HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the September 2004 Release?
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• HP C Compiler for PA-RISC: Includes numerous changes to version B.11.11.02 in
each subsequent release (B.11.11.04, B.11.11.06, B.11.11.08, B.11.11.10).
• HP Fortran for HP-UX 2.8.2: Includes performance tuning enhancements.
• HP MLIB 8.6: FFT routines support data sizes of any positive length.
• HP MPI 2.0.1: InfiniBand interconnect on PA-RISC supported.
• HP-UX Buffer Cache Tunable Parameters: All tunables associated to the sizing of
the buffer cache (nbuf, bufpages, bufcache_max_pct, dbc_min_pct, and
dbc_max_pct) have been deprecated and will be obsolete in HP-UX 11i v3.
• Java 2 Standard Edition Platform:
— HP 3D Technology for the Java 2 Standard Edition Platform: Only for
Itanium-based systems. PA-RISC-based systems not supported.
— Java for HP-UX PA-RISC Add-On C++ Libraries for SDK and RTE: Now
included in HP-UX 11i v2.
• Math Library (libm): Although the C Math Library’s API for PA-RISC is unchanged
from HP-UX 11i v1, differences between it and the API for Itanium-based systems
should be noted.
• POSIX Threads: Augmented for PA-RISC systems to support two modes of
scheduling, system scope (1x1) and process scope (MxN).
• The Software Transition Kit (STK): Available on the Web or Application Release
media is a collection of tools and documents designed to help transition HP-UX
applications from earlier versions of HP-UX to the latest version of HP-UX on the
PA-RISC or the Itanium-based platform.
• Transition Links: Deprecated. Will become obsolete in post-HP-UX 11i v2 releases.
What is New in
September 2004
for Customers
Migrating from
HP-UX 11i v1
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization”
• Internationalization Features: Changes include Unicode 3.0 support, GB18030
standard, simplified Chinese input methods, mainframe iconv converters for
Japanese characters, system support for Latin and South American locales, new
locale binaries and iconv converters, Hong Kong supplementary character set
(HKSCS), TrueType fonts for Asian languages, and other changes.
• Deprecated Functionality: Several commands, library routines, and lp model files
deprecated. Will be removed in next major release of HP-UX.
What is New in
September 2004
for Customers
Migrating from
HP-UX 11i v1
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality”
• ccNUMA: Changes include: greater performance for some work loads; ability to
configure systems for optimal performance with regard to interleaved versus cell
local memory; ability to give guidance to OS for most appropriate memory allocation
according to an application’s usage model; ability to control how processes are
distributed among localities.
• Common Desktop Environment (CDE): Changes include IPv6 support; greater
accessibility for physically challenged users; dtlogin does not start X server when
the mouse is not connected; large file (greater than 2GB) support provided by
dtfile; and other changes. In addition, CDE requires a number of services and
resources; if these are disabled either manually or with Bastille, there are several
impacts on CDE.