HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes Operating Environments Update Release HP Part Number: 5992-1968 Published: December 2007
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Table of Contents 1 Overview of the Release Notes..................................................................................19 What is in This Chapter?.......................................................................................................................19 What is the Purpose of the HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes?...............................20 Where Should I Begin?......................................................................................................
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1?...........................64 What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers of HP-UX 11i v2?...................................72 What is New in the March 2004 Release?.............................................................................................77 What is New in the Initial (October 2003) HP-UX 11i v2 Release?.......................................................79 4 Hardware-Specific Information................
Summary of Change........................................................................................................................96 Impact..............................................................................................................................................96 Compatibility...................................................................................................................................96 Performance...............................................................
Obsolescence..................................................................................................................................101 Supported Systems..............................................................................................................................101 Finding Firmware Information...........................................................................................................103 Utility Pricing Solutions.......................................................
Performance..............................................................................................................................113 Documentation.........................................................................................................................113 Obsolescence.............................................................................................................................113 HP Global Workload Manager..................................................................
Compatibility.................................................................................................................................120 Performance...................................................................................................................................120 Documentation..............................................................................................................................120 Obsolescence.................................................................
Impact............................................................................................................................................127 Compatibility.................................................................................................................................127 Performance...................................................................................................................................127 Documentation.........................................................
Summary of Change......................................................................................................................133 Impact............................................................................................................................................133 Compatibility.................................................................................................................................133 Performance..................................................................
What is in This Chapter?.....................................................................................................................141 Browsers..............................................................................................................................................142 Summary of Change......................................................................................................................142 Impact....................................................................
Summary of Change......................................................................................................................148 Impact............................................................................................................................................148 Compatibility.................................................................................................................................148 Performance..................................................................
Compatibility.................................................................................................................................155 Performance...................................................................................................................................155 Documentation..............................................................................................................................155 Obsolescence.................................................................
List of Tables 2-1 HP-UX 11i Releases.......................................................................................................................
1 Overview of the Release Notes What is in This Chapter? This chapter will help you use these release notes along with related HP-UX documentation effectively.
What is the Purpose of the HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes? This document is part of a series. Each document in the series describes what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted since the previous release of HP-UX 11i v2 (or, in the case of the initial release, since HP-UX 11i v1.6). The HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes describes what is new, has changed, or has been deprecated or obsoleted in HP-UX 11i v2 since the HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007 Operating Environment update.
Where Should I Begin? This book is organized in such a way that you need only read Chapter 3: “What is New at a Glance” (page 39) for a quick overview of what is new, has changed, and has been deprecated or obsoleted in the current and previous releases of the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments (OE) and Software Pack (SPK).
Locating Release Notes for Previous Versions of HP-UX Release notes for previous versions of HP-UX are found in the following locations: • • • HP-UX Instant Information DVD. See “HP-UX 11i v2 Instant Information Media” (page 23) for more information. The /usr/share/doc/ directory of your HP-UX 11i v2 system. Please note, however, that the latest editions may not be contained in this directory and are instead located at http://www.docs.hp.com/. The HP Documentation Site at http://www.docs.hp.com/.
Other Sources of Information about This Release In addition to these release notes, you have many other sources of information related to the HP-UX 11i v2 release available to you on the Web at http://www.docs.hp.
Library, the Software Depot, and the IT Resource Center, as well as information about hardware, operating environment services, and training courses. The page is found at http://hp.com/go/hp-ux HP-UX Welcome Page The HP-UX Welcome Page on your HP-UX 11i v2 system contains pointers to information that will help you use your HP-UX system.
What is in the Remaining Chapters? The remaining chapters of these release notes are as follows: • Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 2” (page 27), provides an overview of the four Operating Environments, along with information about Software Pack and about compatibility issues. • Chapter 3: “What is New at a Glance” (page 39), furnishes a quick overview of what is new, has changed, or has been deprecated or obsoleted in this and previous releases of HP-UX 11i v2.
2 Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 2 What is in This Chapter? This chapter provides an introduction to HP-UX 11i v2, along with an overview of the four Operating Environments and the features delivered on the Software Pack media. Also included is information about compatibility issues.
Welcome to the HP-UX 11i v2 December 2007 Update Release The December 2007 update release of HP-UX 11i v2 continues to support both the HP 9000 and HP Integrity server families. This Enterprise update release offers the full range of HP-UX Operating Environments (OEs) and capabilities. HP's Business Critical Servers group places a premium on customer and partner investment protection.
HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. The following table shows the releases available for HP-UX 11i: Table 2-1 HP-UX 11i Releases Release Name Release Identifier Supported Processor Architecture HP-UX 11i v1 B.11.11 PA-RISC HP-UX 11i v1.5 B.11.20 Intel® Itanium® HP-UX 11i v1.6 B.11.22 Intel® Itanium® HP-UX 11i v2 B.11.23 Intel® Itanium® PA-RISC1 HP-UX 11i v3 B.11.
HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments Overview Operating Environments (OEs) are tested and integrated application bundles designed to work with the operating system and provide the functionality needed for your system’s purpose.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • GigEther-00 (PCI) GigEther-01 (PCI) HP CIFS Client HP CIFS Server HP Instant Capacity (iCAP, formerly iCOD) HP WBEM Services for HP-UX HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups HP-UX Kernel Configuration HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool (pdweb) HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider HWEnable11i IEther-00 (PCI/PCI-X/PCIe) Logical Volume Manager (LVM) LDAP-UX Integration nPartition Provider Obsolescence Bundle ONC+ Online Diagnostics OpenSSL PA
• • • • • HP Integrity VM Support Library (VMGuestLib) HP System Management Homepage HP-UX Bastille HP-UX IPFilter HP-UX Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 • • • • HP-UX Java Development Kit (JDK) for the Java™ 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 HP-UX Secure Shell HP-UX Software Assistant HP-UX Software Development Kit and Runtime Environment for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition v1.
• • • • • • • • • • • • HyperFabric Ignite-UX Java Out-of-Box Mobile IPv6 Netscape Directory Server Red Hat Directory Server for HP-UX PCI MUX Security Level 10 Security Level 20 Security Level 30 Software Package Builder Token Ring HP-UX 11i v2 Enterprise Operating Environment The HP-UX 11i v2 Enterprise Operating Environment is targeted especially for database application servers and logic servers.
IMPORTANT: HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 was last release that included the Minimal Technical OE (MTOE). After May 2005, the HP-UX 11i v2 MTOE is no longer available. If you have questions, contact your HP sales representative. HP-UX 11i v2 Technical Computing Operating Environment The Technical Computing Operating Environment contains all the base functionality that is common to the other three OEs, including the base 64-bit HP-UX operating system, network drivers, and other always-installed functionality.
HP-UX 11i v2 Compatibility HP-UX 11i Compatibility for HP Integrity and HP 9000 Servers Introduction Hewlett-Packard (HP) understands your need for investment protection. By providing multiple levels of compatibility between operating system versions, between hardware platforms, on virtual machines, and even between chip architectures, we believe the HP-UX operating system provides the most comprehensive investment protection in the industry.
Support HP is committed to providing investment protection via compatibility as outlined above. Any owner of application code that meets the criteria for compatibility, who has encountered a compatibility failure as defined by this document, should contact HP through a special support line (for North America) at 1-800-249-3294 and use option 2. Help is also available alternatively by sending an e-mail to dspp.dev@hp.com. Please identify the problem as a “compatibility failure.
Chapter 4 (page 89) • “USB-00” (page 98) Chapter 5 (page 107) • “HP Application Discovery” (page 112) • “HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VM Provider)” (page 115) • “HP Integrity Virtual Machines (VMGuestLib)” (page 115) • “Utilization Provider” (page 119) • “Quality Pack Patch Bundles” (page 125) Chapter 6 (page 137) • “HP-UX Memory File System” (page 138) Chapter 8 (page 149) • “HP-UX IPFilter” (page 151) NOTE: Before updating your system with any individual patches, patch bundles, or products rele
3 What is New at a Glance What is in This Chapter? This chapter provides a quick overview of what is new, has changed, and has been deprecated or obsoleted in each HP-UX 11i v2 release. For further details, see the cross-referenced pages in the remainder of this book or, as noted, in previous editions.
What is New in the December 2007 Release? In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the December 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the June 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For further information, see the indicated sections in the remainder of this document. Chapter 4 (page 89) • CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements. See “CommonIO” (page 90).
• • • • • • • • • Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. See “Distributed Systems Administration Utilities” (page 108). Dynamic Root Disk (DRD): Introduces support for root volumes managed by VxVM Release 4.1. See “Dynamic Root Disk” (page 108). Feature Enablement Patch Bundle: FEATURE11i bundle consists of all its previous patches plus new enablement patches for HPVM, PCIe error handling, Audio Development Kit, PCI Mux, Trusted Computing Services, and vPars.
• • • • • • • • Ignite-UX: Updated to version C.7.4. New features include support for USB 2.0 I/0 protocol; recovery support for Agile SAS addressing; enhanced search/sort capabilities for large numbers of disks; and more. See “Ignite-UX” (page 123). Online Diagnostics: Now supports the HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade. Enabled to handle PCIe errors on specified Integrity systems. Additional cards and storage units are supported. See “Online Diagnostics” (page 124).
• • • • Firefox, FirefoxSrc: Updated to version 2.0.0.4. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported by the Mozilla Foundation. See “Browsers” (page 142). Thunderbird, ThunderbirdSrc: Updated to version 2.0.0.6. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported by the Mozilla Foundation. See “Browsers” (page 142).
Chapter 11 (page 163) • There are no changes in December 2007 for the products or features that are normally documented in this chapter. Chapter 12 (page 165) • There are no changes in December 2007 for the products or features that are normally documented in this chapter. What is New in the June 2007 Release? In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the June 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the September 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2.
• • • • • • • • • • • Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Updated to version B.04.01. Enhanced Oracle toolkit, README file of each toolkit in the ECMT bundle. Includes support for HP Apache, HP CIFS and Oracle 9i and 10g with Cluster File System (CFS) 5.0, and more. Event Monitoring Services: Enhanced to support Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) notifications. Also includes defect fixes. Bundle name changed from B67609BA to EventMonitoring.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 46 HP Systems Insight Manager: Updated with support for HP VSE Management Software 3.0 products; enhancement to better identify associations between systems when those systems convert to a different subtype; and change in the name of orphan systems. HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Updated to version A.02.05.x, which is a major update to version A.02.00 and is based on OpenPegasus 2.5 source base and CIM Schema 2.9.
• • System Fault Management: Updated with changes including new providers, the choice of the SFMIndicationProvider instead of EMS Hardware Monitors on Itanium ®-based systems, the ability to view indications generated by the High Availability Monitors, and more. Update-UX: Updated to reflect defect fixes. There are no new features or functionality in update-ux. June 2007 Release Notes, Chapter 6: “Disk and File Management” • HP CIFS Client: Updated to version A.02.02.
• • • • • • Install-Time Security: Includes the bundles Sec00Tools, Sec10Host, Sec20MngDMZ, and Sec30DMZ. Updated to version 1.4.x with new questions/configuration, diagnostic daemon configure to local-only use (not network), and syslog local-only. OpenSSL: Updated to version A.00.09.07l.003. Incorporates defect fixes. If OpenSSL A.00.09.08d is enabled, additional security features are available. HP-UX Role-based Access Control: Updated to version B.11.23.
• • • • CommonIO Bundle: Updated with packaging changes. Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (HWEnable11i): Includes future HP-UX support for PCI-Express I/O adapters, in addition to the latest changes for the new Dual-Core Intel ® Itanium® 2 processors in the following HP servers. Networking and Mass Storage Drivers — FibrChanl-01: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements. — GigEther-01: Updated to version 11.23.0609 to pre-enable future technology.
— — • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PRMKernelSW (formerly PRM Libraries): Name has changed from “PRM Libraries” to “PRMKernelSW.” No other changes. PRMLibraries: Updated to version C.03.02. Now contains the PRM API. Bundle name is PRMLibraries. Previous content now in the PRMKernelSW product. HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Updated to version A.11.23.06 with a fix for a problem with the HA-NFS File Lock Migration script, nfs.flm. HP System Management Homepage: Updated to version A.2.2.4.
• • • • • New Products: Firefox/Firefox Source: Web browser includes Firefox 1.5.x changes from the Mozilla Foundation. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported in Firefox 1.5.0.0 from the Mozilla Foundation. New Products: GTK/GTK Source: Added to support FireFox/Thunderbird. GTK+ Libraries: Updated to incorporate a packaging change. Mozilla Web Browser: Updated to version 1.7.12.01.x to incorporate a packaging change.
— — • scsiU320-00: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements for Ultra320 SCSI solutions. Now always-installed. SerialSCSI-00:Updated with quality improvements. Utility Pricing Solutions — HP Instant Capacity: Updated to version B.11.23.08.00.xx with support for Global Instant Capacity, terminology changes, command enhancements, and other changes. — HP Pay per use: Updated to version B.11.23.08.00.
• • EnableVxFS Bundle: Now a customer-selectable product in the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2 (formerly, was always-installed). VERITAS File System (HP JFS/HP OnlineJFS): HP OnlineJFS 4.1 (B3929EA): Updated to incorporate a defect fix. Base-VXVM 4.1 is now a prerequisite for HP OnlineJFS 4.1. June 2006 Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and Networking” • GTK+ Libraries: Updated to incorporate a packaging change. • HP-UX Web Server Suite — HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Updated to v.2.0.55.
The following summaries are not exhaustive, so HP strongly recommends that you consult the HP-UX 11i Version 2 March 2006 Release Notes for information that is not included here. March 2006 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Server-Specific Information” • Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle: New servers with the sx2000 chipset now qualified. • HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition: Updated to version A.03.95.043 to incorporate defect fixes.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HP Serviceguard: Included documentation for version A.11.17 has been updated to include support for the VERITAS Cluster File System (CFS) in selected HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite bundles. HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Updated to incorporate a defect fix. HP System Management Homepage: Updated to version A.2.2.2 with defect fixes as well as improved event and hardware management.
March 2006 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls” • No changes in this release. March 2006 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming” • Java 2 Standard Edition Platform — HP 3D Technology for the Java™ 2 Standard Edition Platform: Upon installation of the OEs, v1.3 will be removed by the ObsJava13 bundle. — HP-UX Java Development Kit and HP-UX Java Runtime Environment for the Java™ 2 Platform Standard Edition (JDK/JRE): Version 5.0 updated to incorporate defect fixes.
What is New in the December 2005 Release? In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the December 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the May 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For further information, see the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes, available in its most current version at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 58 New Product: HP Integrity VM Support Library (VMGuestLib): Subset of the HP Integrity Virtual Machines API Library used by HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider. HP Partitioning — HP Global Workload Manager: Central Management Server (CMS), one of the gWLM components that was delivered on the AR media, has been removed from the media. — HP-UX Workload Manager: Updated to version A.03.00.
• • • • • • Quality Pack Patch Bundle: Included in this release as a superset of the May 2005 HP-UX 11i v2 Quality Pack. Software Distributor: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. SysMgmtBASE bundle: First added to the HP-UX 11i v2 OEs in May 2005, provides the TUI framework for HP-UX Security Configuration tool and HP-UX Kernel Configuration. Updated in December 2005 to incorporate defect fixes. Software Package Builder: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. Update-UX: Updated to version B.11.23.0512.033.
• • • HP-UX Role-based Access Control: Allows you to distribute administrative responsibilities by creating roles with appropriate authorizations and assigning them to non-root users and groups. Now available on Software Pack media. HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated to version A.04.00.003 with address binding for port forwarding connections, remote binding control, hashing of host names and addresses, and other changes.
• • • • 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.
— — — — — • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits: Pay Per Use Toolkit and its utilitydc command now deprecated. nPartition Provider: Upgraded to version B.11.23.01.04.00.x to incorporate defect fixes and performance improvements. Partition Manager: Now runs as an application under HP System Management Homepage, which has several effects. PRM Libraries: Bundle updated to version C.03.00. PRM-Sw-Krn fileset updated to version C.01.03.
• • HP CIFS Server: Updated to version A.01.11.04 with security patches. Also now based on Samba 2.2.12. VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP JFS / HP OnlineJFS): Now provides permanent licenses for HP OnlineJFS. Support for 32 TB file systems now certified. May 2005 Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and Networking” • HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Updated to version A.02.00.07 with numerous defect fixes, as well as support for CIM Process Indications as defined by the DMTF WBEM Specification.
• HP MLIB: Updated to version 9.0 with new features, including support for arbitrary length FFTs, FFT performance enhancements, and support for VMATH, CXML, and BCS. • HP MPI: Updated to version 2.1.1 with support for InfiniBand on Intel® Itanium®, HyperFabric2, and TCP/IP on clusters. Includes improved gather performance for TCP/IP, and other improvements.
In addition, you should review the list “What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers of HP-UX 11i v2?” (page 72) for a picture of how the September 2004 release differs from the March 2004 release of HP-UX 11i v2.
A5159B not supported. OLAR of A6828A and A6869A cards supported. Interrupt migration supported. — • • • • Selectable Mass Storage Drivers: ◦ HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator: Now available on HP-UX 11i v2. Online Addition and Replacement (OL* or OLAR): The rad command no longer available. SAM no longer used for OL*. The olrad command now used; performs a critical resource analysis to ensure system integrity will not be compromised. On Demand Solutions: — Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) 6.
• HP Serviceguard A.11.16: Now supports clusters with mixed servers (HP Integrity and HP 9000). • • HP Serviceguard Quorum Server: Supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems. HP-UX 11i v2 Required Patch Bundle (BUNDLE11i): Delivered with this release. Consists of patches for HP-UX 11i v2 that are required to install and update the operating system (OS). HP-UX Kernel Configuration: The kcweb application incorporates changes and new features. The maxusers tunable obsoleted.
• • • • • • • • HP CIFS Client A.01.09.02: Provides 64-bit PAM-NTLM libraries support and defect fixes. HP CIFS Server 2.2i (A.01.11.01): Provides new LDAP support functionality, as well as other new features and defect fixes. Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and MirrorDisk/UX: Performance improved. LVM no longer performs software bad block relocation. Defects fixed. Network File System (NFS): New option added to the umount command. Compatibility exception noted.
— — — — — — — — — — — — • • • • • • • Multimedia Streaming Protocols (MSP): Upon upgrade to HP-UX 11i v2, MSP will be removed. MSP will be available later as a Web upgrade. Customers who have not installed MSP on HP-UX 11i v1 will be unaffected. The rbootd remote boot server for RMP clients: Obsolete. Clients using the RMP protocol no longer supported; you must move from RMP to BOOTP.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security” • Boot Authentication: Now available on all Standard Systems. Standard Mode Boot Authentication feature can be configured by two parameters. • Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (GSS-API): IPv6 enabled. • HP-UX Bastille 2.1: New product for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i v1. • HP-UX IPFilter A.03.05.10.02: Includes additional defect fixes.
• • The sfd Daemon: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in HP-UX 11i v3. The sysdef command: Deprecated. Reports incorrect values for some tunable parameters such as msgmap, sema, and shmem. What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming” • Absolute Debugger (adb): Improved program includes support shared library, threads, multiprocessor dump reading, 64-bit DLKM dump reading, among others.
• • 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.
• On Demand Solutions: — Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) 6.03: Incremented from version 6.01 to incorporate defect fixes. — Pay Per Use B.07.00: Updated so that either pricing model can be used as the metric and so that a processor cap can be specified, as well as other changes. • Secure Path V3.0E for HP-UX: Provides EVA Boot and Dump support on HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 and later releases. Supported Servers and Workstations: Many 64-bit PA-RISC servers are supported on this release.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool: TUI changed from earlier version. The /stand/system/ file enhanced. The Peripheral Device Tool (pdweb) B11.23.02: TUI introduced. Ignite-UX, version B.6.0. x: Includes ability to install and recover 11.0, B.11.11, B.11.22, B.11.23 PA-RISC, and B.11.23 Itanium®-based clients from a single Ignite-UX server.
• • • • • HP Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI): Includes support for VLAN functionality, TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO or Large Send), InfiniBand technology, and 64-bit MIB, as well as other changes. HP Openview Emanate Agent 15.3: Incorporates a defect fix. HP-UX LAN Provider: New with this release of HP-UX 11i v2. Client applications can use this Provider to determine 100bt and Gigabit links available on the system and collect information about them. HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.
• • • PAM-Kerberos v1.23: Supports both Itanium®-based and PA-RISC applications in 32-bit mode and 64-bit mode. The pam_sm_acct_mgmt function returns PAM_USER_UNKNOWN instead of PAM_SUCCESS when the user is not present in the Kerberos database. Security Patch Check 2.0: Now provides update and manual action analysis, whereas prior releases only analyzed patches. Shadow Passwords: Now supported by SAM.
• 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 Existing Customers of HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization” • Internationalization Features: Includes defect fixes. No new features beyond those supplied in the initial (October 2003) release of HP-UX 11i v2.
• HP Partitioning: — HP Process Resource Manager updated to version C.02.02 with support of a version option, support of SSL encryption of login/password data, more consistent syslog messaging, and other changes. — HP-UX Workload Manager updated to version A.02.02 with a new GUI that allows local and remote management of WLM systems; automatic resizing of nPartitions (nPars) that use iCOD software; support for more WLM configuration options by the Configuration Wizard; and other changes.
• LAN Commands: — The lanadmin command’s hard link, /usr/bin/landiag, deprecated. — The file /etc/lanscan deprecated. — The file /etc/linkloop deprecated. • Mozilla updated to version 1.4.00.01 with full Japanese localization as well as other defect fixes and enhancements. Netscape is no longer included, but can be downloaded at http://www.hp.com/go/netscape. March 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security” • HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System v2.
• Selectable Network Drivers: — — — — • • • • ATM Networking Solution: Now available on Itanium®-based platforms. Only ATM adapter A5513A supported. HyperFabric: The/opt/clic/bin/clic_probe has superseded the /opt/clic/bin/clic_ping utility. INTL100: Required for HP Integrity rx2600 server, as well as HP zx6000 workstation. A6792A add-on card not supported on HP-UX 11i v2. Online Addition and Replacement (OLAR): New olrad command provides critical resource analysis routines.
— — — — — • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HP-UX Processor Sets: The psrset command enhanced to display Locality Domain information. Kernel now supports Real Time Extension (RTE) to processor sets. HP-UX Workload Manager version A.02.01.01: Offers greater functionality and ease of use. HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits version A.01.04.01: Now has a toolkit for BEA WebLogic Server.
• • • • • • Software Distributor: Runs in Intel® Itanium® as a native application. Supports DLKM software packaging. Software Package Builder: New product; provides a visual method to create and edit software packages using the HP-UX Software Distributor package format. System Administration Manager: Introduces the HP-UX Kernel Configuration and HP-UX Peripheral Devices tools. SAM is available as PA-RISC binaries on HP-UX 11i v2 and requires the Aries translator.
• Internet Services: — BIND 9.2.0: New options added. New commands added in rndc remote name daemon control program. Supports IXFR and all DNS security features. — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) v6: New features include new message types, multiple IP address request, configuration parameters from a DHCPv6 server, and reconfiguration messages. — The gated Routing Daemon: ospfagt available to obtain OSPF routing information from the gated product.
• LAN Commands — Local Area Network Administration Program (lanadmin): New options added. Now supports third-party LAN drivers. — The linkloop Command: Now works correctly with Ethernet interfaces set for an MTU size other than 1500. Now supports third-party LAN drivers. — The lanscan Command: New option added. Can no longer be used to read from crash dumps. • Network Information Service Plus (NIS+): Deprecated. HP-UX 11i v2 is the last release to support NIS+.
• • • Security Patch Check 1.3: Now included in HP-UX 11i v2 OEs. Simplifies the process of determining whether you have all the relevant security patches on your system. This version does better corner-case handling; incorporates a number of defect fixes and clearer wording. Shadow Passwords: New feature enhances system security by hiding user-encrypted passwords in a shadow password file.
• Debugging: — Absolute Debugger (Adb): New features include support for Lazyfp, Dual pdir, debugging MxN threads in a process/core, debugging INIT and MCA crash dumps, and debugging a shared library for an attached process. — HP Kernel Debugger (KWDB): Included in HP-UX 11i v2, but not supported. — HP Wildebeest Debugger (WDB) 4.
• • • • • Micro Focus OO COBOL 4.2 Run-Time Libraries: Deprecated. Will not be included in future HP-UX 11i releases for Itanium®-based platforms. Object File Tools (elfdump): Option introduced to print out the version string of the symbol when printing the symbol table. Perl: Corresponds to Perl 5.8.0 source code release. Changes include better Unicode support, new IO implementation, new thread implementation, better numeric accuracy, safe signals, and many new modules.
4 Hardware-Specific Information What is in This Chapter? This chapter provides hardware-specific information, including the following: • • • • • • • • “CommonIO” (page 90) “Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (11.
CommonIO The CommonIO bundle packages multiple products, and is always installed. Summary of Change The CommonIO bundle has been updated with quality improvements. Impact There is no impact. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation For further information on specific changes in this release, see the HP CommonIO Release Notes.
Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation The “bundle readme” document can be found on the OE media under the /DOCS/PATCH directory, or on the IT Resource Center website at http://itrc.hp.com. For further information, refer to the following websites: • • http://itrc.hp.com http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot Also refer to the latest documents, available at http://www.docs.hp.
Client Installation and Upgrade Guide. Additional information about ISEE and HP-UX servers can be found in Appendix A. Performance There is no performance improvement or degradation. Documentation Information about ISEE, including the HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition Client Installation and Upgrade Guide, is available at http://www.hp.com/learn/isee. For a complete list of ISEE-supported operating systems and hardware devices, please view the ISEE supported products web page at http://www.hp.
Summary of Change In December 2007, HP-UX 11i v2 updates the GigEther-01 bundle to: • support Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) to significantly improve HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM) I/O performance. Impact The AVIO lan driver will support the following Ethernet drivers: ixgbe (10GbE), igelan (1GbE), and iether (1GbE). For information about Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO), see “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111). Compatibility See “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111).
Impact The AVIO lan driver will support the following Ethernet drivers: ixgbe (10GbE), igelan (1GbE), and iether (1GbE). For information about Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO), see “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111). Compatibility See “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111). Performance The AVIO lan driver will support the following Ethernet drivers: ixgbe (10GbE), igelan (1GbE), and iether (1GbE). Also see “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111).
Impact The AVIO lan driver will support the following Ethernet drivers: ixgbe (10GbE), igelan (1GbE), and iether (1GbE). For information about Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO), see “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111). Compatibility See “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111). Performance The AVIO lan driver will support the following Ethernet drivers: ixgbe (10GbE), igelan (1GbE), and iether (1GbE). Also see “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111).
Summary of Change The B.11.23.0712 version of FibrChanl-00 (td) driver includes a defect fix. Impact A Data Protector backup initiated in a SAN environment can cause the system to crash with an HPMC in the Fibre Channel (td) driver. This has been fixed in the td driver in the December 2007 release. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation Complete Fibre Channel documentation is available on http://www.docs.hp.
Documentation For further information, see the following documents, available at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel: • • FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters Support Guide FibrChanl-1 (fcd) Driver For information about supported cards, see the following document at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.
Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation For further information on specific changes in this release, see the scsiU320-00 (mpt) B.11.23.0712 Mass Storage Driver Release Notes. For further information on supported cards, see the HP Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. These documents are available at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html (navigate to SCSI Host Bus Adapters). Obsolescence Not applicable.
iLO/vMedia devices nor is it available in the runtime kernel once the system has been installed from media. IMPORTANT: Starting with this release, the USB Bulk-Only Mass Storage driver will be installed and configured by default on any system which has a USB host controller present at the time of install—whether or not there is a USB mass storage device present. Previously, the Mass Storage driver was only configured if a USB mass storage device was present at install time.
Summary of Change FibrChanl-02 has been updated to incorporate defect fixes. IMPORTANT: IssueID: SR 8606488089 Fixed a critical issue which occurs when using the fclp driver to perform I/O to sequential blocks of one LUN from multiple virtual memory address spaces, such as I/O to a swap device. The issue caused incorrect data to be swapped in and out which may result in application core dumps or kernel panics. The issue is present in FibrChanl-02 software (fclp driver) versions B.11.23.0706 and B.11.23.
• • • • • • • • • • • • rp8420 rp8440 rx3600 with PCI/PCI-X IO backplane rx6600 with PCI/PCI-X IO backplane rx7620 rx7640 rx8620 rx8640 HP Superdome PA 8800/PA 8900 HP 9000 Superdome sx2000 Integrity Superdome sx1000 Integrity Superdome sx2000 NOTE: PCI Error Handling is a Software Pack (SPK) product available on the web and on the December 2007 Application Release (AR) media. It is not available on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments (OEs) media.
NOTE: HP-UX 11i v2 is not supported on PA-RISC Workstations. HP recommends that PA-RISC Workstation customers use HP-UX 11i v1. The HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 release was the last release supported on the Itanium®-based zx2000 and zx6000 workstations. These workstations have been discontinued as of September 2004. Additional information regarding HP servers and workstations can be found at the following Web sites: • HP Servers and Enterprise Systems http://hp.com/go/servers • HP Workstations http://hp.
— — • HP Superdome server (32 sockets) with sx2000 chipset HP Superdome server (64 sockets) with sx2000 chipset HP Integrity servers with new mixed PCI-X and PCI-express I/O backplane — HP Integrity rx2660 server (2 single-core processors) with zx2 chipset — HP Integrity rx3600 server (2 dual-core processors) with zx2 chipset — HP Integrity rx6600 server (4 dual-core processors) with zx2 chipset Finding Firmware Information Firmware changes frequently.
Summary of Change • iCAP version B.11.23.08.03.00 includes the following new features and changes: — Support for vPars version A.03.05 integration on HP-UX 11.11 systems allows users to manage 11.11 and 11.23 vPars with the same vparmonitor. — The format of the date displayed by the icapstatus command has been changed to facilitate translation. Also, the format of the iCAP version number has been changed to provide more information. — Several defect fixes have been incorporated • iCAP version B.11.23.08.
— — icapnotify(1M) icapstatus(1M) • Web Sites: — HP Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot — Technical Documentation: http://docs.hp.com • Documents: — For details on the HP Instant Capacity software product, see the Instant Capacity User's Guide and Release Notes located on the HP Technical Documentation web site http://docs.hp.com (navigate to Network and Systems Management, then to Utility Pricing Solutions). Obsolescence Not applicable.
5 General System Administration What is in This Chapter? This chapter presents information of particular interest to system administrators, including the following: • • • • • “Distributed Systems Administration Utilities” (page 108) “Dynamic Root Disk” (page 108) “Feature Enablement Patch Bundle - Feature11i” (page 109) “HP OpenView GlancePlus Pak” (page 110) “HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment” (page 111) — “Accelerated Virtual I/O” (page 111) — “HP Application Discovery” (page 112) — “HP Glob
Distributed Systems Administration Utilities Distributed Systems Administration Utilities (DSAU) v1.7 for HP-UX 11i v2 provides several tools to simplify managing groups of systems and Serviceguard clusters.
Impact There are no known impacts other than those previously listed. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known compatibility issues. Documentation Manpages are delivered as part of the product. Information, including the product overview, FAQ, Administrator’s Guide, and white papers, is available at the product website at http://docs.hp.com/en/DRD. Obsolescence Not applicable.
— — • http://itrc.hp.com http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot Also refer to the latest editions of the following documents, available at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2: — HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide — Read Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i v2 — Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems Obsolescence Not applicable. HP OpenView GlancePlus Pak HP OpenView GlancePlus Pak, version 4.
Obsolescence Not applicable. HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment HP offers a full line of hardware and software partitioning capabilities, including nPartitions, virtual partitions, and HP Integrity Virtual Machines. The HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) builds on HP partitioning products and the VSE Management Software to help you maximize the use of your server resources in response to changing business needs.
Documentation For further information, see the AVIO-specific additions to the following HPVM documents, all available at http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html#HP%20Integrity%20Virtual%20Machines: • Release Notes: — HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes: Version A.03.50 • User's Guide: — HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration: Version A.03.
AppDiscAgent 3.1.00.01 requires the presence of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) services, Secure Shell (SSH), and OpenSSL for correct operation and secure data transmission. Consult the VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide Version A.3.00.01 for details (with the software or online at http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html). Performance Application Discovery requires a “warmup period,” during which the agent collects the initial set of data for a managed node.
gWLM manages your workloads by controlling the resource allocations to the npars, vpars, virtual machines, psets, or fss groups. • License to Use, or LTU (T2762AA) You can obtain the CMS and the agent free of charge. The A.03.00.01.x agent works for a period of 120 days.
Obsolescence Not applicable. HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VM Provider) The HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VM Provider), version A.03.50, is the HP-UX WBEM Services provider for Virtual Machines-related information on VM Host and guests. This product is used by HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) to display information about HP systems that support HP Integrity Virtual Machines.
Compatibility If VMProvider, VMGuestLib, and HP Integrity Virtual Machines are already currently installed, upgrades of any of these three products require upgrades of the others such that all versions are compatible and all products function correctly. Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation Complete information is in the following documents, which are both available on http://docs.hp.
Documentation For further information, see the following websites: • Software Depot: http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1335BC • Documents: http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv2.html#Virtual%20Partitions Obsolescence Not applicable. HP-UX Workload Manager (AR Media Release) HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM) A.03.02 provides goal-based workload management.
Documentation For additional information about WLM, see the following: • • • The wlm(5) manpage, which provides a list of all the manpages in its SEE ALSO section The WLM website at http://www.hp.com/go/wlm (the “Information library” page provides white papers) The following documents, available at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netsys/ index.html#HP-UX%20Workload%20Manager — HP-UX Workload Manager User's Guide — HP-UX Workload Manager A.03.02.
Utilization Provider The Utilization Provider version A.01.06.03.01 is a lightweight daemon (utild) that records system-utilization data on a 5-minute interval. System-utilization data includes: CPU, memory, disk, & network. This product also includes a WBEM provider for access to the utilization data. Summary of Change The Utilization Provider for HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) has been updated to a new version number to correct errors in the previous release (version A.01.06.02.
HP System Management Homepage HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux, and Windows operating systems. Summary of Change HP System Management Homepage for HP-UX has been updated to version A.2.2.7 to incorporate defect fixes. For more information, see the HP System Management Homepage Release Notes, available at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html.
The HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups tool (ugweb) can be launched from SAM, from the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH), or from the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). Summary of Change This release supports SHA 512-based password hashing in HP-UX. Impact SHA-based password hashing is now supported. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known performance issues.
Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation For further information, see the following: • • Product online help Manpages: — kcweb(1M) — kcalarm(1M) — kcmond(1M) — kconfig(5) — kconfig(1M) — kcmodule(1M) — kctune(1M) — kclog(1M) — kcpath(1M) — kcusage(1M) — system(4) • Managing Systems and Workgroups manual for this release, available at http://www.docs.hp.com (navigate to 11i v2, then to System Administration). Obsolescence Not applicable.
Documentation For further information, see the following: • • • Peripheral Devices Manager Online Help pdweb(1M) manpage sam(1M) and smh(1M) manpages Obsolescence Not applicable. Ignite-UX Ignite-UX version C.7.4 is an HP-UX administration toolset that allows you to: • • • • Monitor and manage the simultaneous installation of HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11), 11i v2 (B.11.23), and 11i v3 (B.11.31) on multiple PA-RISC and Itanium-based clients on your network.
The following white papers are available on the Ignite-UX Information Library web page, http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/infolib.
Documentation For further information, see the following Online Diagnostics documents, available at http://docs.hp.com/en/diag: • • • • • • • Diagnostics Documentation Read This First Diagnostics Overview Guide Administrator’s and User’s Guide for OnlineDiag (EMS, STM) STM, EMS Table of Versions STM Patch Descriptions STM Release Notes EMS Release Notes Obsolescence Not applicable.
Impact You can continue to reliably perform software deployment operations. Compatibility SD remains compatible across all supported releases Performance Performance is the same as previous releases. Documentation For further information, see the following: • • Website: http://docs.hp.com/en/SD Primary manpage: sd(5) Obsolescence Not applicable.
Impact There is no impact. Compatibility You can now use the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 to run SPB without any compatibility issue. Performance Java Swing behavior may cause navigational inconsistencies when running SPB through an X emulator. If your mouse click behavior setting is too slow, it can prevent SPB from buffering all mouse clicks. This could potentially lead to data loss. The SPB product release notes contain a detailed procedure for correcting this performance issue.
Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation For further information, see the following documents, available at http://docs.hp.com/en/diag: • • • • • • System Fault Management Administrator's Guide SFM Release Notes SFM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) SFM Provider Data Sheets SFM Patch Descriptions SFM Tables of Versions Obsolescence Not applicable. Update-UX The update-ux command updates the HP-UX operating system to a newer version.
This product is based on The Open Group (TOG) Pegasus Open Source Software (OSS) project (http://www.openpegasus.org/). Summary of Change HP WBEM Services for HP-UX has been updated to version A.02.05.08 to incorporate defect fixes. For more information, see the HP WBEM Services for HP-UX Release Notes, available at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html. Impact There are no known impacts other than those previously listed. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues.
The following features are supported by the FC Provider: • Supports Consolidated Status Provider (CSP) feature This feature reports the overall health status of the FC-HBA subsystem in the managed node. • Supports Indication Provider (FC-IP) feature This feature generates indications whenever the events of interest occur in the Fibre Channel subsystems. Summary of Change The provider version has changed to 11.23.0712 from 11.23.0706.
Impact There is no impact. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation Complete information is in the IOTreeIndication provider product data sheet, available at the following location: http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html#HP%20WBEM%20Services Obsolescence Not applicable.
Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation The following documents are available at http://docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html#HP%20WBEM%20Services: • • • • HP-UX WBEM kcmodule Provider Datasheet HP-UX WBEM kctunable Provider Datasheet HP-UX WBEM Kernel Provider Release Notes HP-UX WBEM Swap Provider Datasheet Obsolescence Not applicable. HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider (WBEMP-LAN-00) is a CIM Provider for Ethernet-based LAN technologies on HP-UX operating system.
Documentation For more information about the LAN Provider modules, see the following documents installed on your system: • • • /opt/lanprovider/doc/HPUX_LANProvider.pdf /opt/lanprovider/doc/HPUX_LANIndProvider.pdf /opt/lanprovider/doc/HPUX_LANCSPProvider.pdf Obsolescence Not applicable. HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider The HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider is an HP-UX WBEM provider. It enables WBEM client applications to retrieve information about the HP-UX LVM subsystem on the HP-UX server.
Summary of Change RAIDSA-PROVIDER has been updated with quality improvements and with a defect fix. Impact The configure script / unconfigure script exits without registering with the provider if the cimserver is not running or starting on the target system. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known performance issues.
Obsolescence Not applicable. HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider The HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider is an HP-UX WBEM provider for SCSI host-bus adapters (HBAs). The WBEM clients use the SCSI Provider to retrieve SCSI host-bus adapter attributes, such as port properties and host-bus adapter parameters. This product requires WBEM services version number A.02.05 to be installed on HP-UX 11i v2 system. The SCSI Provider supports Consolidated Status Provider (CSP) feature.
6 Disk and File Management What is in This Chapter? This chapter covers directory, file system, and disk management, including the following: • • • “HP CIFS Server” (page 138) “HP-UX Memory File System” (page 138) “HP-UX Parallel Umounts” (page 139) What is in This Chapter? 137
HP CIFS Server The HP CIFS Server product implements many Windows Server features on HP-UX. The Microsoft Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, sometimes called Server Message Block (SMB), is a Windows network protocol for remote file access. Because the HP CIFS Server gives HP-UX access to the CIFS protocol, it enables HP-UX systems to interoperate with PC clients running Microsoft Windows NT, XP, 2000/2003 and HP-UX machines running HP CIFS Client software.
NOTE: MemFS is a Software Pack (SPK) product available on the web. It is not available on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments (OEs) media. For more information, see “Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v2 Core Enhancements)” (page 34). Summary of Change MemFS v2 on HP-UX 11iv2 differs from MemFS v1 on HP-UX 11iv2 in the following ways: • • • • • • It does not require a separate swap device. It will implicitly use the system swap device for swapping.
NOTE: HP-UX Parallel Umounts is a Software Pack (SPK) product available on the web. It is not available on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments (OEs) media. For more information, see “Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v2 Core Enhancements)” (page 34). Summary of Change This new product implements parallel unmounts. This will make umountall(1M) work quickly. The mounted file systems will get unmounted in parallel, waiting only for dependent mount points.
7 Internet and Networking What is in This Chapter? This chapter describes new and changed Internet and networking functionality supported by the HP-UX 11i v2 release, including the following: • • • “Browsers” (page 142) “HP-UX Mobile IPv4” (page 143) “HP-UX Web Server Suite” (page 143) — “HP-UX Apache-based Web Server” (page 144) — “HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine” (page 145) — “HP-UX Webmin-based Admin” (page 145) • “Internet Services” (page 146) — “BIND” (page 146) • • “LDAP-UX Integration” (page 1
Browsers Mozilla is an open source web and email applications suite. The Firefox browser sets a new standard for internet browsing by providing an easier and more personal way to use the Internet. The Thunderbird email application provides convenient, customizable, rich-featured email access. Firefox/Thunderbird uses the new open-source windowing toolkit Gnome 2.6 GTK+ libraries for HP-UX on HP PA-RISC 11i v1 (11.11) and 11i v2 (11.23), and HP Integrity 11i v2 (11.23).
HP-UX Mobile IPv4 HP-UX Mobile IPv4, version A.03.01, provides mobility support for mobile devices to migrate from their home network to other networks, either within the same administrative domain or to other administrative domains on the Internet. Summary of Change Mobile IPv4 A.03.01 is now available as an optional product in the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments. To install Mobile IPv4 A.03.01, you must select the Mobile IPv4 A.03.01 product while installing the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments.
Installation Requirements The following requirements must be fulfilled before certain components/features will work. See the following documentation section for the location of further information. • Building Apache DSOs using apxs depends on Perl installed at /opt/perl/bin/perl. • Fast Perl scripts and Apache modules written in Perl require mod_perl to be configured and Perl 5.8.8 (available with the Operating Environment) to be installed. • HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine requires Java 1.4 or later.
Documentation See “Documentation” (page 144). Obsolescence Not applicable. HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine provides you with Java-based extensions for dynamic content generation via Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs). Summary of Change Tomcat has been upgraded to version 5.5.23 as primarily a security release and defect fix release. Impact This is primarily a security and defect-fix release. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues.
Obsolescence Not applicable. Internet Services Internet Services delivers and supports the networking services considered essential to HP-UX system administrators interoperating in a network based on the TCP/IP framework. These networking services include: • • • • • FTP r-commands (such as rcp, rlogin, remsh) mailers (such as mailx, elm, sendmail) DNS/BIND routing services (gated, mrouted and ramD) BIND BIND is a Berkeley implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS).
authentication, authorization, user data and account management. The LDAP-UX Integration product includes the following subcomponents: • • • LDAP-UX Client Services LDAP-UX Client Administration Tools and Migration Scripts NIS/LDAP Gateway Server LDAP-UX Client Services contains pam_authz and the Mozilla LDAP C Software Development Kit (SDK) two subcomponents.
Also refer to the following new manpages: • • • • • ldapuglist(1M) ldapugadd(1M) ldapugmod(1M) ldapugdel(1M) ldapcfinfo(1M) Obsolescence Not applicable. Red Hat Directory Server for HP-UX HP provides an industry-standard centralized directory service to build your intranet or extranet on.
8 Security What is in This Chapter? This chapter covers changes and enhancements to security services, including the following: • • • • • • • “HP-UX Bastille and Install Time Security” (page 150) “HP-UX IPFilter” (page 151) “HP-UX Secure Shell” (page 152) “HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration ” (page 152) “HP-UX Software Assistant” (page 153) “Kerberos Client” (page 154) “OpenSSL” (page 155) What is in This Chapter? 149
HP-UX Bastille and Install Time Security HP-UX Bastille trade-offs A tool that configures a system to be more secure based on functionality/security Install Time Security Install Time Security (ITS) leverages the product above to secure a system at installation time.
HP-UX IPFilter HP-UX IPFilter, product number 15.01 (A.11.23.15.01 for HP-UX 11.23), is a TCP/IP packet filter suitable for use as a system firewall to protect application servers. Summary of Change • • • • The Dynamic Connection Allocation (DCA) feature now supports IPv6 rules. The ipftest utility now supports IPv6 rules. The kernel tunable parameter, icmp6_passthru.
HP-UX Secure Shell HP-UX Secure Shell A.04.50.20, A.04.50.21, and A.04.50.22, based on OpenSSH 4.5p1, offers transparent encrypted security for HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3. The client/server architecture supports the SSH-1 and SSH-2 protocols and provides secured remote login, file transfer, and remote command execution. Following lists the availability of HP-UX Secure Shell products on HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3: • • • A.04.50.20 - HP-UX 11i v1 A.04.50.21 - HP-UX 11i v2 A.04.50.
• • Configure per-user values of security attributes of NIS users from the NIS Users tab. Preview commands that support the GUI actions, prior to execution. You can launch the tool from HP System Management Homepage (SMH), HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM), or by running the secweb(1M) command. Summary of Change The Security Attributes Configuration text user interface (TUI) now supports form-based inputs. That is, unlike earlier, the user can view and enter all the data fields in a single form.
The SWA manpages describe the commands and provide examples. For HP-UX releases, the manpages are available from the command line using the man swa command: • swa(1M) • swa-report(1M) • swa-get(1M) • swa-step(1M) • swa-clean(1M) The HP-UX Software Assistant Release Notes provides the features and functionality of the latest release, and known problems.
• • • • klist(1) kpasswd(1) kvno(1) ktutil(1) Obsolescence Not applicable. OpenSSL OpenSSL versions A.00.09.07l.006 supporting HP-UX 11i v1, A.00.09.07l.007 supporting HP-UX 11i v2, and A.00.09.08d.003 supporting HP-UX 11i v3 are based on the open source OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.8d products. OpenSSL offers a general-purpose cryptography library and implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols.
9 Commands and System Calls What is in This Chapter? This chapter usually includes information about new and changed commands and system calls. Topics in this chapter are unchanged for the December 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For a summary of changes in previous releases of HP-UX 11i v2, see Chapter 3: “What is New at a Glance” (page 39).
10 Libraries and Programming What is in This Chapter? This chapter covers a variety of changes of particular interest to programmers, such as changes to compilers, editors, and libraries, including the following: • “Java 2 Standard Edition Platform” (page 160) — “JDK, JRE, and Plug-In for HP-UX for the Java Platform” (page 160) — “Java Out-of-Box” (page 161) What is in This Chapter? 159
Java 2 Standard Edition Platform Java™ 2 Standard Edition (J2SE™) products for HP-UX provide solutions to develop or deploy Java applications with the best performance on HP-UX systems. JDK, JRE, and Plug-In for HP-UX for the Java Platform HP-UX Software Development Kit and Runtime Environment for the Java™ 2 Standard Edition Platform (SDK/RTE) provides the Java 2 programming tools and runtime environment which allow you to deploy Java technology with the best performance on systems running HP-UX 11i.
Documentation For the latest documentation, refer to the Java Technology for HP-UX 11i Web site at http://hp.com/go/java and select information library in the left navigation bar. Obsolescence Upon installation of the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments, SDK/RTE 1.2 and 1.3 are obsolete and are removed by ObsJava12 (Obsolescence for Java 1.2 [1.0.02]) and ObsJava13 (Obsolescence for Java 1.3 [1.0.03]), respectively.
11 Internationalization What is in This Chapter? This chapter usually describes internationalization functionality. Topics in this chapter are unchanged for the December 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For a summary of changes in previous releases of HP-UX 11i v2, see Chapter 3: “What is New at a Glance” (page 39).
12 Other Functionality What is in This Chapter? This chapter usually describes other new and changed operating-system software functionality. Topics in this chapter are unchanged for the December 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For a summary of changes in previous releases of HP-UX 11i v2, see Chapter 3: “What is New at a Glance” (page 39).
