HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

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.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
— HyprFabrc-00: Updated to support large user count. Erratum: At the initial release
of HP-UX 11i v2, the/opt/clic/bin/clic_probe superseded the
/opt/clic/bin/clic_ping utility.
— scsiU320-00: Updated to version B.11.23.0603 with disablement of Quick Arbitration
and Selection (QAS), significantly reducing the occurrence of any SCSI-related issues
seen in a mixed speed disk configuration.
— SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements. Added in December 2005 to
support future cards.
— USB-00: Updated to version C.01.03.01 with various quality improvements from
previous releases, a dynamically managed device file system, and USB mass storage
encryption support.
• New Product: PCI Error Handling: Allows an HP-UX system to avoid a Machine Check
Abort (MCA) or a High Priority Machine Check (HPMC) if a PCI error occurs. Now available
on Software Pack media.
March 2006 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration”
• Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. Now
delivered as a default-installed product on all OEs, including the TCOE.
• Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Included documentation for version B.03.00 has been
updated to include support for the VERITAS Cluster File System (CFS) in selected HP
Serviceguard Storage Management Suite bundles.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Added new patches for VERITAS and
Infiniband.
• HP Partitioning
— HP Global Workload Manager: CMS updated to version A.01.01.02 with changes, new
features, and defect fixes for a more robust product. The CMS is now delivered via HP
Software Depot at http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot.
— HP Process Resource Manager: Updated to version C.03.01 with integration with HP
SIM and ability to control shared memory. Now works inside HP Integrity Virtual
Machines.
— HP-UX Virtual Partitions: Updated to version A.04.02 with flexible administration
capabilities, additional CPU support, and customer-requested fixes. Purchased
separately.
NOTE: Correction: HP-UX Virtual Partitions version A.04.02 does not provide tape
device support on PA-RISC servers and DRD integration, as was previously documented
in the HP-UX 11i v2 March 2006 Release Notes.
— HP-UX Workload Manager: Updated to version A.03.01 with more flexibility in process
placement, more workload groups, and more management combinations.
— HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits: Updated to version A.01.09 with an SAP Toolkit
to simplify integration between SAP and WLM.
— PRM Libraries: PRM-Sw-Krn fileset has been updated to version C.01.04 to incorporate
defect fixes.
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