Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.0 Release Notes (May 2004)

Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.0 Release Notes

What Is in This Version

TOUR 2.0 includes the following components:

• HP-UX Transport Enhancements (IPv4 and IPv6)

• HP-UX Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) enhancements (PPPoE and PPPv6)

• HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00

Except for some transport enhancements (described below) the components and features in

TOUR 2.0 are supported on both HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2.

This document focuses on what is new in TOUR 2.0 from TOUR 1.0. TOUR 1.0 functionality

is automatically included in TOUR 2.0 except where superseded by TOUR 2.0 functional

differences (speciﬁcally IPv6 tunneling changes). If you are new to IPv6, you may ﬁnd it

helpful to read TOUR 1.0 “Functional Overview” information available in the Transport

Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 1.0 Release Notes at

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#HP-UX%20LAN.

HP-UX Transport Enhancements (IPv4 and IPv6)

This section provides a summary of the HP-UX transport enhancements available with TOUR

2.0.

NOTE On HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX transport software included with the operating

system does not include any IPv6 functionality. All IPv6 functionality is

delivered as part of TOUR 2.0.

• netstat Enhanced to Support the Display of 64-bit MIB Counters: netstat in

TOUR 2.0 has been enhanced to support the display of 64-bit MIB (Management

Information Base) counters. Thus, some of the netstat ﬁelds have the potential to display

widened output. This can cause a wraparound effect on 80-character displays.

• TCP Segmentation Ofﬂoad (TSO) Transport Support for TSO-Enhanced Cards

and Drivers: For more information on TSO-enhanced cards and drivers, go to

http://www.software.hp.com, and search for “TSO”.