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HP Part Number: 5187-1841

Edition: Edition 8

Published: E1202

© Copyright 1983-2002 Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

1 Finding HP-UX 11i Documentation
What's in This Chapter?
Where Do I Begin?
What's in This Document?
How Is Release Information Identified?
What's in the Remaining Chapters?
2 What's New at a Glance
What's in This Chapter?
What's New in the December 2002 Release?
What's New in the September 2002 Release?
What's New in the June 2002 11i Release?
What's New in the March 2002 11i Release?
What's New in the December 2001 11i Release?
What's New in the September 2001 11i Release?
What's New in the June 2001 11i Release?
What's New in the Original 11i Release?
3 HP-UX 11i Version 1.0 Release Overview
What's in This Chapter?
What's HP-UX 11i Version 1.0?
Performance Considerations
The HP-UX 11i Operating Environments (OEs)
Operating Environments for HP Commercial Servers
Operating Environments for HP Technical Workstations and Technical Servers
New Software Pack -- Optional HP-UX 11i Core Enhancements
4 nPartition (Hard Partition) Systems
What's in This Chapter?
Introduction
Superdome Systems at HP-UX 11i
Machine Identifier
Hard Partition Hardware Path Format
New and Modified Hard Partition Commands
New Commands
Modified Commands
Documentation Changes
Partition Manager (parmgr)
System Requirements
PARMGR(1M) Manual Page Error
Additional Information
Summary of Changes
Service Processor (GSP or MP)
hd_fabric Driver
New Attention Indicator Behavior
Benefits
Impact
Documentation
5 Workstation/Server Specific Information
What's in This Chapter?
Supported Systems
Firmware Requirements
Current System Firmware Versions and Patches
Workstation Firmware Updates
Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle (HWEnable11i)
HP-UX V-Class Changes
Single-Bit Memory Error Handling Enhancement
SCSI Drivers scsi3 and c720
SCSI Driver c8xx
Service Processor (GSP or MP)
GSP Logging Capabilities
N4000 and rp7400 Server Functionality
Platform Infrastructure
ttytype Support for the N4000 and rp7400 Console
New stty Options
Workstations
Workstation Graphics Support
Workstation Tuned Kernel Parameters
X Window System (X11 R6) Run-Time Libraries on Workstations
6 HP-UX 11i Version 1.0 Operating Environment Applications
What's in This Chapter?
The HP-UX 11i Version 1.0 Operating Environments
HP-UX 11i Operating Environment
Always-Installed Network Drivers
Base VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)
CIFS/9000 Client and CIFS/9000 Server
Event Monitoring Service (EMS)
HP Apache-based Web Server for HP-UX
HP-UX Runtime Environment for the Java 2 Platform
HP-UX Support Tools: STM, ODE, & EMS Hardware Monitors
Judy Libraries
Netscape Communicator
Partition Manager
Perl Programming Language
Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Kerberos
Plug-In for the Java 2 Platform for Netscape Communicator
Servicecontrol Manager (SCM)
Software Distributor
Update-UX
HP-UX 11i Enterprise Operating Environment (EOE)
GlancePlus Pak
High Availability Monitors
HP OnLineJFS 3.3
MirrorDisk/UX
Process Resource Manager (PRM)
HP-UX 11i Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE)
Enterprise Cluster Master (ECM) Toolkit
HP-UX Workload Manager
HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits
HP-UX Workload Manager Oracle ® Database Toolkit
MC/ServiceGuard
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit
HP-UX 11i Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE)
OpenGL 3D Graphics Developers Kit and Runtime Environment
Technical System Configuration (TechSysConf)
HP-UX 11i Technical Computing Operating Environment (TCOE)
FirstSpace VRML Viewer
High Performance Math Libraries (HP MLIB)
HP 3D Technology for the Java Platform
HP Message-Passing Interface (MPI)
HP Visualize Conference
Selectable Applications
HP Intrusion Detection System/9000 (IDS/9000)
HP-UX IPFilter
Ignite-UX (IUX)
Java Out-of-Box (JAVAOOB)
Netscape Directory Server (J4258CA)
Selectable Network Drivers
WebQoS Peak on HP-UX Packaged Edition (J4274AA)
7 I/0 and Networking Cards
What's in This Chapter?
Online Addition and Replacement of I/O Adapters
Network Drivers
New Network Driver btlan Always-Installed
Always-Installed Drivers for Networking, I/O, and Mass Storage Cards
Combining Pre-HP-UX 11i Configuration Files
HSC and PCI 1000Base-SX/T (Gigabit Ethernet)
Fibre Channel Tachlite Driver
HP RAID 4Si Driver
HyperFabric2 PCI Fiber Adapter
Performance Enhancements to the HSC FDDI Driver
EISA Interface Cards Are Not 64-bit Compatible
Known Problems with HP-PB and EISA 10/100Base-TX/9000
8 Installation
What's in This Chapter?
Cold Install Changed
Ignite-UX Changed for 11i
Impact
Documentation
Update-UX
New Update-UX Product
Update-UX Command Replaces swgettools
Software Distributor (SD-UX)
Multiple Target Management Capabilities Enabled
POSIX Enhancements and Exceptions
Change in swlist Hides Superseded Patches by Default
64-bit Capability Determined from System, Not /etc/.supported_bits
CD Searched For Only When Requested
GUI Streamlined
Products Rather than Bundles Shown After Auto-Selection
Software Groups Added to GUI
Layout Version No Longer Converted Automatically
Messages Improved or Eliminated
Output of swlist Changed
swpackage Produces Note Vs. Warning
Newest Bundle Selected by Default
control_utils File Improved
New Environment Variable, SW_COMPATIBLE, Created
SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation
Documentation
set_parms Enhanced
9 General System Administration and Performance Monitoring
What's in This Chapter?
Interrupt Migration Available on Software Pack
Processor Sets Available on Software Pack
What are Processor Sets?
The uname Command Outputs B.11.11
New Option for top
Changes to System Administration Manager (SAM)
Disks and File Systems Area
Kernel Configuration
Networking and Communications
Network File Systems
Network Interface Cards
Peripheral Devices
System Properties
Printers and Plotters
Terminal and Modems
Documentation Change
Possible Future Changes
Additional SAM Changes
syslog File Logging Changes for su and login
Process Resource Manager (PRM) Disk Bandwidth Control
HP Distributed Print Service Deprecated
Diagnostics: EMS Hardware Monitors
Integration with Other Applications
Improved ioscan Description Field for PCI Devices
instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD)
iCOD and Pay Per Use
10 Process, Threads, Memory, and Kernel Parameters
What's in This Chapter?
HP-UX Gang Scheduling
Kernel Threads vs. CMA Threads
Compatibility Issues
Documentation
Large Private Data Space
New Options
Compatibility Issues
Memory Windows
Summary of Changes
Compatibility Issues
Configuration
HP-UX SCA Process and Memory Management
Dynamic Tunables
Asynchronous Disk Pseudo Driver (async) Compatibility
Impact
Compatibility
System-V InterProcess Communications (IPC)
System-V IPC Message Queue Enhancement
System-V IPC SEMMSL Dynamic Kernel Tunable
SCSI Queue Depth Management
Changes to mpctl() System Call
11 New and Changed Disk and File Management Features
What's in This Chapter?
VERITAS VxFS 3.5 Available on Software Pack
Additional Support for Striping and Mirroring
New Whitepaper on File and File System Sizes
New Version of Journaled File System (JFS)
Documentation
Compatibility Issues
Performance Issues
Network File System Support on TCP/IP
Documentation Changes
Other NFS Changes
Loopback Transport Support
User-Space Thread Generation
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
12 Internet and Networking Services
What's in This Chapter?
IPv6 Available on Software Pack
What is IPv6?
What's Included in HP-UX 11i IPv6?
Identifying IPv6 Systems
Where to Find Information
Base HP-UX Internet Services
Sendmail-8.9.3
BIND 8.1.2
"PAM-ized" rexecd and remshd
Changes for GateD
DHCP with Nonsecure DNS Updates
Network Transport
ifconfig
ndd
netstat
Virtual IP (VIP) Address for the System
setsockopt()
T_OPTMGMT
New Versions of FTPD
Secure Version of FTPD
Changes to rwhod
STREAMS/UX
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)
13 Security
What's in This Chapter?
Generic Security Services for Developing Secure Applications
Symbol Clashes
Size Requirements
Compatibility
Documentation Changes
Execute Protected Stacks
Impact
Compatibility
Auditing Commands/System Calls To Be Obsoleted
Configurable Security Features
Password History Feature on Trusted Systems
Kerberos Client Software
Libraries
Header Files
Utilities
Manpages
Special Considerations
HP-UX Kerberos Server
14 Compatibility
What's in This Chapter?
Compatibility from HP-UX 11.0 to 11i
General Compatibility Concerns
Known Compatibility Exceptions from HP-UX 11.0 to 11i
Library-Related
Miscellaneous
Networking, Internet Services, and Security
Software Distributor (SD)
Obsolescence and Deprecation of APIs
Rationale and Objectives
Terms and Definitions
Archive/Static Libraries
CMA Threads Obsolescence
15 Programming
What's in This Chapter?
HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK)
Libraries
aC++ Runtime (libCsup*, libstd*, libstream*, librwtool*)
Changes to libc
Overall libc Performance Tuning
Performance Improvements to libc's ftw() and nftw()
Performance Improvements to libc's malloc()
The libcres.a Library
Changes to libm
Miscellaneous
Linker and Object File Tools (ld, crt0.o, dld.sl, libdld.sl, chatr,
and odump)
Changes to the linker/dld Interface
Instrumented Code Using PBO or +O4 Optimization
HP DCE/9000
Extensions to pstat()
Changes to sendfile
Machine Identifier Changes to confstr
16 New and Changed Internationalization Features
What's in This Chapter?
Japanese Language Pack for Netscape 4.79
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
Commands
libc
Codeset Converters
Impact
Asian System Environment (ASE)
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
Stream Orientation
Restartable APIs and the Conversion State
How to Get MSE/Unix98 Behavior
New Interfaces
Modified Interfaces
17 Licensing Products
Future Change for LicensePower/iFOR
Impending LSSERV Software Obsolescence
Index

List of Tables

1-1 Finding HP-UX 11i Documents
4-1 Maximums for Superdome Models
4-2 New nPartition Commands
4-3 nPartition Boot Actions
4-4 Partition Manager Dependencies
4-5 Attention Indicator (LED) States and Meanings
5-1 Servers
5-2 D-Class Support for 11i 64-bit
5-3 Workstations
5-4 Minimum Firmware Versions for HP-UX 11i
5-5 Older Workstation Firmware Requirements
5-6 Minimum Firmware Versions for OL* Support
5-7 Current System Firmware Versions and Patches
5-8 Supported Updated Optical Units
5-9 Supported Optical Units
5-10 Supported HBAs for HP-UX 11i
5-11 HBAs Supported by c8xx SCSI Driver for HP-UX 11i
6-1 Operating Environment Applications
6-2 Selectable Applications
6-3 Always-Installed I/O Drivers on 11i OE Media
6-4 Locations of Judy Libraries
6-5 Kernel Parameters Changed by TechSysConf
6-6 Selectable I/O Drivers on 11i OE Media
7-1 Always-Installed Networking, I/O, and Mass Storage Card Drivers
7-2 EISA Interface Cards
8-1 Ignite-UX 11i Version B vs Version A Support
10-1 New mpctl() Command Requests
12-1 New FTP daemon options
12-2 New Commands
12-3 New Configuration Files
12-4 New Logging Information
12-5 Support Tools
14-1 APIs to be Deprecated/Obsoleted
15-1 New pstat Modules
15-2 New pstat Data Structures
16-1 Base
16-2 European
16-3 Asian
16-4 Modified European Locales
16-5 Unicode European Locales and Localized Files
16-6 Unicode Asian Locales and Localized Files
16-7 Change Applied to iconv Tables
16-8 Mapping for Double Vertical Line
16-9 Mapping for Ideographic Space
16-10 Changes Applied to eucTW—UCS2 Conversions
16-11 Mapping for UCS2/UTF-8 Conversion
16-12 Changes Applied to Shift-JIS/EUC—WUCS2/UTF-8 Conversion
16-13 Mapping for UCS2/UTF-8 Conversion
16-14 New Locales
16-15 Euro Locales with Dual Currency
16-16 Locales with Dual Currency
16-17 utf8 and IBM's code pages (EBCDIC)
16-18 ucs2 and IBM's code pages (EBCDIC)
16-19 iso885915 and IBM's code pages (EBCDIC)
16-20 utf8 and PC code pages (EBCDIC)
16-21 ucs2 and PC code pages (EBCDIC)
16-22 New Printer Models for JSE
   


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