HP CommonIO B.11.31.0812 Release Notes

This document provides information about the December 2008 release of the CommonIO bundle
for HP-UX 11i v3.
1 HP CommonIO Overview
The CommonIO bundle packages multiple products, and is always installed. The sections below
describe each CommonIO component.
1.1 FC-COMMON
FC-COMMON is delivered in the CommonIO bundle. FC-COMMON contains the FC-SNIA file
set. FC-SNIA contains the Common SNIA HBA Application Programming Interface (API) library,
which provides a consistent interface to access HBA information in a Fibre Channel Storage Area
Network. This standard C-language API is being implemented across vendors, and is supported
by vendor-specific library instances.
1.2 SAS-COMMON
SAS-COMMON is delivered in the CommonIO bundle. SAS-COMMON contains the sasmgr(1M)
utility, which you can use to manage all SAS Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) on HP-UX. Currently,
sasmgr(1M) manages SAS HBAs controlled by SerialSCSI-00.
1.3 Bundle Versions
Table 1 lists the CommonIO version that corresponds to each HP-UX release:
Table 1 CommonIO Versions by Release
Bundle NameBundle VersionHP-UX VersionRelease
CommonIO
B.11.31.01
HP-UX 11i v3
Application Release 0706
B.11.31.0709Application Release 0709
B.11.31.0712Application Release 0712
B.11.31.0803Application Release 0803
B.11.31.0809Application Release 0809
B.11.31.0812Web Release 0812
2 New and Changed Features in This Release
2.1 FC-COMMON
There are no new features included in CommonIO at the time of this publication.
2.2 SAS COMMON
There are no new features included in CommonIO at the time of this publication.
3 Problems Fixed in This Version
3.1 FC-COMMON
Table 2 lists the problems fixed in this version of CommonIO.
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