HP-UX 11i Version 2 March 2004 Release Notes

What’s New at a Glance

What’s New in the March 2004 Release?

Chapter 3

What’s New in the March 2004 Release?

The following changes pertain to the March 2004 HP-UX 11i v2 release. For further

information, see the indicated pages in the remainder of this document.

Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information” (see page 45)

• Hardware Enablement Program added to support new systems, processors, and I/O

adapters. Support for optical devices updated. (See “Hardware Enablement

Program” on page 46.)

• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers:

— FibrChanl-00 driver bundle updated to incorporate defect fixes.. (See

“FibrChanl-00” on page 51.)

— FibrChanl-01 driver bundle now supports the A6826A card. (See

“FibrChanl-01” on page 52.)

— FibrChanl-01 and GigEther-01 driver bundles now support the A9782A and

A9784A cards. (See “FibrChanl-01” on page 52 and “GigEther-01” on page 49.)

— GigEther-01 driver bundle now supports the A7109A card. (See “GigEther-01”

on page 49.)

— IEther-00 driver bundle now supports the A7011A and A7012A cards. (See

“IEther-01” on page 50.)

— RAID-01 driver bundle now supports the A9890A card. (See “RAID-01” on

page 52.)

— The scsiU320-00 driver bundle added to pre-enable cards to be released in the

future. (See “scsiU320-00” on page 52.)

•On Demand Solutions:

— Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) updated to version 6.01 to incorporate

defect fixes. (See “Instant Capacity on Demand” on page 53.)

— Pay Per Use (PPU) updated to version 6.04 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Pay

Per Use” on page 54.)

• Xserver updated to version B.11.23.01 with support for multiple graphics cards. (See

“Xserver” on page 56.)

Chapter 5: “General System Administration” (see page 59)

• Diagnostics (Online):

— EMS Hardware Monitor added to monitor the operation of the iSCSI Software

Initiator. IPMI Event Viewer Web Interface Tool added. (See “Diagnostics” on

page 60.)

• HP Partitioning:

— HP Process Resource Manager updated to version C.02.02 with support of a

version option, support of SSL encryption of login/password data, more

consistent syslog messaging, and other changes. (See “HP Process Resource

Manager” on page 62.)