HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

September 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i version 3”
• Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v3 Core Enhancements): New products (ISOIMAGE-ENH
and RCEnhancement) are available in the Operating Environments as optional products.
• HP's Green Business Technology Initiative: Previously printed books will now be delivered
electronically. Additionally, documentation at http://docs.hp.com will be migrated to the
BSC.
September 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-specific information”
• CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements.
• Hardware Enablement Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3: Provides support for new PCI-Express I/O
adapters in HP Integrity Servers, and HP-UX support for HP servers using PA8900 processors
or latest Intel Itanium processors. Includes new HP-UX 11i v3 patches for support of new tape
devices using the LTO5 format. New patches were also added for future graphics adapters,
along with PCIe Error Recovery, and improved support for USB devices.
• HP Instant Capacity: Updated to version B.11.31.09.02.00. Performance of GiCAP enhanced.
Group Manager can now accept members with longer passwords.
• iCAP Manager: Complex names containing special characters are now displayed correctly.
• Networking and mass storage drivers
10GigEthr-01 Updated with quality improvements.◦
◦ 10GigEthr-02: Supports future products. As a result, there are no changes that affect
customer systems.
◦ FibrChanl-00: Updated to version B.11.31.0909 to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ FibrChanl-01: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ FibrChanl-02 Updated with quality improvements.
◦ GigEther-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ IB4X-00 Driver for InfiniBand: Supports the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol
for Oracle RAC environments. Only on AH304A and 448262-B21.
◦ IEther-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ PCIMUX-00: Updated to version B.11.31.0909 to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ RAID-01: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ New: SATADVD-00: Newly added to the OEs as a recommended (default-installed)
product. Supports future products.
◦ scsiU320-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements.
◦ USB-00: Version D.11.31.0909 enables the enhanced legacy USB driver stack, with
quality improvements, and added functionality which includes support for USB 2.0 high
speed devices and DVD write capability.
• Mass Storage Stack: Enhanced to do intelligent congestion control in a HP Serviceguard (SG)
cluster environment. Requires Serviceguard patch PHSS_39614.
September 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General system administration”
• Dynamic Root Disk: Includes enhancements to improve performance and provide a more
robust experience.
• EMSWeb: Includes defect fixes.
• FEATURE11i: Includes support for improved dump time and dump analysis tools, file system
enhancements including MemoryFS, performance improvements for multithreaded applications,
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