HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 Release Notes

NOTE:
About defect fixes and patches
In general, detailed 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.
The HP-UX 11i v3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles (QPK) deliver highly qualified defect-fix patches and
are included with each Operating Environment Update Release (OEUR). For more information,
including the location of QPK documentation, see “HP-UX 11i v3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles”
(page 114).
Patches might be released between OEURs. HP recommends you register your product with
Subscriber's Choice at http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html. (Under “Self Help,”
select Subscription services.) After registering, you will receive email notification with driver, support,
and security alerts, plus software updates customized to your HP products.
About known problems
For information about known problems related to the installation and update of HP-UX 11i v3, see
Appendix A: “Harmless messages and known problems” in the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and
Update Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3. Be sure to select the appropriate
version for your release.
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 (select HP-UX Clickable Index of Manpages)
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the September 2012 release of HP-UX
11i v3 differs from the March 2012 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or the sections in the remainder of this document.
September 2012 Release Notes, 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 HP CommonIO
B.11.31.1209 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs.
• HP Insight Control power management: Version 7.1 includes Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD)
support for Gen8 servers through HP Intelligent PDU (iPDU). See HP Insight Control Release
Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Includes new HP-UX
11i v3 (11.31) patches for support of the current HP Integrity systems with the latest I/O
adapters, networking, and storage products. New patches were also added for improved
multi-threaded environment support, improved performance, and support for the Intel Itanium
9500 Processor Series. See “Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 ” (page 110).
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEthr-01: Contains the icxgbe driver, which supports certain 10 Gigabit Ethernet
cards. Updated with quality improvements. See 10GigEthr-01 (icxgbe) Ethernet Driver
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Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3. For more information about supported cards, see HP-UX
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