HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the September 2004 Release?
Chapter 3
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What is New in
September 2004
for Existing
Customers of
HP-UX 11i v2
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific
Information”
• HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition: New with this release of HP-UX 11i v2.
• HP StorageWorks Secure Path V3.0E for HP-UX: Provides EVA Boot and Dump
support on HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 and later releases.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
— Always-Installed Networking Drivers:
— Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet: Includes TCP Segmentation Offload
(TSO) support for iether and igelan drivers; 64-bit MIB statistics support;
HP-UX LAN provider support; Virtual LAN (VLAN) support.
— Selectable Networking Drivers:
— HyperFabric: Now supports a transparent local failover feature.
— PCI ATM: Support for A5513A (155 Mbps ATM adapter over MMF) available
on I/O expander slots of rp8400 platform.
— PCI Token Ring: Deprecated and planned for future obsolescence.
— Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers:
— disc3 Driver: Obsolete.
— FibrChnl-00: Online diagnostic tool changed to support A6826A.
— FibrChnl-01: An option has been added to the fcmsutil utility that updates
the EFI driver stored in the flash ROM of an A6826A HBA port.
— HP-UX Ultra320 SCSI Driver: Updated with quality and diagnostic
improvements for Ultra320 SCSI solutions, including core and add-on HP
adapters.
— RAID-01: Delivers the driver ciss, which supports A7143A, A9890A, and
A9891A cards.
— SCSI Drivers: Cards A4800A, A5159A, and A5159B obsoleted.
— Selectable Mass Storage Drivers:
— HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator: Now available on HP-UX 11i v2.
• Online Addition and Replacement (OL* or OLAR): Now available for both PA-RISC
and Itanium-based systems.
•On Demand Solutions:
— Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) 6.03: Incremented from version 6.01 to
incorporate defect fixes.
— Pay Per Use B.07.00: Updated so that either pricing model can be used as the
metric and so that a processor cap can be specified, as well as other changes.
• Secure Path V3.0E for HP-UX: Provides EVA Boot and Dump support on HP-UX 11i
v2 September 2004 and later releases.
• Supported Servers and Workstations: Many 64-bit PA-RISC servers are supported
on this release. No 32-bit servers are supported. PA-RISC workstations are not
supported.