HP-UX 11i Version 2 March 2006 Release Notes

Server-Specific Information
Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle
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Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle
The Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle (HWEnable11i) provides the patches required
for new systems and for add-on hardware supported on HP-UX 11i v2, including I/O
adapters and devices.
In addition to delivery on the HP-UX 11i v2 OE media, the HWEnable11i bundle is also
available on the IT Resource Center (ITRC) Web site at http://itrc.hp.com.
For help in finding firmware requirements, see “Finding Firmware Information” on
page 94.
Summary of Change
With this release of HP-UX 11i v2, the following new servers with the sx2000 chipset
have been qualified:
• HP Integrity rx7640-16 server (8 sockets) with 1.6GHz/9MB Intel Itanium 2
processor
• HP Integrity rx8640-32 server (16 sockets) with 1.6GHz/9MB Intel Itanium 2
processor
• HP Superdome server SD16B (16 sockets) with 1.6GHz/9MB Intel Itanium 2
processor
• HP Superdome server SD32B (32 sockets) with 1.6GHz/9MB Intel Itanium 2
processor
• HP Superdome server SD64B (64 sockets) with 1.6GHz/9MB Intel Itanium 2
processor
Impact
With each release of the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environment (OE) media, HP updates
this bundle with required patches for new hardware.
Compatibility
If you choose to load only the March 2006 version of this patch bundle, without doing a
complete update to the March 2006 version of HP-UX 11i v2, you must first load the
September 2004 version of HP-UX 11i v2.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
The “bundle readme” document can be found on the OE media under the /DOCS/PATCH
directory, or on the IT Resource Center Web site at http://itrc.hp.com.