HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes
- Legal Notices
- Publication History
- Typographic Conventions
- 1 Overview of the Release Notes
- 2 Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 2
- 3 What is New at a Glance
- 4 Server-Specific Information
- What is in This Chapter?
- Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle
- HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition
- Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
- Always-Installed Networking Drivers
- Selectable Networking Drivers
- Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers
- Selectable Mass Storage Drivers
- Supported Systems
- Finding Firmware Information
- 5 General System Administration
- What is in This Chapter?
- Distributed Systems Administration Utilities
- Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit Version
- Event Monitoring Services
- Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (Feature11i)
- GlancePlus Pak
- High Availability Monitors
- HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider
- HP Integrity VM Support Library
- HP Partitioning
- HP Serviceguard
- HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit
- HP System Management Homepage
- HP Systems Insight Manager
- HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
- HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups
- HP-UX Kernel Configuration
- HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool
- HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider
- HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider for Ethernet Interfaces
- HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider
- HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider
- Ignite-UX
- Obsolescence Bundle
- Online Diagnostics
- Quality Pack Patch Bundle
- Software Distributor
- Software Package Builder
- Update-UX
- Utilization Provider
- 6 Disk and File Management
- 7 Internet and Networking
- 8 Security
- 9 Commands and System Calls
- 10 Libraries and Programming
- 11 Internationalization
- 12 Other Functionality
What is New at a Glance
What is New in the May 2005 Release?
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What is New in the May 2005 Release?
In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the May 2005
release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the September 2004 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For
further information, see the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005
Release Notes, available in its most current version at
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/.
The following summaries are not exhaustive, so it strongly recommended that you
consult the HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes for information that is not
included here.
Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 2”
• HP-UX 11i v2 Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE): HP-UX 11i v2
May 2005 is the last release that will include the MTOE. After May 2005, the MTOE
will no longer be delivered.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Technical Computing OE (TCOE): The HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 TCOE
is the last release that will be supported on Itanium-based workstations. It will
continue to be updated for servers.
• Software Pack: SPK media with optional core enhancements now delivered for
HP-UX 11i v2.
Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information”
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle (HWEnable11i): Diagnostics qualified with new
DAT and LTO tape drives, and updated for new I/O cards. Updated I/O driver
bundles noted.
• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE): Updated to incorporate defect fixes
and few feature enhancements.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers:
— New Product: 10GigEthr-00: Adds support for the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit
Ethernet card. Now available as a selectable product in the OEs.
— FibrChanl-01: Now supports the AB465A card.
— GigEther-01: Now supports the AB465A card.
— IEther-00: Now supports the AB290A and AB545A cards.
— RAID-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
— scsiU320-00: Supports the A7173A card and now, the AB290A card.
— USB-00 version C.01.00: Enables USB DVD boot support for future HP servers.
Now an always-installed product for Itanium-based servers.
• Utility Pricing Solutions:
— HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) (formerly Instant Capacity on Demand, or iCOD):
Updated to version B.11.23.07.00. Can now be used in an integrated virtual
partitioned environment. E-mail connectivity no longer required and boot-time
compliance check now performed.