A. Updates to the HP-UX 11i v2 in May 2005 Operating Environment Media
Workstation- and Server-Specific Information
- Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle (HWEnable11i): Diagnostics qualified with new DAT and LTO tape drives, and updated for new I/O cards. Updated I/O driver bundles noted.
- HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE): Updated to incorporate defect fixes and few feature enhancements.
- Networking and Mass Storage Drivers:
- New Product: 10GigEthr-00: Adds support for the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit
- Ethernet card. Now available as a selectable product in the OEs.
- FibrChanl-01: Now supports the AB465A card.
- GigEther-01: Now supports the AB465A card.
- IEther-00: Now supports the AB290A and AB545A cards.
- RAID-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
- scsiU320-00: Supports the A7173A card and now, the AB290A card.
- USB-00 version C.01.00: Enables USB DVD boot support for future HP servers. Now an always-installed product for Itanium -based servers.
- Utility Pricing Solutions:
- HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) (formerly Instant Capacity on Demand, or iCOD): Updated to version B.11.23.07.00. Can now be used in an integrated virtual partitioned environment. E-mail connectivity no longer required and boot-time complaince check now performed.
- HP Pay per use (PPU): Updated to version B.11.23.07.02 to support HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) and the Node and Host Name Expansion product.
General System Administration
- Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Updated to version B.02.21 with scripts for Oracle 9i and 10g database applications, HP Apache, and HP CIFS, as well as enhancements to the Oracle Toolkit.
- Event Monitoring Services: Now supports the Node and Host Name Expansion feature that is available on Software Pack.
- New Bundle: Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Consists of patches required for HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) functionality, USB-00, and future products with new features.
- GlancePlus Pak: Updated to version C.03.86 with new parm file parameters and new metrics, as well as enhancements to gpm and glance.
- High Availability Monitors: Now supports the Node and Host Name Expansion feature.
- HP Partitioning:
- New Product: HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM): Allows you to centrally define resource-sharing policies that you can use across multiple HP servers. Now delivered with HP-UX 11i v2.
- HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) version C.03.00: Includes integration with HP-UX 11i Security Containment and HP Systems Insight Manager, as well as support for 256 PRM groups and other changes.
- New to HP-UX 11i v2: HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.04.01: Will be available as a separate product that can be purchased at http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1335BC. The vPars product enables multiple instances of a selected HP-UX 11i v2 OE to run simultaneously on one server or within one nPartition, with each OE instance hosting its own set of applications in an isolated environment. The FEATURE11i patch bundle, delivered on the OE media, includes required patches for the installation of this product.
- HP-UX Workload Manager: Updated to version A.03.00 with more flexibility in resource management and more secure environments.
- HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits: Pay Per Use Toolkit and its utilitydc command now deprecated.
- nPartition Provider: Upgraded to version B.11.23.01.04.00. x to incorporate defect fixes and performance improvements.
- Partition Manager: Now runs as an application under HP System Management Homepage, which has several effects.
- PRM Libraries: The PRM-Sw-Krn fileset is now C.01.03. When upgrading HP Process Resources Manager, you will need to reboot the system.
- New Product: vPar Provider: Extracts information about virtual partitions on a system. Now delivered with HP-UX 11i v2.
- HP Servicecontrol Manager: Replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager.
- Security Containment tested and confirmed. Current Serviceguard products certified by HP for coexistence with Shadow Passwords. Limit of 31 bytes for hostname within Serviceguard clusters. Compatibility issue noted with certain configurations of Bastille.
- HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Updated to version A.11.23.03 with improved failover performance for rpcbind failures, as well as defect fixes.
- New Product: HP System Management Homepage: A Web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers, now available for HP-UX 11i v1 and v2.
- New to HP-UX 11i v2: HP Systems Insight Manager: Replaces HP Servicecontrol Manager. Updated to version 4.2 with support for System Management Homepage and other products.
- HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool (pdweb): Updated to version B.11.23.04 with support for the Node and Host Name Expansion, as well updating of the waconf command.
- Ignite-UX: Updated to version C.6.2. x with updated documentation, defect fixes, and enhancements.
- Kernel tunable hdlpreg_hash_locks: Deprecated and planned for future obsolescence.
- New Product: Node and Host Name Expansion (NodeHostNameXpnd) product bundle: Provides the ability to set node and host names up to 255 bytes. Now available on Software Pack.
- Online Diagnostics (OnlineDiag): Now includes support for HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.04.01 and Node and Host Name Expansion, as well as other changes.
- Quality Pack: Once again HP-UX 11i v2 includes Quality Pack, as will future releases of HP-UX 11i v2.
- Software Distributor: Updated with new versions of the gzip and swpackage commands to provide added capability and increased performance.
- Software Package Builder: Updated with product enhancements.
- Update-UX: Updated to reflect defect fixes. No new features or functionality.
- Upper Layer Module (ULM) Services: Deprecated.
Disk and File Management
- 32 Terabyte (TB) File System Support: VxFS 3.5 file systems of up to 32 TB now certified. HFS: HP-UX's implementation of UFS, now deprecated and planned for future obsolescence.
- HP CIFS Client: Updated to version A.01.09.03 to incorporate defect fixes.
- HP CIFS Server: Updated to version A.01.11.04 with security patches. Also now based on Samba 2.2.12. Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX: The Online Replacement (OLR) of devices functionality has been delivered via a commands patch and a kernel patch that are not part of the release.
- Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX: The Online Replacement (OLR) of devices functionality has been delivered via a commands patch and a kernel patch that are not part of the release.
- VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP JFS / HP OnlineJFS): Now provides permanent licenses for HP OnlineJFS. Support for 32 TB file systems now certified.
Internet and Networking
- HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Updated to version A.02.00.07 with numerous defect fixes, as well as support for CIM Process Indications as defined by the DMTF WBEM Specification.
- HP-UX Web Server Suite:
- HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Updated to v.2.0.53.00 as primarily a security and bug fix release.
- HP-UX Webmin-based Admin: Updated as primarily a security and bug fix release.
- Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX: Updated to version B.06.11.30.001 to provide defect fixes and a minor packaging change.
Security
- New Product: HP-UX 11i Security Containment: Provides the next generation of security features. Available on the Web at http://software.hp.com and expected to be released in the May 2005 timeframe.
- HP-UX Auditing System: Upon installation of the HP-UX Standard Mode Security Extensions bundle, can now perform audits without converting the system to trusted mode.
- HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System: Upgraded to release 3.0 with better performance and CPU utilization, as well as many enhancements and defect fixes.
- HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to version A.03.05.11.01 with defect fixes and performance enhancements.
- HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated to A.03.91.003 with new features, including sshd re-exec for each new connection, permission and ownership checks for program configuration files, sftp (1) interface improvements, and several other features.
- New Product: HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration: Used to configure systemwide and per-user values of security attributes of local users and NIS users. Now delivered with HP-UX 11i v2.
- New Bundle: HP-UX Standard Mode Security Extensions: Enables new security features to be used in standard mode. Now available on Software Pack.
- OpenSSL: Updated to version A.00.09.07e with automatic generation of a self-signed host certificate and a private key.
Commands and System Calls
- The hostname Command: With installation of the NodeHostNameXpnd product (available on Software Pack), hostname now able to set and display the name of the current host system at up to 255 bytes in length.
- The setuname Command: With installation of the NodeHostNameXpnd product (available on Software Pack), setuname now able to modify the value for the system name and/or node name to up to 255 bytes.
- The uname Command: With installation of the NodeHostNameXpnd product (available on Software Pack), uname now able to set and display the current node name (system name) to up to 255 bytes.
Libraries and Programming
- HP MLIB: Updated to version 9.1 with new features, including support for arbitrary length FFTs, FFT performance enhancements, and support for VMATH, CXML, and BCS.
- HP MPI V2.1: Updated with support for InfiniBand on Itanium2, HyperFabric on PA-RISC and Itanium2, and MPICH object compatibility.
- Java 2 Standard Edition Platform
- HP-UX Software Development Kit and Runtime Environment for the Java 2 Standard Edition Platform: Updated with later versions of 1.3 and 1.4 to provide the most current Java technology. Version 1.3 deprecated and planned for future obsolescence.
- Java for HP-UX Add-on Standard C++ Runtime Libraries: Updated to coincide with the updating of SDK and RTE.
- Runtime Plug-in (JPI) for Mozilla for the Java 2 Platform versions 1.3 and 1.4: Updated to be compatible with SDK 1.3 and 1.4. In addition, Netscape is no longer supported. Version 1.3 deprecated and planned for future obsolescence.
- ObsJava12: Added to remove previously-installed Java version 1.2.
- libHcurses (the classic HP-UX curses library): Deprecated and planned for obsolescence in HP-UX 11i v3.
- Perl 5.8.2 build 808: Includes better Unicode support and numeric accuracy, new I/O and thread implementation, and other changes.
- New Product: Portability Package (version B.11.23.0505): Eases migration from Tru64 and Solaris. Now available on Software Pack.
- Software Transition Kit: Provides tools and documents to help transition applications from various operating systems, such as Tru64 UNIX or Solaris, or from earlier versions of HP-UX.
Internationalization
- No changes in this release.
Other Functionality
- Common Desktop Environment (CDE): X11, Xt, Motif, and Audio support for expanded nodenames and hostnames now available on Software Pack.
Delivered on the AR Only
- HP Serviceguard Extension for RAC: Updated to version A.11.16.00 with support for HP-UX Virtual Partitions and HP-UX 11i Security Containment, and support for online node addition using SLVM volume manager (with Serviceguard 11.16 patch).
- IB4X-00 (InfiniBand): Now supports AB286A HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (HPC) Adapter.
- IB4X-01 (InfiniBand): Now supports AB345A HP PCI-X 2-port 4X Fabric (DB) Adapter.
- LDAP-UX Client Services: Updated to version B.03.30 to provide coexistence with Trusted Mode, as well as other changes.
Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle (also available at http://itrc.hp.com)
- The HWEnable11i bundle includes the following updates:
- Qualified diagnostics with new DAT and LTO tape drives.
- Updated diagnostics for following new I/O cards:
- AB287A: PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet card
- AB290A: PCI-X 2-Port U320 SCSI / 2-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
- AB465A: PCI-X Multifunction 2-Port 2Gb FC / 2-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
- AB545A: PCI-X 4-Port 1000Base-T Adapter
Also note that the following I/O driver bundles have been updated:
- 10GigEthr-00 (ixgbe driver) B.11.23.04: Added support for AB287A.
- GigEther-01 (igelan driver) B.11.23.0505: Improved support for AB465A.
- IEther-00 (iether driver) B.11. 23.0505: Added support for AB290A, AB545A.
- scsiU320-00 (mpt driver) B.11.23.02: Improved support for AB290A.
- USB-00 (usb drivers) C.01.00.38: Improved USB drivers for Itanium -based servers.
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