HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes

Workstation- and Server-Specific Information
Always-Installed Networking Drivers
Chapter 4
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GigEther-00, GigEther-01, and IEther-00 (Gigabit Ethernet)
For Gigabit Ethernet, HP-UX 11i v2 supplies the GigEther-00, GigEther-01, and
IEther-00 driver bundles, which supply the gelan, igelan, and iether drivers,
respectively.
Summary of Change
The May 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v2 include the following changes:
•The igelan and iether drivers are now at version B.11.23.0505. The gelan driver
remains at version B.11.23.05.
• Introductory HP-UX release of the following new networking cards:
— AB290A PCI-X 2-Port U320 SCSI / 2-Port 1000Base-T Adapter (supported by the
iether and mpt drivers)
1
— AB465A PCI-X Multifunction 2-Port 2Gb FC / 2-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
(supported by the igelan and fcd drivers)
2
— AB545A PCI-X 4-Port 1000Base-T Adapter (supported by the iether driver)
GigEther-01 igelan A9784A
PCI-X 2Gb Fibre Channel/1000Base-T
(Copper) Combination Card
HPUXBaseOS btlan A5230A PCI 10/100Base-TX card for servers
HPUXBaseOS btlan A5506B PCI 4-port 10/100Base-TX card
HPUXBaseOS btlan A5838A PCI Combination Dual port
10/100Base-TX and Wide Ultra2 SCSI card
IEther-00 iether A7011A PCI-X 2-Port 1000Base-SX (Fibre) card
IEther-00 iether A7012A PCI-X 2-Port 1000Base-T (Copper) card
IEther-00 and
scsiU320-00
iether and mpt AB290A PCI-X 2-Port U320 SCSI / 2-Port
1000Base-T Adapter
IEther-00 iether AB545A PCI-X 4-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
a. 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. Cards released after the
publication of this document may be supported but not shown in this table.
Table 4-1 Always-Installed Networking Drivers
a
(Continued)
Bundle Driver
Card
Number
Description
1. See also “scsiU320-00” on page 85.
2. See also “FibrChanl-01 (Fibre Channel)” on page 83.