HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

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).
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle (HWEnable11i): Includes patches for support with
Intel® Integrity® Family 9100 Processors and PCIe SAS I/O adapters in HP Integrity Servers,
and Mezzanine I/O adapters for HP Server Blades. See “Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle
for HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)” (page 90).
• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition Client: Version A.03.95.510.46.03 has defect fixes. See
“HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition” (page 91).
• “Networking and Mass Storage Drivers” (page 92)
— 10GigEthr-00: Now supports new network card AD385A. Supports Accelerated
Virtual I/O (AVIO) to significantly improve HPVM I/O performance. See “10GigEthr-00
(10 Gigabit Ethernet)” (page 94).
— FibrChanl-00: Updated to version B.11.23.0712. The (td) driver includes a defect fix.
See “FibrChanl-00 (HP PCI Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel Driver)” (page 95).
— FibrChanl-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. See “FibrChanl-01 (Fibre Channel
Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2)” (page 96).
— FibrChanl-02: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. HP strongly recommends all users
of fibre channel HBAs claimed by the fclp driver (AD299A or AD355A) should upgrade
to version B.11.23.0712 or later. See “FibrChanl-02 (Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver
for HP-UX 11i v2)” (page 99).
— GigEther-01: Supports Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) to significantly improve HPVM
I/O performance. See “GigEther-01 (Gigabit Ethernet Networking Driver Bundle)”
(page 92).
— IEther-00: Supports Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) to significantly improve HPVM
I/O performance. Supports PCIe 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Mezzanine Card on HP Integrity
BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures and BL870c Server Blade. See “IEther-00
(Gigabit Ethernet Networking Driver Bundle)” (page 93).
— RAID-01: Updated with quality improvements. See “RAID-01” (page 97).
— scsiU320-00: Updated with quality improvements. See “scsiU320-00” (page 97).
— SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements. See “SerialSCSI-00” (page 98).
— USB-00: Updated to version C.01.04.07 so the operating system install from local USB
devices will be faster. See “USB-00” (page 98).
• PCI Error Handling: Updated to add support for the PCI/PCI-X slots available on rx3300
and rx6600 and for the PCIe slots available with the upgraded I/O backplanes and extenders
for rx7640, rx8640, and Integrity Superdome sx2000. (This is a Software Pack product available
on the Application Release [AR] media and on the web.) See “PCI Error Handling” (page 100).
• “Utility Pricing Solutions” (page 103)
— HP Instant Capacity: Updated to version B.11.23.08.03.00. Support for vPars A.03.05
and support for the integrated virtual partition environment on HP-UX 11i v1 systems.
The icapstatus command now displays the fill iCAP version number, and more.
GiCAP Disaster Recovery allows customers to transfer usage rights to other group
members when a member is unavailable. See “HP Instant Capacity” (page 103).
Chapter 5 (page 107)
40 What is New at a Glance