capabilities Enabled
- POSIX Enhancements and Exceptions
- Change in swlist Hides Superseded Patches by Default
- 64-bit Capability Determined from System, Not /etc/.supported_bits
- CD Searched For Only When Requested
- GUI Streamlined
- Products Rather than Bundles Shown After Auto-Selection
- Software Groups Added to GUI
- Layout Version No Longer Converted Automatically
- Messages Improved or Eliminated
- Output of swlist Changed
- swpackage Produces Note Vs. Warning
- Newest Bundle Selected by Default
- control_utils File Improved
- New Environment Variable, SW_COMPATIBLE, Created
- SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation
- Documentation
- set_parms Enhanced
- 9 General System Administration and Performance Monitoring
- What’s in This Chapter?
- EnhancedMMAP Available on Software Pack
- MtIOscan11i Available on Software Pack
- NEWFUSER11i Available on Software Pack
- HP-UX Buffer Cache Tunable Parameters Deprecated
- HP-UX Newadb Available on Software Pack
- Compressed Dump Available on Software Pack
- Interrupt Migration Available on Software Pack
- Processor Sets Available on Software Pack
- New Option for top
- Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM)
- syslog File Logging Changes for su and login
- HP Process Resource Manager (PRM)
- HP Distributed Print Service Deprecated
- Diagnostics: EMS Hardware Monitors
- Improved ioscan Description Field for PCI Devices
- On Demand Solutions
- 10 Process, Threads, Memory, and Kernel Parameters
- What’s in This Chapter?
- HP-UX Gang Scheduling
- Kernel Threads vs. CMA Threads
- Large Private Data Space
- Memory Windows
- HP-UX SCA Process and Memory Management
- Dynamic Tunables
- Asynchronous Disk Pseudo Driver (async) Compatibility
- System-V InterProcess Communications (IPC)
- SCSI Queue Depth Management
- Changes to mpctl() System Call
- 11 Disk and File Management
- What’s in This Chapter?
- Portable File System (PFS) Obsoleted
- Enhanced AutoFS Available on Software Pack
- DeviceIDs Available on Software Pack
- VERITAS VxFS 3.5 Available on Software Pack
- Additional Support for Striping and Mirroring
- New Whitepaper on File and File System Sizes
- New Version of Journaled File System (JFS)
- Network File System Support on TCP/IP
- Other NFS Changes
- Mounting and Unmounting NFS File Systems Automatically Using AutoFS
- HP Fibrechannel High Availability Disk and Closure
- Fibre Channel Mass Storage Diagnostic Message and Kernel Tunable
- 12 Internet and Networking Services
- 13 Security
- What’s in This Chapter?
- HP-UX Shadow Passwords
- HP-UX Strong Random Number Generator Available on Software Pack
- Boot Authenticator for Standard Mode of HP-UX Available on Software Pack
- HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
- Generic Security Services for Developing Secure Applications
- Execute Protected Stacks
- Auditing Commands/System to be Updated
- Configurable Security Features
- Password History Feature on Trusted Systems
- Kerberos Client Software
- HP-UX Kerberos Server Version 2.0
- 14 Compatibility
- 15 Programming
- What’s in This Chapter?
- HP-UX Shared Memory Extensions Available on Software Pack
- HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK)
- Libraries
- Miscellaneous
- The pstat_getfile() Interface Deprecated
- Transition Links Deprecated
- Perl Programming Language
- Linker and Object File Tools (ld, crt0.o, dld.sl, libdld.sl, chatr, and odump)
- Changes to the linker/dld Interface
- Instrumented Code Using PBO or +O4 Optimization
- HP DCE/9000
- Extensions to pstat()
- Changes to sendfile
- Machine Identifier Changes to confstr
- 16 Internationalization
- What’s in This Chapter?
- Deprecated Functionality
- Unicode Character Set
- Corrected Character Mappings to iconv(1) and iconv(3C)
- EURO (ISO 8859-15 Locales)
- Euro - ISO 10646/Unicode Support
- Asian System Environment (ASE)
- Enhanced Print Capabilities in the Asian System Environment
- Multibyte Support Extension and Unix98 Support
- 17 Licensing Products
What’s New at a Glance
What’s New in the December 2004 Release?
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• Perl updated with two installation-related changes. (See “Perl Programming
Language” on page 133.)
• Plug-in (JPI) for the Java 2 Platform updated to version 1.4.2.04 to provide more
recent Java technology. (See “Plug-In for the Java 2 Platform for Mozilla” on
page 136.)
• PRM Libraries added to prevent reboots when upgrading HP Process Resource
Manager. (See “HP Process Resource Manager (PRM)” on page 140.)
• Servicecontrol Manager (SCM) updated to version B.03.00.09.02 to incorporate only
minor updates. SCM has been deprecated; its replacement is HP Systems Insight
Manager. (See “Servicecontrol Manager (SCM)” on page 136.)
• Software Package Builder updated version A.02.00. to allow for the display of the
current policy file being used for validation and to incorporate defect fixes. (See
“Software Package Builder” on page 172.)
Chapter 7: Networking and Mass Storage Drivers (see page 175)
• FibrChanl-00 updated to version B.11.11.12 with support for Sequence Level Error
Recovery (SLER) based on FCP-2 standards. Support added for the A6795A PCI
Tachyon XL2 Adapter Card in the C8000 workstation. (See “Fibre Channel Tachlite
Driver (FibrChanl-00)” on page 185.)
• FibrChanl-01 updated to support the to-be-released AB465A card. (See “Fibre
Channel FC-FCD Driver (FibrChanl-01)” on page 184.)
• GigEther-01 updated to support the to-be-released AB465A card and to incorporate
defect fixes. (See “Gigabit Ethernet Drivers” on page 177.)
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle updated to provide an OLA fix for A9891A,
AB286A, and future I/O adapters. (See “Online Addition and Replacement of
Networking and Mass Storage Cards” on page 189.)
• IEther-00 updated to version B.11.11.07 with support for the to-be-released
AB290A and AB545A cards, and to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Gigabit Ethernet
Drivers” on page 177.)
• RAID-00 supports the A5856A card, which has been discontinued. RAID-00 will
remain in HP-UX 11i v1 to support previously purchased A5856A cards. (See “HP
RAID 4Si Driver (RAID-00)” on page 187.)
• RAID-01 updated to support the A9891A Smart Array 6404 card and to incorporate
defect repairs. In addition, the RAID-01 software has been changed from Selectable
to Always-Installed. (See “RAID-01 Driver Bundle” on page 187.)
• scsiU320-00 updated to incorporate defect fixes and to support the to-be-released
AB290A card. The scsiU320-00 driver bundle also supports the A7173A card, which
has now been released. (See “scsiU320-00 Driver Bundle” on page 186.)
Chapter 8: Installation (see page 191)
• Software Distributor (SD) updated with new versions of the gzip and swpackage
commands. (See “Software Distributor” on page 194.)
• Update-UX updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Update-UX” on page 193.)