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HP Part Number: 5185-6522

Edition: Edition 3

Published: E0901

© Copyright 1983-2001 Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

1 Overview of HP-UX 11i Release Notes
What Is the Purpose of HP-UX Release Notes?
What's In the Remaining Chapters?
Where Should I Begin?
What is HP-UX 11i
Performance Considerations
The HP-UX 11i Operating Environments (OE)
What Is New or Changed in the September 2001 11i OEs?
What Was New or Changed in the June 2001 11i OEs?
Migrating from Previous HP-UX Releases
Where Else Can I Find Current and Previous Versions of the Release Notes?
Other Sources of Information on HP-UX 11i
README Documents
White Papers
HP-UX 11i Instant Information CD-ROM
Manpages
The HP-UX Documentation Set
The HP Documentation Web Site
2 Hard Partition Systems
Introduction (new at 11i original release)
Superdome Systems at HP-UX 11i (new at 11i original release)
Machine Identifier (updated for June 2001)
Hard Partition Hardware Path Format (new at 11i original release)
New and Modified Hard Partition Commands (new at 11i original release)
New Commands
Modified Commands
Documentation Changes
Partition Manager (parmgr) (new at 11i original release)
Partition Manager Update for June 2001
Service Processor (GSP or MP)
hd_fabric Driver (new at 11i original release)
New Attention Indicator Behavior (updated for September 2001)
Benefits
Impact
Documentation
3 Workstation/Server Specific Information
Systems That Are Supported (updated for September 2001)
Hardware Enablement (updated for September 2001)
HP-UX V-Class Changes (new at 11i original release)
Single-Bit Memory Error Handling Enhancement
SCSI Adapters
Service Processor (GSP or MP)
GSP Logging Capabilities
N4000 Server Functionality
Platform Infrastructure
ttytype(1) Support for the N4000 Console
New stty(1) Options
Workstations
Workstation Graphics Support
Workstation Firmware Requirements (updated for June 2001)
Workstation Tuned Kernel Parameters
X Window System (X11 R6) Run-Time Libraries on Workstations
4 HP-UX 11i Operating Environment Applications
HP-UX 11i Operating Environment (new at 11i original release)
HP-UX 11i Operating Environment (new at 11i original release)
Apache Web Server for HP-UX (updated for September 2001)
CIFS/9000 Client and CIFS/9000 Server (updated for September 2001)
Event Monitoring Service (EMS)
HP-UX Runtime Environment for the Java 2 Platform (updated for September 2001)
HP-UX Support Tools: STM, ODE, & EMS Hardware Monitors (updated for June 2001)
Java Plug-In (updated for September 2001)
Judy Libraries (new for June 2001)
Netscape Communicator
Perl Programming Language (new for September 2001)
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) Kerberos
Servicecontrol Manager (updated for September 2001)
HP-UX 11i Enterprise Operating Environment (new at 11i original release)
GlancePlus Pak (Updated for September 2001)
High Availability Monitors
HP OnLineJFS 3.3
MirrorDisk/UX
Process Resource Manager (PRM) (updated for September 2001)
HP-UX 11i Mission Critical Operating Environment (new at 11i original release)
Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit
HP-UX Workload Manager (updated for September 2001)
HP-UX Workload Manager Oracle ® Database Toolkit (new for September 2001)
MC/ServiceGuard (updated for September 2001)
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit (updated for September 2001)
HP-UX 11i Minimal Technical Operating Environment (new for June 2001)
OpenGL 3D Graphics Developers Kit and Runtime Environment (updated for September 2001)
HP-UX 11i Technical Computing Operating Environment (new at 11i original release)
FirstSpace VRML Viewer
High Performance Math Libraries (HP MLIB) (updated for September 2001)
HP 3D Technology for the Java Platform
HP Message-Passing Interface (MPI) (updated for September 2001)
HP Visualize Conference
Selectable Applications
Base VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) (new for September 2001)
Ignite-UX
Netscape Directory Server (J4258BA) (updated for September 2001)
Selectable Network Drivers
WebQoS Peak on HP-UX Packaged Edition (J4274AA)
5 I/0 and Networking Cards
Online Addition and Replacement of I/O Adapters (new at 11i original release)
Network Drivers (new at 11i original release)
New Network Driver btlan Pre-Installed in the HP-UX 11i Operating Environment
Combine Pre-HP-UX 11i Configuration Files
HSC and PCI 1000Base-SX/T (Gigabit Ethernet)
Fibre Channel Tachlite Driver (updated for September 2001)
HP RAID 4Si Driver (updated for June 2001)
HyperFabric2 PCI Fiber Adapter (new for June 2001)
EISA Interface Cards Are Not 64-bit Compatible
Known Problems with HP-PB and EISA 10/100Base-TX/9000
Performance Enhancements to the HSC FDDI Driver
6 Installation
Cold Install Changes (new at 11i original release)
Ignite-UX Changes (updated for June 2001)
Ignite-UX Version B.3.4
Impact
Documentation
Ignite-UX Changes for June 2001
update-ux Command Replaces swgettools (new at 11i original release)
Software Distributor (SD-UX) (new at 11i original release)
Multiple Target Management Capabilities Enabled
POSIX Enhancements and Exceptions
Change in swlist to Hide Superseded Patches by Default
Determining 64-bit Capability from System, Not .supported_bits
Searching for CD Only When Requested
Streamlined GUI
Shows Products Rather than Bundles After Auto-Selection
Addition of Software Groups to GUI
Layout Version Behavior
Message Changes
Output of swlist
swpackage Change
Bundle Selection
control_utils file
New Environment Variable SW_COMPATIBLE
Documentation
SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation
patch_match_target
Patch Filtering
Category Tag Information
set_parms Enhanced (new at 11i original release)
7 General System Administration and Performance Monitoring
uname (1) Outputs B.11.11 (new at 11i original release)
New Option for top
Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM) (updated for June 2001)
Disks and File Systems Area
Kernel Configuration
Network File Systems
Network Interface Cards
Peripheral Devices (updated for June 2001)
System Properties (new for June 2001)
Printers and Plotters
Terminal and Modems
Documentation Change
Possible Future Changes
Additional SAM Changes
syslog File Logging Changes for su and login (new at 11i original release)
Process Resource Manager (PRM) Disk Bandwidth Control
HP Distributed Print Service Deprecated (new at 11i original release)
CXperf Performance Monitoring Support
Diagnostics: EMS Hardware Monitors
Integration with Other Applications
Improved ioscan Description Field for PCI Devices
instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) (updated for September 2001)
iCOD and Pay Per Use Version B.04.00
8 Process, Threads, Memory, and Kernel Parameters
HP-UX Gang Scheduling
Kernel Threads vs. CMA Threads (new at 11i original release)
Compatibility Issues
Large Private Data Space (new at 11i original release)
New Options
Compatibility Issues
Memory Windows
Summary of Changes
Compatibility Issues
Configuration
HP-UX SCA Process and Memory Management (new at 11i original release)
Dynamic Tunables (new at 11i original release)
Asynchronous Disk Pseudo Driver (async) Compatibility (new at 11i original release)
Impact
Compatibility
System-V IPC Message Queue Enhancement (new at 11i original release)
Impact
Compatibility Issues
Performance Issues
Documentation Changes
System-V IPC SEMMSL Dynamic Kernel Tunable (new at 11i original release)
Impact
Compatibility Issues
Performance Issues
SCSI Queue Depth Management (new at 11i original release)
Changes to mpctl() System Call (new at 11i original release)
9 New and Changed Disk and File Management Features
Additional Support for Striping and Mirroring (new at 11i original release)
New Whitepaper on File and File System Sizes (new for June 2001)
New Version of Journaled File System (JFS) (new at 11i original release)
Compatibility Issues
Performance Issues
Network File System Support for TCP/IP (new at 11i original release)
Documentation Changes
Other NFS Changes
Loopback Transport Support
User-Space Threads
NFS Server-Side Performance Enhancements
Mounting and Unmounting NFS File Systems Automatically Using AutoFS
Impact
Other Operational Differences
Additional Information
Configuration
Documentation Change
Obsolescence
HP Fibrechannel High Availability Disk and Closure
Fibre Channel Mass Storage Diagnostic Message and Kernel Tunable
10 Internet and Networking Services
Base HP-UX Internet Services (new at 11i original release)
Sendmail-8.9.3
BIND 8.1.2
"PAM-ized" rexecd and remshd
Changes for GateD
DHCP with Nonsecure DNS Updates
Network Transport (new at 11i original release)
ifconfig
ndd
netstat
Virtual IP (VIP) Address for the System
setsockopt()
T_OPTMGMT
New Versions of FTPD
Secure Version of FTPD
STREAMS/UX (new at 11i original release)
Low Bandwidth X Extension (LBX)
Performance Issues
Proxy Manager (proxymngr)
Remote Execution (RX) Service
Security Extension
Application Group Extension (XC-APPGROUP)
SLS/d - Distributed SLS (HP Visualize Center Support)
11 Security
Generic Security Services for Developing Secure Applications (new at 11i original release)
Symbol Clashes
Size Requirements
Compatibility
Documentation Changes
Execute Protected Stacks (new at 11i original release)
Impact
Compatibility
Auditing Commands/System Calls To Be Obsoleted
Configurable Security Features (new at 11i original release)
Password History Feature on Trusted Systems
Kerberos Client Software (new at 11i original release)
Libraries
Header Files
Utilities
Manpages
Special Considerations
HP-UX Kerberos Server (new for September 2001)
12 Compatibility
Compatibility from HP-UX 11.0 to 11i
Binary Compatibility
Source Compatibility
Data Compatibility
Relocatable Object Compatibility
Upgrade Compatibility
HP-UX 10.x Applications on HP-UX 11i
Known Compatibility Exceptions from HP-UX 11.0 to 11i
Memory Windows
ONC+/NFS Security Correction
IOSCAN Usability Enhancement
ELF Undocumented Symbol Table Change
IPv6 IPsec
Non-Executable Stack
128 CPU Support
strftime() Support for Week Number
Linker Support for PBO of 64-bit Shared Libraries
DNS Bind
NFS Mount Access Control
Tighter Security for NFS Mounts
Memory Size Increase for Process-Private Memory
Removal of MAXTID and Change to MAXPID
Fortran 90 GETARG Intrinsic Function
Software Distributor Bundle Algorithm Change
Software Distributor Automatic Generation of Depot or root Layout Version
Software Distributor Log Message Simplification
Software Distributor System Update Process
Software Distributor Reduces Amount of Information from Program swlist
Software Distributor Changes Behavior with Unknown Attributes
libc qsort() Algorithm Change
libc SYSTEM_ID callbraph Change
Customization of wctype Methods
System V Message Queues Expanding Beyond Present 64KB Limit
Maximum Number of Active Processors for pstat_getdynamic Changed
Export Filesystem (NFS) Security Defect Correction
Support Tools Manager, EMS Hardware Monitors
libc atof() Algorithm Change
Obsolescence and Deprecation of APIs
Rationale and Objectives
Terms and Definitions
Archive/Static Libraries
CMA Threads Obsolescence
13 Programming
Changes to the linker/dld Interface
Instrumented Code Using PBO or +O4 Optimization
HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK)
HP DCE/9000 (new at 11i original release)
Compatibility Issues
Extensions to pstat(2)
New Modules
New Data Structures
Documentation Changes
Libraries
aC++ Runtime (libCsup*, libstd*, libstream*, librwtool*) (new at 11i original release)
Changes to libc
libc Performance Improvements (new at 11i original release)
The libcres.a Library
Linker and Object File Tools (ld, crt0.o, dld.sl, libdld.sl, chatr and odump) (new at 11i original release)
Changes to libm
Changes to sendfile
Machine Identifier Changes to confstr (new at 11i original release)
14 Licensing Products
Future Change for LicensePower/iFOR
Impending LSSERV Software Obsolescence (new at 11i original release)
15 New and Changed Internationalization Features
Unicode Character Set
Unicode Euro Enhancement
Size Requirement
Performance Issues
Streams PTY Driver
Corrected Character Mappings to iconv(1) and iconv(3C)
Correction for Simplified Chinese
Correction for Traditional Chinese
Correction for Japanese
Correction for Korean
EURO (ISO 8859-15 Locales)
CDE Support
X Window Support
Libraries
Codeset Converters
LaserJet Printers
Euro - ISO 10646/Unicode Support (new at 11i original release)
Commands
libc
Codeset Converters
Impact
Asian System Environment (ASE) (new at 11i original release)
New Features
Changed Feature
Deleted Features
Troubleshooting Information
Enhanced Print Capabilities in the Asian System Environment
Changes Common to All ASEs
Japanese System Environment (JSE)
Korean System Environment (KSE)
Simplified-Chinese System Environment (SSE)
Traditional-Chinese System Environment (TSE)
Multibyte Support Extension and Unix98 Support (new at 11i original release)
Stream Orientation
Restartable APIs and the Conversion State
How to Get MSE/Unix98 Behavior
New Interfaces
Modified interfaces

List of Tables

2-1 Maximums for Superdome Models
2-2 Attention Indicator (LED) States and Meanings
3-1 Servers
3-2 D-Class Support for 11i 64-bit
3-3 Workstations
3-4 Supported HBAs for HP-UX 11i
4-1 Operating Environment Contents
4-2 Selectable Applications
4-3 Selectable I/O Drivers on 11i OE Media
6-1 Ignite-UX 11i Version B vs Version A Support
10-1 New FTP daemon options
10-2 New Commands
10-3 New Configuration Files
10-4 New Logging Information
10-5 Support Tools
12-1 APIs to be Deprecated/Obsoleted
15-1 Base
15-2 European
15-3 Asian
15-4 Modified European Locales
15-5 Unicode European locales and localized files
15-6 Unicode Asian locales and localized files
15-7 utf8 and IBM's code pages (EBCDIC)
15-8 ucs2 and IBM's code pages (EBCDIC)
15-9 iso885915 and IBM's code pages (EBCDIC)
15-10 utf8 and PC code pages (EBCDIC)
15-11 ucs2 and PC code pages (EBCDIC)
15-12 New Printer Models for JSE
   


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