HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 Release Notes

NOTE: Version 5.0 reaches End of Support on March 18, 2014. In March 2014, version
5.0.29 of the HP-UX 11i Java™ Software Development Kit (SDK) and Java™ Runtime
Environment (JRE) have been included on the AR only. Starting in March 2015, version 5.0
will no longer be included on the AR.
• Perl for HP-UX 11i: Delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX 11i Perl Version E.5.8.8.M Release Notes
at http://www.hp.com/go/perl.
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the March 2013 release of HP-UX 11i
v3 differs from the September 2012 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or the sections in the remainder of this document.
March 2013 Release Notes, Hardware-specific information
• CommonIO: Packages multiple products which support SAS and Fibre Channel adapters, and
is always installed. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See HP CommonIO
B.11.31.1303 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs.
• Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Includes new HP-UX
11i v3 (11.31) patches for support of the current HP Integrity systems with the latest I/O
adapters, networking, and storage products. New patches were also added for support of
larger than 2 TB disks by bootloader, crashdump, swapinfo, swapon and efi_utils, and other
performance improvements. See “Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3”
(page 123).
• HP Instant Capacity: Version B.11.31.10.06.01.XX delivers defect fixes. See iCAP Release
Notes and User Guide at http://hp.com/go/hp-icap-docs.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEthr-02: Contains the iexgbe driver, which supports stand-up, mezzanine, and
LAN on motherboard (LOM) technologies for a variety of platforms. Updated with quality
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and performance improvements. See 10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31 Ethernet Driver
Release Notes. For information about supported cards, see HP-UX Ethernet Card Support
Matrix. Both documents are located at http://www.hp.com/go/10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ 10GigEthr-03: Contains the iocxgbe driver, which supports stand-up, mezzanine,
combo card, and Converged Network Adapter technologies. Updated with quality and
performance improvements. See 10GigEthr-03 (iocxgbe) Ethernet Driver Release Notes
for HP-UX 11i v3. For information about supported cards, see HP-UX Ethernet Card Support
Matrix. Both documents are located at http://www.hp.com/go/10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-01: Delivers the driver fcd for use with Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs. Updated
with quality improvements. See FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver
for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see the respective
HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents are available at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-02: Contains the driver fclp for use with Fibre Channel HBAs. Updated
with quality improvements. See FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver
for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see the respective
HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents are available at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
◦ FibrChanl-03: Delivers the driver fcoc for use with Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
HBAs. Updated with quality improvements. See FibrChanl-03 (fcoc) Fibre Channel Mass
Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see
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