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 2003 Release?
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What’s New in the December 2003 Release?
Chapter 4: nPartition (Hard Partition) Systems (see page 65)
• Hard Partitions now supported on rp8420, rp7420, and Superdomes SD16A, SD32A,
and SD64A. (See Chapter 4, “nPartition (Hard Partition) Systems,” on page 65.)
• Partition Manager updated to version B.11.11.01.07 to incorporate a defect fix. (See
“Partition Manager (parmgr)” on page 73.)
Chapter 5: Workstation/Server Specific Information (see page 79)
• Hardware Enablement Program updated install kernels to support Rock Ridge
extension for ISO-9660 format; enabled support for new PA-8800 servers; qualified
support for new slim optical devices for J6X00 workstations; enabled correct density
and compression for several tape drives; added support for new I/O cards. (See
“Hardware Enablement” on page 85.
• Supported systems now include hp 9000 rp3440 server, hp 9000 rp4440 server, hp
9000 rp8420 server, hp 9000 rp7420 server, hp 9000 Superdome SD16A, hp 9000
Superdome SD32A, hp 9000 Superdome SD64A. (See “Supported Systems” on
page 80.)
Chapter 6: HP-UX 11i Version 1 Operating Environment Applications (see page 109)
• Codeword iCOD added as an always-installed product. (See “Codeword iCOD” on
page 118.)
• Enterprise Cluster Master (ECM) Toolkit updated to version B.02.00 with additions
and enhancements. (See “Enterprise Cluster Master (ECM) Toolkit” on page 144.)
• GlancePlus Pak updated to version C.03.72.00 to incorporate defect fixes. (See
“GlancePlus Pak” on page 138.)
• Graphics and Technical Computer Environment bundle (B6268AA) updated to
version B.11.11.12.03 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “OpenGL 3D Graphics
Developers Kit and Runtime Environment” on page 155.)
• HP CIFS Server updated to 2.2g (version A.01.10) with defect fixes and new
enhancements. (See “HP CIFS Client and HP CIFS Server” on page 120.)
• HP Message-Passing Interface (MPI) updated to version 2.0 with new features,
including MPI-2 Standard functionality. (See “HP Message-Passing Interface (MPI)”
on page 163.)
• HP WBEM Services for HP-UX, version A.01.05, now included as a default-installed
product on the OE media. (See “HP WBEM Services for HP-UX” on page 122.)
• HP-UX HIDS updated to version 2.2 as a maintenance release. (See “HP-UX Host
Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)” on page 165.)
• HP-UX IPFilter updated to version A.03.05.08 with defect fixes to the product and
the documentation. (See “HP-UX IPFilter” on page 166.)
• Ignite-UX install environment enhanced to include the Gigabit Ethernet libraries to
allow lanadmin to configure these network interfaces during installation. (See
“Ignite-UX (IUX)” on page 167.)