HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes

Workstation- and Server-Specific Information

Selectable Mass Storage Drivers

Chapter 4

Impact

If you require multi-seat (multiple monitors) or multi-head (multiple graphics cards), or

USB hubs, you should revert to the legacy USB driver delivered as a part of the core

kernel by uninstalling this product. See the product README notes for more details.

The FEATURE11i patch bundle (delivered on the Operating Environment [OE] media)

includes required patches for the installation of the USB-00 bundle.

Selection of USB-00

(using the swinstall command) will automatically select the required patches from the

FEATURE11i bundle on existing HP-UX 11i v2 Itanium-based servers. The FEATURE11i

bundle is also always-installed for the initial installation or update to a selected OE.

Compatibility

With the exception of the X server, the new USB product will not be compatible with any

application that accesses human interface devices (HID) through the legacy HID device

special files in /dev/hid. The device special files for USB-00 are located in

/dev/deviceFileSystem. A future release will ship with a device file system, DevFS,

which will dynamically create and destroy device nodes.

Performance

There is no performance impact.

Documentation

For further information, review the product README files and the bundle INDEX file in

/var/adm/sw/products/USB-00.2/pfiles.

Obsolescence

Any version of the USB-00 with revision string B.11.23.XX is no longer supported and

should be removed from the system. Installing this revision C.01.00.00 will remove any

obsolete files and product information on the system.

Selectable Mass Storage Drivers

The following table lists the mass storage drivers that are selected during installation

rather than automatically installed. For further information, see prior editions of the

HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes, available at http://docs.hp.com.

1. See “Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (Feature11i)” on page 98.

Table 4-5 Selectable Mass Storage Drivers

Bundle Driver

Card

Number

Description

iSCSI-00 iscsi N/A iSCSI Software Initiator