HP-UX 11i Version 2 March 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the March 2006 Release?
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What is New in the March 2006 Release?
In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the March 2006
release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the December 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v2.
For further information, see the indicated sections in the remainder of this document.
Chapter 4: “Server-Specific Information” (see page 81)
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle: New servers with the sx2000 chipset now
qualified. (See “Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle” on page 82.)
• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition: Updated to version A.03.95.043 to
incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition” on page 83.)
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers (see page 84)
— 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release of HP-UX 11i v2, the/opt/clic/bin/clic_probe superseded the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. (See “HyprFabrc-00” on page 87.)
— 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. (See “scsiU320-00”
on page 89.)
— SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements. Added in December 2005
to support future cards. (See “SerialSCSI-00” on page 91.)
— 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. (See “USB-00” on page 90.)
• 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. (See “PCI Error Handling” on page 92.)
Chapter 5: “General System Administration” (see page 95)
• Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
Now delivered as a default-installed product on all OEs, including the TCOE. (See
“Distributed Systems Administration Utilities” on page 96.)
• 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. (See “Enterprise
Cluster Master Toolkit” on page 97.)
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Added new patches for VERITAS
and Infiniband. (See “Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i)” on
page 98.)
• HP Partitioning (see page 99)
— HP Global Workload Manager: CMS updated to version A.01.01.02 with changes,
new features, and defect fixes for a more robust product. (See “HP Global
Workload Manager” on page 99.)