HP-UX 11i September 2005 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance

What is New in the September 2005 Release?

Chapter 3

What is New in the September 2005 Release?

The following summaries will give you a general picture of how the September 2005

release of HP-UX 11i v1 differs from the December 2004 release of HP-UX 11i v1.

For further information, see the indicated sections in the remainder of this document.

NOTE Starting with the September 2005 release, the HP-UX 11i Release Notes are structured

differently than previous Release Notes. As a result, the chapter headings have changed.

For more information, see the “Publication History” at the beginning of this document.

Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information” (see page 65)

• Graphics and Technical Computing Software: Now supports 3D accelerated

rendering on ATI FireGL X3 graphics card. (See “Graphics and Technical Computing

Software” on page 66.)

• Correction: In the HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes, reference is made in a

number of places to the Radeon 7000 graphics card. This is an error. This card is not

supported on HP-UX 11 v1.

• Hardware Enablement (HWE): Enables support for new I/O peripherals, graphics

and I/O cards, as well as updated I/O and mass storage drivers. (See “Hardware

Enablement” on page 67.)

• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE): Updated to version A.03.95 with HP

Runner, an availability monitoring tool that utilizes the ISEE framework to return

availability data to HP for reporting and service, depending on contract level. (See

“HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition” on page 69.)

• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers (see page 70)

— New Product: 10GigEthr-00: Adds support for the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit

Ethernet card. Now available as a selectable product in the OEs. (See

“10GigEthr-00” on page 76.)

— GigEther-01: Now supports the AB465A card. (See “GigEther-00, GigEther-01,

and IEther-00 (Gigabit Ethernet)” on page 73.)

— IEther-00: Now supports the AB290A and AB545A cards. (See “GigEther-00,

GigEther-01, and IEther-00 (Gigabit Ethernet)” on page 73.)

— RAID-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “RAID-01” on page 78.)

— FibrChanl-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “FibrChanl-01 (Fibre

Channel)” on page 78.)

• Offline Diagnostics Environment: Offline Diagnostics tools and LIFLOAD package

now delivered on the PA-RISC Offline Diagnostics CD, which can be downloaded or

ordered through http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot and entering “Offline

Diagnostics” in the search window. (See “Offline Diagnostics Environment” on

page 79.)