HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

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).
Documentation
• For related 10 Gigabit Ethernet documents on the HP website, please see http://docs.hp.com
(navigate to I/O Cards and Networking Software, then to 10 Gigabit Ethernet).
• To see what’s changed from one release to the next, see the 10GigEther-00 driver’s release
history. It is located on http://docs.hp.com (navigate to I/O Cards and Networking Software,
then to 10 Gigabit Ethernet).
• For the list of supported systems, please see the HP-UX Ethernet Driver Support Matrix located
on http://docs.hp.com (navigate to I/O Cards and Networking Software, then to 10 Gigabit
Ethernet).
• For the online manual page, see nwmgr_ixgbe(1M).
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers
This release includes changes to the following always-installed mass storage drivers.
“Always-installed” means that the drivers are automatically installed during HP-UX installation.
NOTE: The FEATURE11i bundle, which is normally installed by default on the 11i OE media,
provides the patches that are required for the installation of these mass storage bundles. When
updating an existing 11i system, you can install the FEATURE11i bundle and the desired mass
storage bundle from the OE media in the same install session to meet software dependencies.
In addition to currently supported cards, the swlist report may contain the product numbers
of cards that have been “pre-enabled,” but have not been released yet.
For the most current information on supported I/O cards, see the set of Support Matrixes available
on the I/O Cards and Networking Software Web page at
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html. At the top of the page, click the link for the
card technology you are interested in, then scroll down to the Support Matrixes heading. If a
support matrix for your card technology is unavailable, check the card’s user guide or release
notes.
FibrChanl-00 (HP PCI Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel Driver)
The HP PCI Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel (td) driver manages the A6795A and A5158A
PCI single-port host bus adapters (HBAs) that utilize the Tachyon TL/TS and XL2 chips
respectively.
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