HP-UX 11i December 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance

What is New in the September 2005 Release?

Chapter 3

What is New in the September 2005 Release?

The following summaries pertain to the HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005 update release.

For further information, see the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i September 2005

Release Notes, available in its most current version at

http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11i.html.

The following is not an exhaustive list, so it strongly recommended that you consult the

HP-UX 11i September 2005 Release Notes for information that is not included here.

NOTE Starting with the September 2005 release, the HP-UX 11i Release Notes are structured

differently than previous Release Notes. As a result, the chapter headings have changed.

For more information, see the “Publication History” at the beginning of this document.

Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information”

• Graphics and Technical Computing Software: Now supports 3D accelerated

rendering on ATI FireGL X3 graphics card.

• Correction: In the HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes, reference is made in a

number of places to the Radeon 7000 graphics card. This is an error. This card is not

supported on HP-UX 11 v1.

• Hardware Enablement (HWE): Enables support for new I/O peripherals, graphics

and I/O cards, as well as updated I/O and mass storage drivers.

• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE): Updated to version A.03.95 with HP

Runner, an availability monitoring tool that utilizes the ISEE framework to return

availability data to HP for reporting and service, depending on contract level.

• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers

— New Product: 10GigEthr-00: Adds support for the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit

Ethernet card. Now available as a selectable product in the OEs.

— GigEther-01: Now supports the AB465A card.

— IEther-00: Now supports the AB290A and AB545A cards.

— RAID-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.

— FibrChanl-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.

• Offline Diagnostics Environment: Offline Diagnostics tools and LIFLOAD package

now delivered on the PA-RISC Offline Diagnostics CD, which can be downloaded or

ordered through http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot and entering “Offline

Diagnostics” in the search window.

• Technical System Configuration (TechSysConf): Updated to version B.11.11.09.04.

In this version, /etc/password and /etc/group are NOT modified to import

NIS-served data.