HP-UX 11i June 2004 Release Notes

General System Administration and Performance Monitoring
Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM)
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immediately if the tunable is dynamic. In applying tuned sets, the entire tuned set
will take effect immediately if every tunable in the set is dynamic. Otherwise, the
tuned set won't take effect until the kernel is rebuilt and the system is rebooted.
• Added support for kernel logging. Kernel logging is a new feature for 11i. Through
SAM, system administrators will be allowed to modify options associated with this
feature, such as turning logging ON and OFF, for many of the kernel subsystems
(such as VxFS File System, virtual memory, etc.) The subsystems are capable of
recording information at various levels ranging from simple status messages to
catastrophic failures. These logs can be read through SAM, either from kernel
memory or from a file on a disk.
Networking and Communications
updated for
December 2002
• Added support for IPv6. SAM can be used to configure IPv6 addresses for network
interfaces. IPv6 support is also added to HOSTS, DNS, and Name Service Switch
functional areas of SAM.
• Added support to add default routes. SAM can be used to configure default routes to
the system. Both IPv6 and IPv4 default routes can be added, modified, and
administered through SAM.
• Added support for configuring VLAN (Virtual LAN). SAM can be used to configure
and administer VLAN through a patch in HP-UX 11i version 1.0.
Network File Systems
• Support for NFS over TCP/IP. NFS supports exporting a file system using the
TCP/IP protocol. Accordingly, the Network File Systems area in SAM has been
enhanced to support this new NFS feature. Now, a user can choose between TCP and
UDP protocols to export file systems.
Network Interface Cards
updated for
December 2002
• Added support for IGELAN card, an Intel-based network interface card.
• Added support for Gigabit Ethernet card. A system administrator can configure,
modify the supported parameters, and also unconfigure Gigabit Ethernet cards. This
new SAM support is provided to both 1000Base-T and 1000Base-SX Gigabit
Ethernet cards. This support is also available only on 11.0 through patches.
• Added support for 100-BaseT cards. The system administrator can configure
100-BaseT cards, modify any of the supported parameters, and unconfigure
100-BaseT cards. This support is also available on 10.20 and 11.0 through patches.
• Added support for Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV). The system administrator
can configure network interface cards manufactured by third party vendors that
conform to the exported SAM Networking interface. Users can configure,
unconfigure, and modify any of the supported parameters of the card.