HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 Release Notes

September 2012 Release Notes, Internationalization
• There are no changes in September 2012 for the products or features that are normally
documented in this section.
September 2012 Release Notes, Other functionality
• New: AioEnh: Delivers the POSIX AIO functionality by modifying the aio_reap(2) system call
so it waits for the outstanding AIO requests to become equal to the specified number of AIO
requests. Added to all OEs as an optional (selectable) product. See “AioEnh” (page 124).
• New: PCIInfo-00: Added to all OEs as a recommended (default-installed) product to support
HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM).
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the March 2012 release of HP-UX 11i
v3 differs from the September 2011 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or the chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2012 Release Notes,
available in its most current version at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
March 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.11.31.1203 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs.
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Includes new HP-UX
11i v3 (11.31) patches for support of current HP Integrity systems with the latest I/O adapters,
networking, and storage products. New patches were also added for improved debugging,
better event handling, error records persistence, enhanced machine information reports, soft
reboot feature enablement, improved performance, and support on the latest Intel Itanium
processors in currently-shipping HP Integrity systems.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEthr-02: Contains the iexgbe driver. Updated with quality improvements. For
further information, including the products supported by this bundle, see 10GigEthr-02
◦
(iexgbe) B.11.31.1203 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ 10GigEthr-03: Contains the iocxgbe driver. Updated with quality improvements. For
further information, including the products supported by this bundle, see 10GigEthr-03
(iocxgbe) B.11.31.1203 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-01: Contains the driver fcd for use with Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs.
Updated with quality improvements. For further information, see FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre
Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on
supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix.
Both documents are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-02: Contains the driver fclp for use with Fibre Channel HBAs. Updated
with quality improvements. For more information, see FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel
Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards,
see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents
are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-03: Contains the driver fcoc for use with Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
HBAs. Updated with quality improvements. For more information, see FibrChanl-03 (fcoc)
Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on
supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix.
Both documents are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
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