HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i v3 Feature Enablement Patch Bundle
The HP-UX 11i v3 Feature Enablement (FEATURE11i) patch bundle consists of patches that enhance
core features or are required to meet dependencies for new or updated software products. This
patch bundle gets updated with new patches as-needed for support of software products.
Summary of Change
For the March 2013 (1303) release, the FEATURE11i bundle is updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with
patches that enhance or provide new or improved core features. New patches were added for
support for the Intel Itanium 9500 Processor Series, bootloader, crashdump, swapinfo, swapon
and efi_utils support for larger than 2 TB disks, support of unicode 6.1, performance enhancements
to locking mechanisms, memory management modules, virtualization and the audit subsystem.
The patches in this bundle have undergone extensive testing and have received greater exposure
than most patches downloaded individually from the HP Support Center. All dependencies for
patches in this bundle have been resolved.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
The patches include recommended and optional performance improvements.
Documentation
• Websites
The HP IT Resources Center (http://itrc.hp.com) portal has been retired and was migrated to
the HP Support Center (http://hp.com/go/hpsc) in June 2011. You can find the latest patch
status information on the HP Support Center (HPSC) website. To access the HPSC, you will
require an HP Passport Login. See the FAQs at http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/
GetPDF.aspx/c02761338.pdf.
• Documents
Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems (http://hp.com/go/
patchmgmt-docs)
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◦ HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide (http://www.hp.com/go/
hpux-core-docs-11iv3)
• Other
◦ The patch bundle readme document can be found on the OE media under the root
directory (/FEATURE11i.readme and /FEATURE11i.readme.html) or at the HPSC
(http://hp.com/go/hpsc).
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
HP-UX 11i v3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles
The Quality Pack consists of two patch bundles: the Base Quality Pack bundle and the Applications
Quality Pack bundle. The Base Quality Pack bundle (QPKBASE) includes all stable, defect-fix patches
for the Core OS, graphics, and key networking drivers. The Applications Quality Pack bundle
(QPKAPPS) includes all stable, defect-fix patches for HP-UX Operating Environment (OE) applications.
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