HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

Hardware-Specific Information

Finding Firmware Information

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• HP Integrity rx6600 server

•HP Integrity rx76x0/rx86x0 servers

• HP Integrity Superdome server

• HP BladeSystems Itanium BL60p server

• HP servers with “Dual-Core Intel Itanium (2) processor 9000 sequence”

— HP Integrity rx2620 server (2 sockets) with zx1 chipset

— HP Integrity rx4640 server (4 sockets) with zx1 chipset

— HP Integrity rx7640 server (8 sockets) with sx2000 chipset

— HP Integrity rx8640 server (16 sockets) with sx2000 chipset

— HP Superdome server (16 sockets) with sx2000 chipset

— HP Superdome server (32 sockets) with sx2000 chipset

— HP Superdome server (64 sockets) with sx2000 chipset

IMPORTANT For information about a known problem involving the rx7640 and rx8640 servers and

the automated management of nPartitions and virtual partitions on HP-UX 11i v2, see

the Read Before Installing or Updating HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 at

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/index.html.

Finding Firmware Information

Firmware changes frequently. Make sure your system has the latest firmware installed

to support, for example, the latest versions of I/O adapters, mass storage devices, and

devices used when you install from media or a network depot.

• For a matrix of system firmware for PCI I/O adapters and HP-UX 11i boot support,

as well as the minimum firmware requirements for HP-UX 11i v2, refer to the

documents at http://docs.hp.com/en/hw.html#System%20Firmware

• For the latest HP-UX 11i firmware updates, go to the IT Resource Center (ITRC)

Web site at http://itrc.hp.com.

products, then patch/firmware database.

If you have to patch your firmware, the ITRC provides a patch database to search, as

well as patch documentation that provides information on how to patch the

firmware.

1. The HWEnable11i bundle for June 2006 includes HP-UX support for the future

release of these HP servers.