HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes
Workstation- and 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 90.
Summary of Change
The HWEnable11i bundle includes the following updates:
• Qualified diagnostics with new DAT and LTO tape drives.
• Updated diagnostics for following new I/O cards:
— AB287A: PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet card
— AB290A: PCI-X 2-Port U320 SCSI / 2-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
— AB465A: PCI-X Multifunction 2-Port 2Gb FC / 2-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
— AB545A: PCI-X 4-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
Also note that the following I/O driver bundles have been updated:
• 10GigEthr-00 (ixgbe driver) B.11.23.04: Added support for AB287A. (See
“10GigEthr-00 (10 Gigabit Ethernet)” on page 81.)
• GigEther-01 (igelan driver) B.11.23.0505: Improved support for AB465A. (See
“GigEther-00, GigEther-01, and IEther-00 (Gigabit Ethernet)” on page 78.)
• IEther-00 (iether driver) B.11. 23.0505: Added support for AB290A, AB545A. (See
“GigEther-00, GigEther-01, and IEther-00 (Gigabit Ethernet)” on page 78.)
• scsiU320-00 (mpt driver) B.11.23.02: Improved support for AB290A. (See
“scsiU320-00” on page 85.)
• USB-00 (usb drivers) C.01.00.38: Improved USB drivers for Itanium-based servers.
(See “USB-00 (Universal Serial Bus)” on page 86.)
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 May 2005 version of this patch bundle, without doing a
complete update to the May 2005 version of HP-UX 11i v2, you must first load the
September 2004 version of HP-UX 11i v2.