HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the September 2006 Release?
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What is New in the September 2006 Release?
In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the September 2006
release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2.
For further information, see the indicated sections in the remainder of this document.
Chapter 4: “Hardware-Specific Information” (see page 87)
• CommonIO Bundle: Updated with packaging changes. (See “SerialSCSI-00” on
page 97.)
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (HWEnable11i): Includes
future HP-UX support for PCI-Express I/O adapters, in addition to the latest
changes for the new Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 processors in the following HP
servers. (See “Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2” on page 88.)
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers (see page 89)
— FibrChanl-01: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements. (See
“FibrChanl-01” on page 95.)
— GigEther-01: Updated to version 11.23.0609 to pre-enable future technology.
(See “GigEther-00, GigEther-01, and IEther-00 (Gigabit Ethernet)” on page 91.)
— IEther-00: Updated to version 11.23.0609 to pre-enable future technology. (See
“GigEther-00, GigEther-01, and IEther-00 (Gigabit Ethernet)” on page 91.)
— New Product: PCIMUX-00: Supports the AD278A and AD279A cards. (See
“PCIMUX-00” on page 93.)
— RAID-01: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements, and defect fixes.
(See “RAID-01” on page 96.)
— scsiU320-00: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements for Ultra320
SCSI solutions. (See “scsiU320-00” on page 97.)
— SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements. (See “SerialSCSI-00” on
page 97.)
— USB-00: Updated to version C.01.04.01 with quality improvements. Now
supports the A6869A and A6869B cards. (See “USB-00” on page 98.)
• Utility Pricing Solutions (see page 101)
— HP Instant Capacity: Updated to version B.11.23.08.00.01 to incorporate defect
fixes related to powered-off cells and remote complexes. (See “HP Instant
Capacity” on page 101.)
— HP Pay per use: Updated to version B.11.23.08.00.0.01 to incorporate a defect fix.
(See “HP Pay per use” on page 102.)
Chapter 5: “General System Administration” (see page 105)
• Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: Updated to V1.2 with updated and
enhanced features to csync_wizard, enhanced consolidated logging, and a new
command, cwall, as well as other changes. (See “Distributed Systems
Administration Utilities” on page 106.)