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

◦ IB4X-00 Driver for Infiniband: Version B.11.31.1103 provides support for new cards.
See IB4X-00 Driver for InfiniBand Release Notes Version Number B.11.31.1103 (March
2011) and HP Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand on HP-UX Support Matrix, March
2010 at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 I/O Cards.)
◦ IEther-00: Version B.11.31.1103 delivers defect fixes. See IEther-00 (iether)
B.11.31.1103 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ PCIMUX-00: Version B.11.31.1103 delivers defect fixes. See HP AD278A and AD279A
PCI Multiplexer Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2011) at http://hp.com/go/
hpux-iocards-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 I/O Cards.)
◦ RAID-01: Contains the ciss driver, which supports HP Smart Array controllers. Updated
with quality and performance improvements. For further information, including the products
supported by this bundle, see RAID-01 (ciss) B.11.31.1012 Mass Storage Driver Release
Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ SerialSCSI-00: Contains the sasd driver, which supports the factory-integrated internal
SAS controller on certain servers and the AH303A PCIe SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter. The
CommonIO bundle is also required to support these controllers. Updated with quality and
performance improvements. See SerialSCSI-00 (sasd) B.11.31.1103 Mass Storage Driver
Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
• Mass Storage Stack: Enhanced so that default hardware path aliases are automatically created.
Update also delivers defect fixes. Two new white papers, "Hardware Path Aliasing in the
Mass Storage Stack" and "The Effect of Device Replacement on Agile Device Files," are
available. See “Mass Storage Stack” (page 89).
• Utility Pricing Solutions
◦ HP Instant Capacity: Delivers defect fixes. See iCAP Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/
hp-icap-docs.
General system administration
• Distributed Systems Administration Utilities (DSAU): Updated to include changes in the newer
version of the open source component syslog-ng v3.0.5. See Distributed Systems
Administration Utilities (DSAU) V2.6 Release Notes for the March 2011 for HP-UX 11i V3 at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs.
• Dynamic Root Disk (DRD): Update includes the following: enhancement to drd sync to allow
users to exclude files and directories, in addition to those described in drd-sync(1M), from the
sync operation; ability to sync file system and volume group information; new FAQ entry in
using DRD in a vPars environment. See Dynamic Root Disk A.3.8.* Release Notes at http://
hp.com/go/drd-docs.
• EMSWeb: Delivers fixes for internally found defects. See “EMSWeb” (page 91).
• Event Monitoring Services (EMS): Includes fixes for internally found issues. EMS has been
deprecated. Post HP-UX 11i v3 release, EMS will be replaced with Web-based Enterprise
Management (WBEM) based solutions. See Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.20.31.07
Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-ha-monitoring-docs.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches
that enhance or provide new or improved core features. Includes performance improvements
in the kernel, filesystem improvements, Internationalization improvements, and early support
for new virtualization and security features. See “Feature Enablement Patch Bundle
(FEATURE11i)” (page 91).
• High Availability Monitors (HA Monitors): Version upgraded to A.04.20.31.07 to support the
update of EMS A.04.20.31.07. HA Monitors has been deprecated. Post HP-UX 11i v3 release,
HA Monitors will be replaced with Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) based
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