Selectable Networking Drivers

The following table lists drivers that are not automatically installed, but can be selected during installation. For more details about changes to these drivers, see the remainder of this section.

Table 4-3 Selectable Networking Drivers^[1]

Bundle	Driver	Card Number	Description
`10GigEthr-00`	ixgbe	AB287A	PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet card
`ATM-00`	`atm2pci`	A5483A^[2] A5513A A5515A^[2]	PCI ATM cards
`HyprFabrc-00`	`clic`	A6386A	HyperFabric2 PCI 4X Fiber adapter
`TermIO-00`	`pci_mux0`	A6748AA6749A	PCI MUX (8-port)PCI MUX (64-port)
`TokenRing-00`	`pcitr`	A5783A	PCI Token Ring card
^[1]In addition to currently supported cards, the swlist report may contain the product numbers of cards that have been “pre-enabled,” but have not been released yet. Cards released after the publication of this document may be supported but not shown in this table. ^[2]A5483A and A5515A supported only on HP 9000 Superdome, 64-bit A-Class, L-Class, and N-Class servers.

10GigEthr-00 (10 Gigabit Ethernet)

The 10GigEthr-00 bundle supplies the ixgbe driver, version B.11.23.03, which supports the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet card.

The 10 Gigabit Ethernet (ixgbe) driver is delivered as a selectable product in the May 2005 update of HP-UX 11i v2. In addition, you can obtain an HP-UX 11i v2-based copy of the driver at http://software.hp.com under “Internet ready and networking.”

Summary of Change

The 10GigEthr-00 bundle is new with the May 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v2.

Impact

The 10GigEthr-00 bundle adds support for the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet card.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

The AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet Card Installation Guide is available online at http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#10%20Gigabit%20Ethernet.

For more information about the AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet card (such as a current list of supported systems and switches that work well with this product), please go to the following Web site:

http://www.hp.com/products1/unixserverconnectivity

Obsolescence

Not applicable.