HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

• 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.
• System-V IPC Kernel Tunable Parameter (semmap)(Obsolete): The memory allocation of
semaphore sets previously controlled by semmap is now done dynamically by the kernel.
The semmap kernel parameter is no longer tunable.
• System-V IPC Kernel Tunable Parameter (semmsl): Minimum value now 1; default value
2048; upper limit remains 10240.
• The update-ux Command: New with HP-UX 11i v2. Allows update of the HP-UX operating
system from HP-UX 11i v1.6 (11.22) to HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23).
Initial Release Notes, Chapter 5: “Disk and File Management”
• AutoFS: Upgraded to include the features of the SUN ONC AutoFS version 2.3 product, as
well as performance enhancements, including on-demand mounting. The system C library,
libc, changed to improve AutoFS performance.
• Automounter: Obsoleted. AutoFS is the recommended replacement.
• HP CIFS Client version A.01.09: Provides defect fixes and new features, including Kerberos
authentication, integration with the system Kerberos cache, and improved interoperability
with third-party CIFS servers that do no support older SMB infolevels.
• HP CIFS Server version 2.2e: Based on Samba version 2.2.5. Incorporates new tools and new
configuration parameters.
• Logical Volume Manager (LVM): Supports SLVM in configurations of up to 16 nodes. LVM
powerfail message changed.
• VERITAS File System (VxFS/HP OnlineJFS/JFS) 3.5: New version contains new and changed
features, including new and/or enhanced tunable parameters, enhanced VxFS commands,
new I/O error handling policy, new default intent log mode, new default system block size,
VxFS system activity reporter, forced unmounts, and more. Enables creation of file systems
up to 4 TB (maximum file size is 2 TB).
• VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) 3.5: New features include VERITAS Cluster Volume
Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (purchased separately); Device Discovery Layer; SIG Licensing
Product; and VERITAS Enterprise Administrator. VxVM 3.5 offers significant enhancements
over the previous VxVM 3.1, which speed transactions, reduce processing time, and improve
bandwidth usage.
Initial Release Notes, Chapter 6: “ Internet and Networking”
• HP OSI Transport Services/9000 version C.12.00: Provides otsshownsaps(lists NSAPs
configured on OTS/9000) and expedited data transfer on RFC1006 subnet.
• HP-UX Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI): Includes enhancements to the Streams interface;
new third-party interface for non-native Streams drivers; updates to the native Stream driver
models; obsolescence of the dump read capability of lanscan; status logging for DLPI
through nettl; and other changes.
• HP-UX Web Server Suite: Includes HP-UX Apache-based Web Server, HP-UX Webmin-based
Admin, HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine, and HP-UX XML Web Server Tools. Each
component includes fixes and/or enhancements. Installation changes have been made.
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