HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

Hardware-Specific Information
Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
Chapter 4
89
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
The “bundle readme” document can be found on the OE media under the /DOCS/PATCH
directory or on the IT Resource Center Web site at http://itrc.hp.com.
For information on patch management, refer to the Patch Management User Guide for
HP-UX 11.x Systems, available at
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html#Patch%20Management.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
HP-UX 11i v2 includes drivers for networking and mass storage adapter cards. The
drivers are described in the following sections:
• Always-Installed Networking Drivers (see page 89)
• Selectable Networking Drivers (see page 92)
• Always-Installed Mass Storage Drivers (see page 94)
Always-Installed Networking Drivers
The following table lists networking drivers that are automatically installed and which
support hardware cards that have been released. In the remainder of this section, you
will find details about changes to these drivers and to other drivers that do not yet
support cards that have been released.
Table 4-1 Always-Installed Networking Drivers
Networking Driver
Bundle
Driver
Card
Number
Description
FDDI-00 fddi4 A3739A/B PCI FDDI card
FibrChanl-01 and
GigEther-01
fcd and igelan A9782A PCI-X 2Gb Fibre Channel/1000Base-SX
(Fibre) Combination Card