HP-UX 11i September 2002 Release Notes

What’s New at a Glance
What’s New in the Original 11i Release?
Chapter 2
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Chapter 7: I/0 and Networking Cards (see page 143)
• 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 144.)
• 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 145.)
• 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 151.)
• 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 156.)
• HSC FDDI driver enhanced. (See “Performance Enhancements to the HSC FDDI
Driver” on page 156.)
Chapter 8: Installation (see page 159)
• Cold install changed to support new media and the new Operating Environments.
(See “Cold Install Changed” on page 160.)
• 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 161.)
• Update-UX command replaces swgettools to perform OS updates and add
Operating Environments. (See “Update-UX” on page 163.)
• Software Distributor changed in multiple ways, including enablement of multiple
target management capability and POSIX enhancements. (See “Software Distributor
(SD-UX)” on page 164.)
• SD Patch Installation changed to provide more control over patch management. (See
“SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation” on page 167.)
Chapter 9: General System Administration and Performance Monitoring (see page
171)
• System Administration Manager (SAM) enhanced to support new devices and
features. (See “Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM)” on page 176.)
• HP Distributed Print Service deprecated. (See “HP Distributed Print Service
Deprecated” on page 182.)
• 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 183.)
• The command ioscan improved to provide clearer descriptions for most common PCI
devices. (See “Improved ioscan Description Field for PCI Devices” on page 184.)
Chapter 10: Process, Threads, Memory, and Kernel Parameters (see page 189)
• Gang scheduling for MPI applications and multi-threaded processes enabled. (See
“HP-UX Gang Scheduling” on page 190.)