HP-UX IPFilter A.03.05.14 Release Notes

HP-UX IPFilter Release Notes
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
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• If you are using HP-UX IPFilter with VLAN, you must install the following patches:
— PHNE_24491 Gigabit Ethernet
— PHNE_25388 LAN
— PHNE_23465 BTLAN
— PHNE_29887 ARPA/Transport
You can also add the following patches for additional functionality:
— PHCO_24118 cumulative SAM/ObAM
— PHNE_24473 nettl (1M), netfmt (1M), nettladm (1M)
You should install HP-UX IPFilter with swinstall (SD-UX) at any time after the system has
been ignited with all other software and applied with all required patches. HP-UX IPFilter is
a dynamically loadable kernel module (DLKM). It will be automatically registered with the
running kernel during product installation.
Hardware Requirements
HP 9000 workstations and servers and HP Integrity Systems
OS Platform and Version Compatibility
HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2
Other Requirements
ICMPv6 filtering must be carefully configured to ensure that an IPv6 network functions
properly. For example, do not block Neighbor Discovery messages (type 135 and 136). Other
examples of critical ICMPv6 messages are Destination Unreachable (type 1) and Packet Too
Big (type 2).