HyperFabric Release Notes (B.11.11.04.02)

HyperFabric Release Notes

Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements

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Software Product Numbers within swinstall

When you install HyperFabric software with swinstall, select HyprFabrc-00 as the product

number for HP-UX 11i v1.

Using OLAR

For HP-UX 11i v1, if you want to use OLAR, you might need to update the system ﬁrmware on

your HP 9000 system. See the Readme Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i v1

provided with your 11i v1 OE.

Updating the Software from an Older Version

If you have an older version of the HyperFabric software, you can update it by installing this

version (B.11.11.04.02) over the old one. You do not have to un-install the old version ﬁrst,

unless you are updating from version B.11.00.11 to B.11.11.04.02 (see “Known Problems and

Workarounds” on page 7).

NOTE To make use of the Transparent Local Failover feature available in this version,

you need to conﬁgure the HF2 adapters as card pairs using the clic_init

command or SAM. For more information, see the HyperFabric Administrator’s

Guide (Part Number: B6257-90039).

Supported Conﬁguration

Customers using HMP over HyperFabric must update to B.11.11.04.02, delivered as a Web

release on http://www.software.hp.com, on all nodes in the cluster.

Customers using TCP/UDP/IP over HyperFabric must update to the latest GR patch. HP

recommends that TCP/UDP/IP customers do not update to B.11.11.04.02.

Hardware Requirements

You must have one or more appropriate HyperFabric adapters installed in the HP 9000

system. Table 1-2 lists the supported adapter conﬁgurations for version B.11.11.04.02 of the

HyperFabric software.

Disk Space and Memory Requirements

For proper operation, HyperFabric requires the following disk space and memory: