SCTP Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-1238, October 2010)

1 SCTP Release Notes
This document discusses the most recent product information pertaining to Stream
Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP). It also discusses how to install SCTP on a system
running HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3.
This document addresses the following topics:
• “Announcement” (page 5)
• “What Is In This Version” (page 6)
• “SCTP Features” (page 6)
• “Installing SCTP” (page 10)
• “Verifying the SCTP Product Installation” (page 12)
• “Uninstalling SCTP” (page 13)
• “Restrictions” (page 13)
• “Related Information” (page 13)
• “Defects Fixed in This Release” (page 14)
Announcement
SCTP is a connection-oriented transport layer protocol that enables reliable transfer of
data over IP-based networks. In an IP stack, it exists at a level equivalent to that of
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
HP's implementation of SCTP is available as a web upgrade on the HP-UX 11i v2 and
HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems. It is available for download at:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/
You can search for “SCTP” to access the SCTP product.
SCTP conforms to the following RFCs and drafts:
• RFC 2960 (Stream Control Transmission Protocol)
• RFC 3873 (Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Management Information Base
(MIB))
• RFC 4460 (Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Specification Errata and Issues)
• RFC 3309 (Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Checksum Change)
• RFC 3758 (Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Partial Reliability Extension)
• draft-ladha-sctp-nonce-01.txt (ECN Nonces for Stream Control Transmission Protocol
(SCTP))
• draft-ietf-tsvwg-addip-sctp-10.txt (Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Dynamic Address Reconfiguration)
Announcement 5