HP-UX 11i June 2004 Release Notes

What’s New at a Glance

What’s New in the Original 11i v1 Release?

Chapter 2

• The HP-UX 11i v1 Technical Computing OE contains applications to enable a

technical workstation or technical server. (See “HP-UX 11i v1 Technical Computing

Operating Environment (TCOE)” on page 153.)

Chapter 7: Networking and Mass Storage Drivers (see page 165)

• 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 181.)

• 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 174.)

• Gigabit Ethernet (PCI, HSC) provides the means for interfacing to a 1000Base-SX

multimode fiber network. (See “Gigabit Ethernet Drivers” on page 167.)

• Although EISA interface cards are supported on the HP-UX 11i v1 32-bit operating

system, they are not supported on HP-UX 11i v1 64-bit operation.

• HSC FDDI driver enhanced. (See “HSC FDDI Driver” on page 173.)

Chapter 8: Installation (see page 183)

• Cold install changed to support new media and the new Operating Environments.

(See “Cold Install Changed” on page 184.)

• Ignite-UX version B requires at least 64MB of RAM and no longer supports 10.01

and 10.10 machines for 11i v1. (See “Ignite-UX” on page 185.)

• Update-UX command replaces swgettools to perform OS updates and add

Operating Environments. (See “Update-UX” on page 186.)

• Software Distributor changed in multiple ways, including enablement of multiple

target management capability and POSIX enhancements. (See “Software

Distributor” on page 187.)

• SD Patch Installation changed to provide more control over patch management. (See

“SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation” on page 190.)

Chapter 9: General System Administration and Performance Monitoring (see page

195)

• System Administration Manager (SAM) enhanced to support new devices and

features. (See “Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM)” on page 203.)

• HP Distributed Print Service deprecated. (See “HP Distributed Print Service

Deprecated” on page 210.)

• 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 211.)

• The command ioscan improved to provide clearer descriptions for most common PCI

devices. (See “Improved ioscan Description Field for PCI Devices” on page 212.)

Chapter 10: Process, Threads, Memory, and Kernel Parameters (see page 215)

• Gang scheduling for MPI applications and multi-threaded processes enabled. (See

“HP-UX Gang Scheduling” on page 216.)