HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-6 Patch Summary and Release Notes

• Corrects a performance problem on systems with many sensors by reducing the polling
frequency.
• Prevents a long boot pause on AlphaServer GS1280 systems with large disk and sensor
counts.
• Fixes issues with envmond with respect to log messages and the execution of shutdown
scripts.
Patch 27030.00
OSFEXAMPLES540
• Eliminates the use of a /tmp file in a SysMan CLI example.
Patch 27031.00
OSFEXER540
• Corrects the memory exerciser user.syslog message from "Started" to "Stopped".
• Corrects a message from memx.
Patch 27034.00
OSFHWBASE540
• Enhances hwmgr show functionality for scsi path information.
• Provides for FCP-2 Link Level Error Recovery for tape operations so that tape I/O can be
successfully performed during periods of link errors, noisy lines, bit errors, and lost or
corrupted data frames.
• Enables Tru64 UNIX to work with tape devices that do not support non-tagged commands.
• Fix for netstat trying to resolve the IP address 0.0.0.0 (INADDR_ANY) to a hostname.
• Fix to netstat, kdbx displaying partial kernel addresses.
• Fixes several I/O error handling and error reporting problems in the Tru64 Emulex Fibre
Channel driver that can result in inefficient error handling or misleading error log entries.
• Updates the bcm driver to V1.0.22 to fix issues with IPv6 and SNMP
• Fixes many small problems with the dsfmgr command.
• Fixes the hwmgr command to show path state correctly.
• Fixes numerous issues in the driver for DEGXA Gigabit Ethernet adapters, including the
DS25 onboard 10/100/1000 port.
• Corrects a problem in which information from the hwmgr -view transaction -cluster command
for a node on a cluster may not be displayed.
• Corrects some command-parsing irregularities in hwmgr that may cause options like
-category and -cluster to be confused.
• Fixes a problem in which the display for the hwmgr -show name command is not aligned
properly for the name field.
• Adds IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) support for the following:
— DEGPA
— DEGXA
— DE50x, lan_common.h
— DE60x
• Fixes a problem in the alt driver for DEGPA Gigabit Ethernet adapters. This problem affects
all Tru64 UNIX systems containing DEGPA network interfaces.
• Fixes a problem with scu where a mismatch between expected and found data causes
incorrect data to be displayed.
• Provides additional support for Ultrium 2 SCSI tape drive.
• Ensures proper compilation of the DDR database.
Summary of Base Operating System Patches 115