HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 Release Notes

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NOTE: For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in
the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 release” (page 12).
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 2014 (1403) release, the FEATURE11i bundle is updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with
patches that enhance or provide new or improved core features. The new patches are added to:
• Enhance spinlock algorithm and performance of Itanium 9500 series processors
• Enable scheduling events delay detection feature
• Enable SoftReboot feature on BL8x0c i2/i4
• Enhance scsimgr to display alternate paths
• Support 68 additional new code points between Unicode and hkbig5 based on HKSCS-2008
• Introduce a new tunable which restricts the processors to use only 96 RSE dirty registers
• Enhance some of the libc routines to reduce replays on integrity platforms
• Enhance powerfail handler to ensure graceful shutdown of applications
• Provide file-cache activity report
• Improve the page cache and file cache algorithms and virtualization enhancements
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
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