What is HP-UX 11i v2?

HP-UX 11i v2 is the latest Enterprise Release on Itanium-based systems with extended software solutions and new hardware platforms.

Features and Applications Available in HP-UX 11i v2

The HP-UX 11i v2 release includes the following major features and enhancements:

All Operating Environments: Foundation OE, Enterprise OE, Mission Critical OE, Minimal Technical OE, and Technical Computing OE
Support for 64-way capable Itanium-based version of Superdome with 64-CPU performance scaling
HP-UX Partition Manager support for HP-UX 11i, Windows, and Linux running in separate partitions
Multi-OS system management for HP-UX, Windows, and Linux running in separate hard partitions
Support for 1 terabyte of main memory
Support for all previously released Itanium 2 servers: HP Integrity rx5670 and HP Integrity rx2600
Cell local memory for Superdome/Itanium-based performance scalability
PCI and PCI-X Doorbell for one-touch online I/O card removal or replacement
Six more dynamically tunable kernel parameters: dbc_max_pct, dbc_min_pct, nflocks, nfile, maxfiles, and fs_symlinks
nPars (hard partitions)
VxFS/VxVM/CVM 3.5 (Veritas File System, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Manager) with up to 1024 ACLs (Access Control Lists), 2 terabyte maximum file size, and 4 terabyte maximum file system size. VxFS is the default file system
Performance improvements in Aries dynamic code translator (executes PA-RISC binaries on Itanium systems) versus HP-UX 11i v1.6 (B.11.22)
iCOD (instant Capacity on Demand)
Pay Per Use (PPU)
Dynamically Loadable Kernel Modules for File System
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) v1.4.1 with 32- and 64-bit hotspot
HP Workload Manager
HP-UX Bastille for secure system configuration
Faster system boot and memory dump through greater parallelism
Hyperfabric2
Application binary compatibility with previous HP-UX 11i releases for Itanium (HP-UX 11i v1.5 (B.11.20) and HP-UX 11i v1.6 (B.11.22))
Application source code compatibility with HP-UX 11i v1 on PA-RISC
Dynamic Loader
Interrupt Migration
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX for monitoring and controlling a diverse set of resources.
AutoFS+2.3
On-Line Addition and Replacement of I/O Adapters
IPv6 support
SNAplus2
Mozilla Application Suite (Mozilla is the default browser)
HP-UX Secure Shell
New and improved kernel configuration mechanism

You can find the complete list of applications included in the HP-UX 11i v2 release in the HP Application Availability Matrix:

http://www.software.hp.com/MATRIX




	NOTE: HP is continually adding support for additional hardware and software. Contact your HP Service Representative for information about additional support or refer to the latest edition of this document on http://docs.hp.com.

Features Unavailable in HP-UX 11i v2

In comparison with HP-UX 11i v1 or HP-UX 11i v1.6, HP-UX 11i v2 does not provide support for the following:

PA-RISC systems
Virtual Partitions (vPars)
32-bit support
Support of update from HP-UX 11i v1.6 (B.11.22) workstations to HP-UX 11i v2 (zx2000 and zx6000)
Business Copy/BCV/snapshot features on high-end disk arrays
Fabric connectivity with Fibre Channel Mass Storage
OSPF agent for gated
PA-RISC cross development on Itanium-based processors
HP-supplied PA-RISC mode archive system libraries
HP-supplied Itanium-based archived system libraries
Mix and match between Itanium-based and PA-RISC binaries and/or 32-bit and 64-bit objects
Framebuffer graphics support
Boot from floppy disk

In addition, administrators and developers should make note of the following important change and limitation:

No 32-bit version of this OS will be made available.




	TIP: Additional information about these changes, limitations, and differences between HP-UX 11i v1.6 (B.11.22) and HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) are described further in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes.

What is HP-UX 11i v2?

Technical documentation

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Features and Applications Available in HP-UX 11i v2

Features Unavailable in HP-UX 11i v2