Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 Manufacturing Part Number: 5991-0782 January 2005 United States © Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
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Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes The information in this document applies to Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Announcement Announcement Transport functionality is typically delivered as part of the HP-UX operating system. TOUR is an additional, fully supported Web release that delivers transport functionality and other networking features, independent of major HP-UX releases. New versions of TOUR completely supersede previous TOUR versions. TOUR uses an overlay model to install new features.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes What Is in This Version What Is in This Version TOUR 2.4 includes the following components: • New Feature in HP-UX Transport • PPP Enhancements (PPPoE and PPPv6) • HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 The TOUR 2.0 functionality is automatically included in TOUR 2.4 except where superseded by TOUR 2.4 functional differences.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes What Is in This Version You can use the ndd parameter ip_strong_es_model to enable the default gateway for a physical IPv4 interface. The ip_strong_es_model parameter controls support for the strong end-system model. When this parameter is enabled, packet source addresses (and therefore interfaces on a multihomed host) affect selection of a gateway for outbound packets. Previously, ip_strong_es_model supported two values, namely 0 and 1.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes System Requirements System Requirements This section lists the resources needed and the software requirements for installing and running TOUR 2.4 on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. Supported Operating System TOUR 2.4 is supported on 32-bit or 64-bit HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) PA-RISC servers. Minimum System Resources TOUR 2.4 requires the following minimum amount of system resources: • The TOUR 2.4 depot file is ~4.5 MB.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes System Requirements • PHNE_27796 (or later) – libnss_dns DNS backend patch • PHNE_28895 (or later) – Cumulative ARPA Transport patch After TOUR 2.4 is installed, the Transport Cumulative patch level is equivalent to the PHNE_31247 patch, with some additional fixes listed in “Patches and Fixes in This Version” on page 19. This is because the modules included in the regular ARPA/Transport patch are replaced by the modules included in TOUR.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes System Requirements Table 1 summarizes the prerequiste patches required for upgrading from TOUR 1.0, TOUR 2.0, and TOUR 2.2 to TOUR 2.4. Table 1 Upgrading to TOUR 2.4 from Various TOUR Releases TOUR Release TOUR 1.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Installing TOUR 2.4 Installing TOUR 2.4 This section includes information on obtaining and installing TOUR 2.4. It also includes information required before and after the TOUR 2.4 installation. TOUR 2.4 is not compatible with some versions of IPSec. Before installing TOUR 2.4, see “Compatibility Between TOUR 2.4 and IPSec” on page 12. NOTE Installation Instructions To install TOUR 2.4, complete the following steps: Step 1.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Installing TOUR 2.4 The target selection specified in the swinstall example is “TOUR” and not “TOUR2.4” because the TOUR 2.4 product bundle name is “TOUR”. The product bundle version reflects the version change from 2.2 to 2.4. The TOUR 2.4 bundle contains three products: TOUR_PRODUCT, IPV6AA, and MobileIPv6. By default, all these three products are selected to install. You can choose not to install Mobile IPv6 and IPV6AA.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Installing TOUR 2.4 Additional Information This section includes other relevant information about installing and using TOUR 2.4. Installing or Removing Transport or PPP Patches After installing TOUR 2.4, you cannot remove or install additional transport patches. If you need to add or remove a transport patch, you must first remove TOUR 2.4. Separate patches for TOUR 2.4 (distinct from transport patches) are available, as needed.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Installing TOUR 2.4 For more information on installing or upgrading to IPSec (J4256AA) version A.02.00 refer to HP-UX IPSec A.02.00 Release Note available at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/internet/index.html#HP-UX%20IPSec. IPv6 on HP-UX 11i v1 Additional Information IPv6 is not included on the base (default) HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. IPv6 functionality on HP-UX 11i v1 was first offered in a Web release product bundle called IPv6NCF11i.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Removing TOUR 2.4 Removing TOUR 2.4 This section describes how to remove or uninstall TOUR 2.4 from an HP-UX 11i v1 system. If you want to remove TOUR 2.4, be aware of the following: • The save area under the /usr/contrib/TOUR/save_area directory must be intact. • If you remove TOUR 2.4, the system is not reverted to a previous version of HP-UX 11i v1 IPv6 product, such as TOUR 2.2, TOUR 2.0, TOUR 1.0, or IPv6NCF11i, if you had installed any.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Related Documentation Related Documentation The following documents, available on http://www.docs.hp.com, provide additional information on TOUR 2.4: • Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.2 Release Notes • HP-UX IPv6 Transport Administrator’s Guide • HP-UX IPv6 Porting Guide • HP-UX IPv6 Transition Mechanisms (White Paper) • HP-UX PPP Enhancements - PPPoE and PPPv6 (White Paper) • HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Known Problems and Limitations Known Problems and Limitations This section includes information on known problems and limitations in TOUR 2.4 and its components. Known Problem and Workaround This section lists the known problem in TOUR 2.4 and also the recommended workaround. Problem TCP/IPv6 connections that use HP-UX IPSec may have temporary drops in throughput and intermittent connection timeouts.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Known Problems and Limitations • Boot the system from the appropriate disk (depending on your boot disk configuration, in this example, P0 is the appropriate disk) as follows: Main Menu: Enter command of menu> BOOT P0 The following output is displayed: Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> • Boot the system using the previous kernel as follows: Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> y The following output id displayed: Booting...
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Known Problems and Limitations — A router on the link does not exist to advertise prefixes. — The interfaces are configured with only link-local addresses. If packets are sent through an interface that is on a different link than the destination node, the communication fails.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version This section lists the fixes available in TOUR 2.4 components. HP-UX Transport Fixes TOUR 2.4 for HP-UX 11i v1 includes Transport (IPv4 and IPv6) fixes up to the PHNE_31247 patch. TOUR 2.4 also contains the fixes listed in Table 2. These fixes include the TOUR 2.2 and TOUR 2.3 fixes that are not part of the Transport patch PHNE_31247.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Table 2 SR Number Transport Fixes Included in TOUR 2.4 (Continued) Description 8606358099 In some cases, the Traceroute command displays an SIOCGLIFNUM ioctl failure error message, when there is a failure in the SIOCGLIFCONF ioctl. 8606362168 In a ServiceGuard environment, a primary IPv6 interface cannot ping a secondary IPv6 interface when the switch connecting the interfaces is turned off and on repeatedly.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Table 2 SR Number Transport Fixes Included in TOUR 2.4 (Continued) Description 8606367598 When socket caching is enabled, excessive context switches are observed on a 16-way system. 8606368342 When ARP receives an ARP request broadcast from a host, it does not update that host’s entry in its cache. This violates RFC 826 (Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or converting network protocol addresses to 48.
Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 2.4 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version HP-UX PPPoE/v6 Fixes TOUR 2.4 on HP-UX 11i v1 does not include any fix for HP-UX PPPoE/v6. HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 Fixes TOUR 2.4 on HP-UX 11i v1 does not include any fix for HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00.
