Welcome to HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005

The May 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v2 continues as a joint release of HP-UX 11i v2 supported on both the HP 9000 and HP Integrity server families. This enterprise release offers the full range of HP-UX Operating Environments and capabilities. Significant new capabilities include:

Itanium®-based systems offer significantly better price/performance and performance scalability than systems based on current architectures, and HP-UX 11i v2 provides the best way to preserve your investment through the transition from Precision Architecture Reduced Instruction Set Computing (PA-RISC) HP 9000 servers to Itanium®-based HP Integrity servers.

HP's enterprise computing business carefully planned the transition to Itanium®-based systems and places a premium on customer and partner investment protection. HP-UX 11i v2 maintains compatibility between HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers in the following ways:

With this May 2005 update to the September 2004 release of HP-UX 11i v2 (for both the HP 9000 and HP Integrity server families), HP-UX 11i v2 continues as a transition bridge between the PA-RISC architecture and the Itanium®-based architecture, and continues to provide a smooth transition path for HP-UX customers and partners on to the next-generation Itanium®-based architecture.

	NOTE: Please note that your system must have an HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environment (OE) from September 2004 (or later) before updating your system with any individual patches, patch bundles, or products released from September 2004 forward.