What’s New in the March 2004 Release?

The following changes pertain to the March 2004 HP-UX 11i v2 release. For further information, see the indicated pages in the remainder of this document.

Chapter 4 “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information”.

Hardware Enablement Program added to support new systems, processors, and I/O adapters. Support for optical devices updated. (See “Hardware Enablement Program”.)
Networking and Mass Storage Drivers:
- FibrChanl-00 driver bundle updated to incorporate defect fixes.. (See “FibrChanl-00”.)
- FibrChanl-01 driver bundle now supports the A6826A card. (See “FibrChanl-01”.)
- FibrChanl-01 and GigEther-01 driver bundles now support the A9782A and A9784A cards. (See “FibrChanl-01” and “GigEther-01”.)
- GigEther-01 driver bundle now supports the A7109A card. (See “GigEther-01”.)
- IEther-00 driver bundle now supports the A7011A and A7012A cards. (See “IEther-01”.)
- RAID-01 driver bundle now supports the A9890A card. (See “RAID-01”.)
- The scsiU320-00 driver bundle added to pre-enable cards to be released in the future. (See “scsiU320-00”.)
On Demand Solutions:
- Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) updated to version 6.01 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Instant Capacity on Demand”.)
- Pay Per Use (PPU) updated to version 6.04 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Pay Per Use”.)
Xserver updated to version B.11.23.01 with support for multiple graphics cards. (See “Xserver”.)

Chapter 5 “General System Administration”.

Diagnostics (Online):
- EMS Hardware Monitor added to monitor the operation of the iSCSI Software Initiator. IPMI Event Viewer Web Interface Tool added. (See “Diagnostics”.)
HP Partitioning:
- HP Process Resource Manager updated to version C.02.02 with support of a version option, support of SSL encryption of login/password data, more consistent syslog messaging, and other changes. (See “HP Process Resource Manager”.)
- HP-UX Workload Manager updated to version A.02.02 with a new GUI that allows local and remote management of WLM systems; automatic resizing of node partitions (nPars) that use iCOD software; support for more WLM configuration options by the Configuration Wizard; and other changes. (See “HP-UX Workload Manager”.)
- HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits updated to version A.01.05. Utilities now use /opt/perl/bin/perl; ApacheTK begins supporting Apache 2.x; the cntl_smooth configuration file keyword now offered; utilitydc modified; and other changes. (See “HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits (WLMTK)”.)
- The nPartition Provider updated to version B.01.02.00.02 to incorporate several minor defect fixes to improve the overall quality of the product. (See “nPartition Provider”.)
- Partition Manager updated to version B.11.23.02.00.02 to incorporate several minor defect fixes, as well as changes to functionality, including checking of the complex for configuration problems, and validation of SSL certificates sent from the CIM server. (See “Partition Manager”.)
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX updated version A.01.05.08 to use OpenSSL 0.9.6k. (See “HP WBEM Services for HP-UX”.)
Ignite-UX updated to version B.5.2 with several enhancements, including updating the make_*_recovery tools. (See “Ignite-UX”.)
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit updated to version A.11.23.02 to deliver the File Lock Migration enhancement. (See “MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit”.)
The Quality Pack Patch Bundle now delivered on the Core OE media as well as the Web. (See “Quality Pack Patch Bundle”.)
Servicecontrol Manager updated to version 3.05 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Servicecontrol Manager”.)
Software Distributor updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Software Distributor”.)
Software Package Builder updated to version A.01.04 to allow the setting of corequisites and prerequisites attributes using the OR relationship. SPB also now able to detect ambiguous objects. (See “Software Package Builder (SPB)”.)
Update-UX updated to provide the flexibility to “deselect” bundles through an alternate to the default selections file. Update-UX will also create two backup kernel configurations from the update process. (See “Update-UX”.)

Chapter 6 “Disk and File Management”.

HP CIFS Client updated to version A.01.09.01 to incorporate a defect fix. (See “HP CIFS Client”.)
HP CIFS Server 2.2g updated to version A.01.10 to incorporate fixes and minor enhancements developed since Samba version 2.2.5. (See “HP CIFS Server”.)
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS 3.5) now enables creation of file systems of up to 8 TB. (See “VERITAS File System (VxFS) 3.5”.)

Chapter 7 “Internet and Networking”.

HP-UX Apache-based Web Server updated to version v.1.0.10.03 as primarily a security and bug fix release which addresses vulnerabilities and problems. (See “HP-UX Web Server Suite”.)
HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine updated to version 1.0.10.01 to correspond with the HP-UX Apache-based Web Server v.1.0.10.03 with Apache 2.0.48. Upgraded mod_jk to v1.2.5. (See “HP-UX Web Server Suite”.)
LAN Commands:
- The lanadmin command’s hard link, /usr/bin/landiag, deprecated. (See “The lanadmin Command”.)
- The file /etc/lanscan deprecated. (See “The lanscan Command”.)
- The file /etc/linkloop deprecated. (See “The linkloop Command”.)
Mozilla updated to version 1.4.00.01 with full Japanese localization as well as other defect fixes and enhancements. Netscape is no longer included, but can be downloaded at http://www.hp.com/go/netscape. (See “Mozilla Application Suite”.)

Chapter 8 “Security”.

HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System v2.2 updated to include a defect fix for the detection of logins. (See “HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System”.)

Chapter 9 “Commands and System Calls”.

Topics in this chapter are unchanged for March 2004.

Chapter 10 “Libraries and Programming”.

GTK+ Libraries updated to version 1.4.gm.46.4 to support changes to the Operating Environments. No new functionality added. (See “GTK+ Libraries”.)
HP Message Passing Interface (MPI) updated to version 2.0 with full MPI-2 Standard functionality and other enhancements. (See “HP Message Passing Interface (MPI)”.)
Perl updated to version 5.8.0 build 806 with several bug fixes and other improvements. (See “Perl”.)

Chapter 11 “Internationalization”.

ATOK 8 Japanese input method now deprectated. (See “Deprecated Functionality”.)

Chapter 12 “Other Functionality”.

HP-UX OpenGL Run Time Environment and Developer's Kit updated to version B.11.23.02.01 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP-UX OpenGL Run Time Environment and Developer’s Kit”.)

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