HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

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.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information”
• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition: Formerly delivered on the HP-UX 11i v1 Support
Plus media; now available with this release on HP-UX 11i v2.
• HP StorageWorks Command View SDM v1.08.00: Supports HP-UX 11i v2 on Itanium®-based
platforms only. Near the release of HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004, a version of CVSDM to
support HP-UX 11i v2 on PA-RISC platforms will be available on the Web.
• HP StorageWorks Secure Path V3.0E for HP-UX: Provides EVA Boot and Dump support on
HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 and later releases.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Driver Development Kit: Enhanced to support the current release of HP-UX
11i v2. Includes sample drivers and makefiles, as well as driver development tools for both
PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems, and other enhancements.
• HP-UX 3D Graphics Run Time Environment and Developer's Kit: Modules for
hardware-accelerated OpenGL rendering removed because PA-RISC Workstations are not
supported by this release. OpenGL rendering to remote displays supported via GLX protocol
and HP Virtual Memory Driver.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers:
— Always-Installed Networking Drivers:
◦ Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet: Includes TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)
support for iether and igelan drivers; 64-bit MIB statistics support; HP-UX
LAN provider support.
◦ PCI FDDI: Enhanced to provide the FDDI network connectivity from
Itanium®-based platforms, in addition to existing PA-RISC platforms. Deprecated
and planned for future obsolescence.
— Selectable Networking Drivers:
◦ HyperFabric: Now supports a transparent local failover feature.
◦ PCI ATM: Support for A5513A (155 Mbps ATM adapter over MMF) available on
IO expander slots of rp8400 platform.
◦ PCI Token Ring: Now available on Itanium®-based 64-bit platforms, in addition
to existing PA-RISC platforms. Deprecated and planned for future obsolescence.
— Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers:
◦ disc3 Driver: Obsolete.
◦ Fibre Channel Tachlite Driver: Supports A6795A, A5158A. Boot support provided.
Online diagnostic tool changed to support A6826A. Supports Interrupt Migration
and OLAR.
◦ FibrChnl-01: Default interrupt delay settings tuned to improve performance.
◦ HP-UX Ultra320 SCSI Driver: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements
for Ultra320 SCSI solutions, including core and add-on HP adapters.
◦ RAID-01: Delivers the driver ciss, which supports the A7143A, A9890A, and
A9891A cards.
◦ SCSI Drivers: Support limited to PCI cards. New cards A5149A and A5838A
supported, with limitations on Intel® Itanium®. HVD cards A4800A, A5159A, and
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