HP-UX 11i September 2001 Release Notes

Hard Partition Systems
New Attention Indicator Behavior (updated for September 2001)
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The changed behavior for HP Superdome cell and I/O chassis attention indicators differs
from the original HP-UX 11i release, which would light these attention indicators to a
steady-on state.
All HP rp8400 servers running HP-UX 11i conform to this new attention indicator
behavior because these servers were not supported by HP-UX releases with the old
behavior.
Starting at the HP-UX 11i June 2001 release, SAM and Partition Manager blink PCI slot
attention indicators during tasks involving PCI cards or card slots, rather that lighting
them to a steady-on state (as at the original HP-UX 11i release).
As a result, sites that have HP Superdome servers running both the original HP-UX 11i
release and the HP-UX 11i June 2001 (or later) release can have attention indicators at
different states (steady-on and blinking).
On HP Superdome servers upgrading to HP-UX 11i September 2001, cell and chassis
attention indicators will exhibit the new, blinking behavior when the indicators are
enabled by fruled or Partition Manager.
NOTE This change does not affect the behavior of the HP rp8400 or HP Superdome cabinet
“attention” lights, which are not user-controllable.
This also does not affect HP Superdome cabinet number LCD behavior.
Documentation
Details about the new fruled and Partition Manager effects on cell and I/O chassis
attention indicators are provided in the fruled (1) manpage and the Partition Manager
online help.
The rad command, whose functionality has not changed, is documented in the rad (1M)
manpage.