HP-UX 11i March 2003 Release Notes

What’s New at a Glance

What’s New in the Original 11i Release?

Chapter 2

Chapter 7: I/0 and Networking Cards (see page 157)

• 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 I/O Adapters” on page 158.)

• 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

“Network Drivers” on page 159.)

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

multimode fiber network. (See “HSC and PCI 1000Base-SX/T (Gigabit Ethernet)” on

page 165.)

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

system, they are not supported on HP-UX 11i 64-bit operation. (See “EISA Interface

Cards Are Not 64-bit Compatible” on page 170.)

• HSC FDDI driver enhanced. (See “Performance Enhancements to the HSC FDDI

Driver” on page 170.)

Chapter 8: Installation (see page 173)

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

(See “Cold Install Changed” on page 174.)

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

and 10.10 machines for 11i. (See “Ignite-UX Changed for 11i” on page 175.)

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

Operating Environments. (See “Update-UX” on page 177.)

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

target management capability and POSIX enhancements. (See “Software Distributor

(SD-UX)” on page 178.)

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

“SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation” on page 181.)

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

185)

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

features. (See “Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM)” on page 191.)

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

Deprecated” on page 198.)

• 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 199.)

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

devices. (See “Improved ioscan Description Field for PCI Devices” on page 200.)

Chapter 10: Process, Threads, Memory, and Kernel Parameters (see page 203)

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

“HP-UX Gang Scheduling” on page 204.)