HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 Release Notes
• HP System Management Homepage: Delivers defect and security fixes. See HP System
Management Homepage 3.2.3 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select
HP-UX System Administration.)
• HP-UX 11i v3 Feature Enablement (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches
that enhance or provide new or improved core features. Includes performance improvements
in the kernel, support for the latest Intel Itanium processors in currently shipping HP Integrity
systems, and features like SoftReboot and new virtualization.
• HP-UX 11i v3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles (QPKBASE and QPKAPPS): Updated with additional
defect-fix patches for the March 2012 release.
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New:
HP-UX GUID (globally unique identifier) Manager (GUIDMgr): Is a client-server based
product that allocates and manages unique World-Wide Names (WWNs) for N_Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), so you do not have to perform these tasks
manually. Integrated with the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM v6.1 product to support NPIV.
Also integrated with HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager to support managing the database.
Added as an optional (selectable) product to all OEs. See HP-UX GUID Manager Administrator
Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals.
• HP-UX Kernel Configuration (kcweb): Delivers defect fixes. See HP System Management
Homepage 3.2.3 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select HP-UX System
Administration.)
• HP-UX Software Assistant: Version C.02.90 includes updates to support the migration of the
HP IT Resource Center (http://itrc.hp.com) to the HP Support Center (http://hp.com/go/hpsc).
Minimum Java revisions updated to 1.5.0.20.00 for JRE1.5 (5.0) and 1.6.0.07.00 for JRE
6.0. See HP-UX Software Assistant Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/swa-docs.
• Ignite-UX: Version C.7.14.264 provides support for HPVM Direct I/O, HP-UX vPars and
Integrity VM v6.1, PAX block size enhancement, Oracle ASM Disk, Queen's card, and parallel
ignition through setboot changes. Ensures VxFS 5.0.1 components are always installed.
Also includes defect fixes. See Ignite-UX Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
ignite-ux-docs.
• Online Diagnostics: Delivers defect fixes. Is in support mode and is not supported on newer
platforms. See EMS Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release and STM Release
Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release at http://hp.com/go/
hpux-diagnostics-online-docs.
• PropPlus (SysMgmtPlus): Delivers defect fixes. See SysMgmtPlus Release Notes at http://
hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sysmgmtplus-docs.
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New:
SCSI Persistent Reservation Utilities: Command utilities allow querying and changing
Persistent Reservations and Registrations on a disk. Added as a recommended (default-installed)
product in all OEs. See SCSI Persistent Reservation Utilities Release Notes at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
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New:
SoftRebootEnh: Reduces OS reboot time experienced during routine system maintenance.
Achieves downtime reduction by skipping the platform hardware reset and booting the next
kernel directly from the current OS instance. Available on SD32B/64B nPar systems only.
Added as an optional (selectable) product in all OEs. See the SoftReboot documentation at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
• Software Distributor (SD): Provides support for SoftReboot during the software installation and
removal (available on SD32B/64B nPar systems only). Also provides support for parallel
installation/removal/configuration on local containers (applicable only on HP-UX Containers
[SRP] enabled systems).
• System Fault Management (SFM): Provides support for the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM v6.1
product, as well as future hardware. See SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012
at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sfm-docs.
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