HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 Release Notes

IMPORTANT:
When SAS boot disk size is greater than 2 TB, HP-UX boot might fail on HP Integrity servers
After the successful installation of HP-UX on volumes greater than 2 TB, BOOT might fail with the
following message:
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\EFI\HPUX\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...> System Memory = 65383 MB
loading section 0
Error - efi_disk_read returned (Invalid Parameter)
offset:0xf4e00000, ma:0x80040000, len: 262144
pausing temporarily... 0
Read Error(elf_load):read 262144 bytes out of 524288 bytes requested.
loading failed
What to do
See the Customer Resolution Notes in QXCR1001260030 at the HP Support Center (http://
hp.com/go/hpsc). Click Search HP Support Center, then select Search by document ID for your
search mode. Enter "ttr_na-SSB_1001260030” in the box.
Compatibility
This new boot capability is not available on PA-RISC platforms, and with VxVM and whole disk
(no volume manager) boot layouts. As of the writing of this document, the feature is currently
supported with the following I/O Cards:
• SAS HBAs: 51378-B21 (P711m), AM311A (P411), AM312A (P812), Internal HBA P410i
• Fiber Channel HBAs: 403619-B21, 403621-B21, 451871-B21, 456972-B21, AD193A,
AD194A, AD221A, AD222A, AD393A, AH400A, AH401A, AH402A, AH403A, AT094A
NOTE: For the most recent list of cards that support the >2 TB feature, see the support matrixes
at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
• Documents
◦ Ignite-UX Release Notes (http://www.hp.com/go/Ignite-UX)
◦ HP-UX Logical Volume Manager Release Notes (http://www.hp.com/go/
hpux-LVM-VxVM-docs)
◦ HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Logical Volume Management HP-UX 11i v3 (http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-LVM-VxVM-docs)
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Enhanced boot capability 119