HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 Release Notes

March 2013 Release Notes, Internationalization
• Unicode 6.1 support by locale: Provides a fundamental level of support for Unicode 6.1 by
the locale(1) interface.
March 2013 Release Notes, Other functionality
• New: VFS-SHWRSPL-ENH: Delivers the product VfsShwrsplEnh, which uses new lock interfaces
from the SyncShwrspl product to enhance the pathname traversal component of the HP-UX
kernel to reduce vnode spinlock contention on Superdome servers.
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the September 2012 release of HP-UX
11i v3 differs from the March 2012 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or the chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2012 Release Notes,
available in its most current version at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
September 2012 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.11.31.1209 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs.
• HP Insight Control power management: Version 7.1 includes Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD)
support for Gen8 servers through HP Intelligent PDU (iPDU). See HP Insight Control Release
Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/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 improved
multi-threaded environment support, improved performance, and support for the Intel Itanium
9500 Processor Series.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers
10GigEthr-01: Contains the icxgbe driver, which supports certain 10 Gigabit Ethernet
cards. Updated with quality improvements. See 10GigEthr-01 (icxgbe) Ethernet Driver
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Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3. For more information about supported cards, see HP-UX
Ethernet Card Support Matrix. Both documents are available at http://www.hp.com/go/
10-gigabit-ethernet-docs.
◦ 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
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
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
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