HP-UX 11i September 2001 Release Notes

I/0 and Networking Cards
Network Drivers (new at 11i original release)
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Network Drivers (new at 11i original release)
New Network Driver btlan Pre-Installed in the HP-UX 11i
Operating Environment
The networking driver for HP-UX 11i has been simplified and is now easier to install
and upgrade.
The PCI and HSC-based Fast Ethernet network and I/O cards supported by drivers
btlan, btlan3, btlan4, btlan5 and btlan6 have been combined into a single driver
called btlan. This new driver is pre-installed as part of the kernel.
The result is to ease setup or upgrade of the networking and I/O products by eliminating
driver installation and combining multiple drivers into one.
Impact
The btlan driver works seamlessly with existing HP LAN link administrative
commands such as: lanadmin, lanscan, linkloop, and NetTL.
IMPORTANT There is no impact to you unless you have scripts that refer specifically to btlan3,
btlan4, btlan5 or btlan6. The new btlan driver supports the same functions and
features as the previous HP-UX 10.20 and 11.0-based drivers. In addition, it also
supports the online addition and replacement of I/O cards on L-Class, N-Class and
Superdome servers.
You will need to use the new driver name btlan with the following commands:
• what string . For example: what /stand/vmunix | grep btlan
• ioscan. For example: ioscan -kfC lan | grep btlan
You will also see the driver name btlan as the output in:
• the system file /stand/system
• nettlgen.conf and in the file /var/admin/sw/nettl.LOG00
Files Changed
The following files have changed to include the new btlan driver name: (these are
mostly just name changes):
• kernel library is now called /usr/conf/libbtlan.a
• nettl formatter/catalog files (no change except instead of btlan3, btlan4, btlan5,
btlan, or btlan6, it will just refer to btlan)
• debug/q4
• lanscan/lanadmin support libraries/catalog files now have names to reflect btlan
such as libdsbtlan.a, dsbtlan.cat, etc.
• master file
• init scripts/conf file