HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 Release Notes (Edition 3)

3 What is new
This chapter provides a quick overview of what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted in
each HP-UX 11i v3 release.
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 release” (page 13)
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2010 release” (page 21)
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2010 release” (page 28)
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2009 release” (page 34)
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 release” (page 38)
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2008 release” (page 44)
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2008 release” (page 51)
• “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 release” (page 57)
• “What is new in the initial (February 2007) HP-UX 11i v3 release” (page 62)
“What is New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005” (page 62)◦
◦ “What is New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006” (page 75)
NOTE:
About defect fixes
In general, information about defect fixes is not provided in the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For
details of defect fixes, refer to the product's own documentation (such as product release notes).
About known problems
For information about known problems that relate to the installation and update of HP-UX 11i v3,
see the following document for the current release. The most recent version of the document can
be found at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs.
• HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide (see Appendix A: “Known install and update
problems”)
For information about product-specific known problems, refer to the product's own documentation
(such as product release notes).
About manpages
The most current HP-UX manpages are installed with the product or patch and can be viewed using
the man command. In addition, starting with the HP-UX September 2010 release, most manpages
are available on the BSC in the following location:
http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the March 2011 release of HP-UX 11i
v3 differs from the September 2010 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or sections in the remainder of this document.
Hardware-specific information
• CommonIO: Packages multiple products which support SAS and Fibre Channel adapters, and
is always installed. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See the HP
CommonIO B.11.31.1103 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
• Hardware Enablement Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Provides support for new
HP Integrity Server Blades, along with HP-UX support for older HP servers using PA8900
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