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The following summaries pertain to the September 2004 HP-UX
11i v2 release. For further information, see the indicated chapters
in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2004 Release Notes,
available in its most current version at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/. The following are not exhaustive lists, so it strongly recommended
that you consult the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2004
Release Notes for information that is not included here. The summaries for the September 2004 release are divided into
two lists: What
is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i
v1? | |
In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture
of how the current release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the June
2004 release of HP-UX 11i v1. For further details, see the indicated
chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2004 Release
Notes, available in its most current version at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/. In addition, you should review the list “What
is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers of HP-UX 11i v2?” for a picture of how the September 2004
release differs from the March 2004 release of HP-UX 11i v2. What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information”. HP Instant
Support Enterprise Edition: Formerly delivered on the HP-UX 11i
v1 Support Plus media; now available with this release on HP-UX
11i v2. HP StorageWorks Command View
SDM v1.08.00: Supports HP-UX 11i v2 on Itanium®-based platforms only. Near
the release of HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004, a version of CVSDM to
support HP-UX 11i v2 on PA-RISC platforms will be available on the
Web. HP StorageWorks Secure Path
V3.0E for HP-UX: Provides EVA Boot and Dump support on HP-UX 11i
v2 September 2004 and later releases. HP-UX 11i v2 Driver Development
Kit: Enhanced to support the current release of HP-UX 11i v2. Includes
sample drivers and makefiles, as well as driver development tools
for both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based
systems, and other enhancements. HP-UX 3D Graphics Run Time
Environment and Developer's Kit: Modules for hardware-accelerated
OpenGL rendering removed because PA-RISC Workstations are not supported
by this release. OpenGL rendering to remote displays supported via
GLX protocol and HP Virtual Memory Driver. Networking and Mass Storage
Drivers: Always-Installed
Networking Drivers: Gigabit
Ethernet and Fast Ethernet: Includes TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)
support for iether and igelan drivers; 64-bit MIB statistics support; HP-UX LAN provider
support. PCI FDDI: Enhanced to provide
the FDDI network connectivity from Itanium®-based platforms, in addition
to existing PA-RISC platforms. Deprecated and planned for future
obsolescence.
Selectable Networking Drivers: HyperFabric:
Now supports a transparent local failover feature. PCI ATM: Support for A5513A
(155 Mbps ATM adapter over MMF) available on IO expander slots of
rp8400 platform. PCI Token Ring: Now available
on Itanium®-based 64-bit
platforms, in addition to existing PA-RISC platforms. Deprecated
and planned for future obsolescence.
Always-Installed Mass Storage
Drivers: Fibre Channel Tachlite Driver:
Supports A6795A, A5158A. Boot support provided. Online diagnostic
tool changed to support A6826A. Supports Interrupt Migration and
OLAR. FibrChnl-01: Default interrupt delay settings tuned to improve performance. HP-UX Ultra320 SCSI Driver:
Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements for Ultra320 SCSI
solutions, including core and add-on HP adapters. RAID-01: Delivers the driver ciss, which supports the A7143A, A9890A, and A9891A cards. SCSI Drivers: Support limited
to PCI cards. New cards A5149A and A5838A supported, with limitations
on Intel® Itanium®. HVD cards A4800A, A5159A,
and A5159B not supported. OLAR of A6828A and A6869A cards supported.
Interrupt migration supported.
Selectable Mass Storage Drivers: HP-UX
iSCSI Software Initiator: Now available on HP-UX 11i v2.
Online Addition and Replacement
(OL* or OLAR): The rad command no longer available. SAM no longer used for OL*.
The olrad command now used; performs a critical resource analysis
to ensure system integrity will not be compromised. On Demand Solutions: Instant
Capacity on Demand (iCOD) 6.03: Incremented from version 6.02 for support
on HP-UX 11i 2. Pay Per Use B.07.00: Updated
so that either pricing model can be used as the metric and so that
a processor cap can be specified, as well as other changes.
Supported Servers and Workstations:
Many 64-bit PA-RISC servers are supported on this release. No 32-bit
servers are supported. PA-RISC workstations are not supported. Technical System Configuration
(TechSysConf): TC-OpenSource tools removed. Remaining TC-SysSetup
alters kernel configurable parameters, as well as selected system
configuration files, for improved system performance.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration”. Compressed
Dump: New feature with HP-UX 11i v2. Speeds up the crash dump process. Enterprise Cluster Master
Toolkit B.02.11: DB2, Informix, and Sybase not supported. Mixed
IA-PA failover for the Oracle9i package not supported. Event Monitoring Services:
Framework and GUI available as 32-bit native applications on PA-RISC
and Intel® Itanium
®. 64-bit EMS Itanium
®-based native libraries
also available. Deprecated. Will be replaced post HP-UX 11i v3 with WBEM. GlancePlus Pak C.03.85: Contains
enhancements to OVPA and GlancePlus, including new parm file parameters
and new process-level metrics, as well as updated default adviser
symptoms and alarms. High Availability Monitors:
Available as 32-bit native binaries on PA-RISC & Itanium
®-based platforms. Deprecated.
Will be obsoleted post HP-UX 11i v3. HP Partitioning: HP Process
Resource Manager C.02.03: Installing this or later versions of PRM will
not result in a reboot. Installing PHKL patches will. HP-UX nPartition Configuration
Commands: Management scope of commands extended to remote partitions
and complexes. Additional enhancements added. HP-UX Processor Sets: Once
an optional product for the HP-UX 11i v1 release, now part of the
HP-UX 11i v2 core kernel. HP-UX Virtual Partitions
(vPars) A.04.01: Will not release simultaneously with the September
2004 HP-UX 11i v2 release. Targeted to release in the middle of 2005. HP-UX Workload Manager A.02.03:
In most cases, installing this version (or later) will not result
in a reboot. Installing PHKL patches will. HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits
A.01.07: the utilitydc command, part of the Pay Per Use Toolkit, has been modified. nPartition Provider B.01.03.00.
x: Now supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems. Partition Manager 2.0: Features
now brought to PA-RISC partitionable systems (as well as Itanium
®-based), including improved
GUI, support for CLM, and ability to configure nPartitions on remote
complexes.
HP Serviceguard A.11.16:
Now supports clusters with mixed servers (HP Integrity and HP 9000). HP Serviceguard Quorum Server:
Supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems. HP-UX 11i v2 Required Patch
Bundle (BUNDLE11i): Delivered with this release. Consists of patches for
HP-UX 11i v2 that are required to install and update the operating
system (OS). HP-UX Kernel Configuration:
The kcweb application incorporates changes and new features. The
maxusers tunable obsoleted. Kernel Configuration (KC) commands replaced
by a new set of commands. Changes made in kernel location, boot-time selection,
and automatic backup creation. The /stand/system/ file enhanced. The Peripheral Device Tool
(pdweb) B11.23.02: New for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i
v1. Ignite-UX, version B.6.0.
x: Includes ability to install and recover the HP-UX
releases 11.0, B.11.11, B.11.22, B.11.23 PA-RISC, and B.11.23 Itanium
®-based clients from
a single Ignite-UX server. Also includes booting of both PA-RISC
and Itanium®-based, known
as dual boot, from a single media source; and installing one unified PA-RISC/Itanium
®-based core HP-UX operating
system bundle. Improved Database Startup
and Shutdown Times: Database startup and shutdown times have been
drastically reduced. Interrupt Migration: New
for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i v1, this feature can be used
to view and modify the interrupt configuration of the system. MySQL: Updated with tightened
security. Product has been deprecated. Obsolescence Product: New
product, used in an update when obsolete software on the system
needs to be removed. OnlineDiag: Includes cell-local
memory (CLM) support for PA-RISC platform, as well as various bug
fixes and enhancements. Support added for new devices. Quality Pack Patch Bundle:
All patches that were in the March 2004 HP-UX 11i v2 Quality Pack
will be superseded by dual-architecture patches, which will be placed in
BUNDLE11i. SAM-NNC: Added support for
VLAN, IPoIB, large send, and DHCPv6 functionality, plus other changes. Servicecontrol Manager: Contains
only minor updates. All functionality remains the same. Product
has been deprecated. Software Distributor (SD):
Updated to a new version to support this new release of HP-UX 11i
v2. Software Package Builder
A.02.00: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. System Administration Manager
(SAM): Includes new tools, HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool and HP-UX
Peripheral Devices tool. System V Shared Memory: Incorporates
the functionality of the now-obsoleted ShmemExtensions product.
Maximum for the shmmni tunable parameter increased. Update-UX: Updated to incorporate
defect fixes.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 6: “Disk and File Management” . 16 Terabyte
(TB) File System Support: VxFS 3.5 file systems of up to 16 TB now certified. AutoFS 2.3: Upgraded to include
the features of the SUN ONC AutoFS version 2.3 product, as well
as performance enhancements, including on-demand mounting. DeviceIDS: Provides a significant
performance improvement for AutoFS at unmount time. File Systems Backup and Recovery
Commands: The commands fbackup(1M), frecover(1M), and ftio(1) deprecated. Hierarchical File System
(HFS): Deprecated. Will be removed in a future release. HP CIFS Client A.01.09.02:
Provides 64-bit PAM-NTLM libraries support and defect fixes. HP CIFS Server 2.2i (A.01.11.01):
Provides new LDAP support functionality, as well as other new features
and defect fixes. Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
and MirrorDisk/UX: Performance improved. LVM no longer performs
software bad block relocation. Defects fixed. Network File System (NFS):
New option added to the umount command. Compatibility exception noted. Network Information Service
Plus (NIS+): Deprecated and planned for future obsolescence. Valid
modification requests to update NIS+ tables will now fail if the size
of the request is larger than 9000 bytes. Portable File System (PFS):
Obsolete. VERITAS File System (VxFS/HP
OnlineJFS/JFS) 3.5: Contains new and changed features, including
new and/or enhanced tunable parameters, enhanced VxFS commands,
new I/O error handling policy, new default intent log mode, new
default system block size, VxFS system activity reporter, forced
unmounts, and more. Enables creation of file systems up to 32 TB
(16 TB has been certified). VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)
3.5 for HP-UX (Base): Includes new versions of VEA and SIG Licensing,
as well as defect fixes.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and Networking”. HP Data
Link Provider Interface (DLPI): Includes enhancements to the Streams interface;
new third-party driver interface for non-native Streams drivers; consolidation
of .h files; obsolescence of the dump read capability of the
lanscan (1M) command;
support for TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO or Large Send), InfiniBand
technology, and 64-bit MIB. HP Openview Emanate Agent
15.3: Agents are now SNMPv3 compatible. IPv6 agent added. HP-UX LAN Provider: New with
this release of HP-UX 11i v2. Client applications can use this Provider
to determine 100bt and Gigabit links available on the system and
collect information about them. HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.01:
Offers the same functionality as A.01.00, but delivery method has
changed. HP-UX Web Server Suite: HP-UX
Apache-based Web Server 2.0.50.01: Primarily a security, bug fix
release with enhancements. HP-UX Webmin-based Admin
A.1.070.01: Primarily a security, bug fix release.
Internet Services: BIND
9.2.0: Includes incremental zone transfer, DNSSEC, dynamic DNS update, TSIG-based
security, lightweight resolver library and daemon, improved logging mechanism,
and other features. BOOTP and DHCP: Both implement
a new tag to configure the IP address of the tftp server. Two new options included in the /etc/dhcptab file. DHCPv6: New product with
HP-UX 11i v2. The inetd daemon: New variable and new command-line option added. IPv4 Address Display: The
IPv4-mapped-IPv6 address display is now changed to display an IPv4
address. IPv6-enabled Internet Services
products: Several products, including inetd, telnet, and R-commands, are IPv6 enabled. Logging User Accounting Information:
The telnetd, rlogind, remshd, rexecd and ftpd utilities now use the new scalable utmps/wtmps/btmps interfaces to log user accounting information. Multimedia Streaming Protocols
(MSP): Upon upgrade to HP-UX 11i v2, MSP will be removed. MSP will
be available later as a Web upgrade. Customers who have not installed
MSP on HP-UX 11i v1 will be unaffected. The rbootd remote boot server for RMP clients: Obsolete. Clients
using the RMP protocol no longer supported; you must move from RMP
to BOOTP. The remsh/rexec command and remote execution server: The remshd() function has been changed to display an error message
under certain circumstances. The remsh/rexec process may appear hung when a user executes certain
remote commands. The rexecd remote execution server: New option added to prevent
a user from logging in as superuser. The [use_psd]
option cannot be specified in the /etc/pam.conf file for rexecd. Route Administration Manager
for IPv6 Routing Protocols (RAMIPv6): Upon upgrade to HP-UX 11i
v2, RAMIPv6 will be removed. RAMIPv6 will be available later as
a Web upgrade. Customers who have not installed RAMIPv6 on HP-UX 11i
v1 will be unaffected. The rwhod server: Updated to use the utmps interfaces to read the user accounting information. Now
supports valid hostname characters as per RFC 952 only. Secure Internet Services:
New options added. IPv6 enabled for R-commands. Kerberos supported
in an IPv6 environment for ftp, r-commands, and telnet. Sendmail 8.11.1: Offers several
new features, including multiple queue directories, enhanced status
codes as defined by RFC 2034, client port options, daemon port options,
IPv6 support, and more. SLP 0.8: New with HP-UX 11i
v2. Includes dynamic service tracking, ease of administration, and
ease of development. TCP Wrappers 7.6: Includes
features such as monitoring incoming requests for Internet Services,
controlling access to services spawned by inetd, and enforcing access control in stand-alone daemon programs,
among others. The telnetd function: Contains two new options. WU-FTPD 2.6.1: Offers several
new features, including virtual hosts support, the privatepw utility, IPv6 support, and new command-line options,
as well as other changes.
LAN Administration Commands:
Include support for IPoIB, 64-bit MIB, and Native and Non-Native
DLPI drivers developed by IHVs, plus new command-line options for
lanadmin. Mozilla Application Suite
1.4.0.01: Contains full Japanese localization as well as other defect
fixes and enhancements. Security bulletin posted. Netscape Directory Server
6.11: Includes enhancements to Multi-Master replication, login enhancements,
virtual attribute search, new plug-ins support, and a data interoperability
feature. Network Tracing and Logging
(NetTL): Changes include formatting support for IPoIB and new CLI
option to support configurable trace buffer timer value. Network Transport (ARPA):
Changes include support for enhancements of HP-UX DLPI; enhancements
to CKO interfaces between HP-UX transport and DLPI; removed support
for dump reading by netstat and arp; IPv6 transport supported, and other changes. Problem
and work-around noted: HP-UX sends TCP packets with incorrect window
size. ( Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP):
Available on HP-UX 11i v2. Includes changes to Point-to-Point Protocol
over Ethernet (PPPoE) and Point-to-Point Protocol for IPv6 (PPPv6). STREAMS/UX: The HP-UX
11i v2 September 2004 Release Notes contains an error and
should instead read as follows: For non-blocking writes, during
flow control conditions, STREAMS now returns success
(0 return value) in the case of partial writes on STREAMS-based
pipes.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security” . Boot
Authentication: Now available on all Standard Systems. Standard
Mode Boot Authentication feature can be configured by two parameters. Generic Security Service
Application Programming Interface (GSS-API): IPv6 enabled. HP-UX Bastille 2.1: New product
for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i v1. HP-UX IPFilter A.03.05.10.02:
Includes additional defect fixes. HP-UX Secure Shell A.03.71.000:
Contains several new features, including enhanced ssh_prng_cmds file for random number generation, new escape character
for requesting a pseudo terminal, and support for generating KEX-GEX
groups in the ssh-keygen file. HP-UX Strong Random Number
Generator: New product with HP-UX 11i v2. HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection
System 2.3: Product bundle renamed and restructured to improve product
installation and maintenance. Install-Time Security B.01.
x.x: New product for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i
v1. Kerberos Client (KRB5-Client):
Changes include support for appdefaults section in the /etc/krb5.conf; multidomain support; IPv6 support. OpenSSL A.00.09.07-d: A self-signed
host certificate is automatically generated while installing OpenSSL. PAM: 64-bit framework now
supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems.
New PAM module introduced. Defect fixes included. PAM-Kerberos v1.23: Supports
both Itanium®-based and
PA-RISC applications in 32-bit mode and 64-bit mode. The pam_sm_acct_mgmt() function returns PAM_USER_UNKNOWN instead
of PAM_SUCCESS when the user is not present
in the kerberos database. Security Patch Check 2.0:
New product for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i v1. Shadow Passwords: New feature
enhances system security by hiding user-encrypted passwords in a
shadow password file. Now supported by SAM.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls” . The
execve[*]() system calls: Beginning with HP-UX 11i v1.6, the kernel
ignores setuid and setgid bits on scripts for security reasons. In addition, buffer
overflow protection is now enabled. The fuser Command: Performance improved. The insf, lssf, and mksf Commands: Now support IHV drivers. The mmap() Function: Now possible to perform mappings between a
process's address space and I/O device registers or memory. The olrad Command: The rad(1M) command replaced by the
more robust olrad(1M) command. Post/Wait: New. Provides
a fast, lightweight synchronization facility for user applications. The ps command: The default width is now set to 128 characters
and a default file has been provided to define the length of the
command field, which can be between 64-1020. The rc Shell Script: When a system needs reboot for some reason,
messages in the file /etc/rc.bootmsg will be displayed before the system is rebooted. The scsimgr and scsiscan Commands: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in HP-UX
11i v3. The settune and settune_txn System Calls: Post HP-UX 11i v2, tunables set using these
kernel system calls will not be persistent across reboots. The sfd Daemon: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in HP-UX
11i v3. The sysdef command: Deprecated. Reports incorrect values for some
tunable parameters such as msgmap, sema, and shmem.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming” . Absolute
Debugger (adb): Improved program includes support shared library, threads,
multiprocessor dump reading, 64-bit DLKM dump reading, among others. Also
includes improved command-line syntax, enhanced capabilities in
expressions and format strings, and better file searching and writing
capability, among others. HP aC++ Compiler for PA-RISC
A.03.55.02: Includes numerous new features for customers migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1. HP C Compiler for PA-RISC:
Includes numerous changes to version B.11.11.02 in each subsequent
release (B.11.11.04, B.11.11.06, B.11.11.08, B.11.11.10). HP Fortran for HP-UX 2.8.2:
Includes performance tuning enhancements. HP MLIB 8.6: FFT routines
support data sizes of any positive length. HP MPI 2.0.1: InfiniBand
interconnect on PA-RISC supported. HP-UX Buffer Cache Tunable
Parameters: All tunables associated to the sizing of the buffer
cache (nbuf, bufpages, bufcache_max_pct, dbc_min_pct, and dbc_max_pct) have been deprecated and will be obsolete in HP-UX 11i
v3. Java 2 Standard Edition Platform: HP 3D
Technology for the Java 2 Standard Edition Platform: Only for Itanium
®-based systems. PA-RISC-based
systems not supported. Java for HP-UX PA-RISC Add-On
C++ Libraries for SDK and RTE: Now included in HP-UX 11i v2.
Math Library (libm): Although
the C Math Library’s API for PA-RISC is unchanged from
HP-UX 11i v1, differences between it and the API for Itanium®-based systems should be noted. POSIX Threads: Augmented
for PA-RISC systems to support two modes of scheduling, system scope
(1x1) and process scope (MxN). The Software Transition Kit (STK): Available on
the Web or Application Release media is a collection of tools and
documents designed to help transition HP-UX applications from earlier
versions of HP-UX to the latest version of HP-UX on the PA-RISC
or the Itanium®-based
platform. Transition Links: Deprecated.
Will become obsolete in post-HP-UX 11i v2 releases.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization” . Internationalization
Features: Changes include Unicode 3.0 support, GB18030 standard,
simplified Chinese input methods, mainframe iconv converters for Japanese characters, system support for
Latin and South American locales, new locale binaries and iconv converters, Hong Kong supplementary character set (HKSCS),
TrueType fonts for Asian languages, and other changes. Deprecated Functionality:
Several commands, library routines, and lp model files deprecated.
Will be removed in next major release of HP-UX.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating
from HP-UX 11i v1September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality” . ccNUMA:
Changes include: greater performance for some work loads; ability
to configure systems for optimal performance with regard to interleaved
versus cell local memory; ability to give guidance to OS for most
appropriate memory allocation according to an application’s
usage model; ability to control how processes are distributed among
localities. Common Desktop Environment
(CDE): Changes include IPv6 support; greater accessibility for physically
challenged users; dtlogin does not start X server when the mouse is not connected;
large file (greater than 2GB) support provided by dtfile; and other changes. In addition, CDE requires a number
of services and resources; if these are disabled either manually
or with Bastille, there are several impacts on CDE. Distributed Computing Environment
(DCE) Client and Integrated Login: Has new filesets and new product,
Integrated Login. Now IPv6 enabled.
What
is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers of HP-UX 11i v2? | |
In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture
of how the current release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the March
2004 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For further details, see the indicated
chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2004 Release Notes,
available in its most current version at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/. For a general picture of how this release differs from the
June 2004 release of HP-UX 11i v1, you should review the list “What
is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i
v1?”. What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Workstation- and Server-Specific Information” . HP Instant
Support Enterprise Edition: New with this release of HP-UX 11i v2. HP StorageWorks Secure Path
V3.0E for HP-UX: Provides EVA Boot and Dump support on HP-UX 11i
v2 September 2004 and later releases. Networking and Mass Storage
Drivers Always-Installed
Networking Drivers: Gigabit
Ethernet and Fast Ethernet: Includes TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)
support for iether and igelan drivers; 64-bit MIB statistics support; HP-UX LAN provider
support; Virtual LAN (VLAN) support.
Selectable Networking Drivers: HyperFabric:
Now supports a transparent local failover feature. PCI ATM: Support for A5513A
(155 Mbps ATM adapter over MMF) available on I/O expander slots
of rp8400 platform. PCI Token Ring: Deprecated
and planned for future obsolescence.
Always-Installed Mass Storage
Drivers: FibrChnl-00: Online diagnostic tool changed to support A6826A. FibrChnl-01: An option has been added to the fcmsutil utility that updates the EFI driver stored in the flash
ROM of an A6826A HBA port. HP-UX Ultra320 SCSI Driver:
Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements for Ultra320 SCSI
solutions, including core and add-on HP adapters. RAID-01: Delivers the driver ciss, which supports A7143A, A9890A, and A9891A cards. SCSI Drivers: Cards A4800A,
A5159A, and A5159B obsoleted.
Selectable Mass Storage Drivers: HP-UX
iSCSI Software Initiator: Now available on HP-UX 11i v2.
Online Addition and Replacement
(OL* or OLAR): Now available for both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems. On Demand Solutions: Instant
Capacity on Demand (iCOD) 6.03: Incremented from version 6.01 to incorporate
defect fixes. Pay Per Use B.07.00: Updated
so that either pricing model can be used as the metric and so that
a processor cap can be specified, as well as other changes.
Secure Path V3.0E for HP-UX:
Provides EVA Boot and Dump support on HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004
and later releases. Supported Servers and Workstations:
Many 64-bit PA-RISC servers are supported on this release. No 32-bit
servers are supported. PA-RISC workstations are not supported. Technical System Configuration
(TechSysConf): Now supported on PA-RISC servers that run HP-UX 11i
v2.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 5: General System Administration . Enterprise
Cluster Master Toolkit B.02.11: New scripts added: HP Apache, HP Tomcat,
HP CIFS. Event Monitoring Services:
Framework and GUI available as 32-bit native applications on PA-RISC
and Intel® Itanium
®. 64-bit EMS Itanium
®-based native libraries
also available. Deprecated. Will be replaced post HP-UX 11i v3 with WBEM. GlancePlus Pak C.03.85: Contains
enhancements to OVPA and GlancePlus, including new parm file parameters and new process-level metrics, as well
as updated default adviser symptoms and alarms. High Availability Monitors:
Available as 32-bit native binaries on PA-RISC and Itanium®-based platforms. Deprecated.
Will be obsoleted post HP-UX 11i v3. HP Partitioning: HP Process
Resource Manager C.02.03: Installing this or later versions of PRM will
not result in a reboot. Installing PHKL patches will. HP-UX nPartition Configuration
Commands: Includes changes to the parmodify, parcreate, and parstatus commands, as well as notes regarding the side effects
of using WBEM’s Trust Store file. HP-UX Virtual Partitions
(vPars) A.04.01: Will not release simultaneously with the September
2004 HP-UX 11i v2 release. Targeted to release in the middle of 2005. HP-UX Workload Manager A.02.03:
In most cases, installing this version (or later) will not result
in a reboot. Installing PHKL patches will. HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits
A.01.07: The utilitydc command, part of the Pay Per Use Toolkit, has been modified. nPartition Provider B.01.03.00.
x: Now supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems. Now supports
WBEM 2.0. Partition Manager 2.0: Supported
on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems.
Now interacts with nPartition Provider using WBEM 2.0.
HP Serviceguard A.11.16:
Updated with new functionality, defect repairs, and support for
future new hardware configurations. HP ServiceGuard Manager A.04.00:
Allows administrators to create/configure clusters and packages,
as well as monitor and manage clusters. HP Serviceguard Quorum Server:
Supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems. HP-UX 11i v2 Required Patch
Bundle (BUNDLE11i): Delivered with this release. Consists of patches for
HP-UX 11i v2 that are required to install and update the operating
system (OS). HP-UX Kernel Configuration
tool: TUI changed from earlier version. The /stand/system/ file enhanced. The Peripheral Device Tool
(pdweb) B11.23.02: TUI introduced. Ignite-UX, version B.6.0.
x: Includes ability to install and recover 11.0, B.11.11, B.11.22,
B.11.23 PA-RISC, and B.11.23 Itanium®-based
clients from a single Ignite-UX server. Also includes booting of
both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based, known
as dual boot, from a single media source; and installing one unified PA-RISC/Itanium
®-based core HP-UX operating
system bundle. Improved Database Startup
and Shutdown Times: Database startup and shutdown times have been
drastically reduced. MySQL: Updated with tightened
security. Product has been deprecated. Obsolescence Product: New
product, used in an update when obsolete software on the system
needs to be removed. OnlineDiag: Includes various
bug fixes and enhancements. Support added for new devices. Quality Pack Patch Bundle:
All patches that were in the March 2004 HP-UX 11i v2 Quality Pack
will be superseded by dual-architecture patches, which will be placed in
BUNDLE11i. SAM-NNC: Added support for
VLAN, IPoIB, and large send functionality, plus defect fixes. Servicecontrol Manager: Contains
only minor updates. All functionality remains the same. Product
has been deprecated. Software Distributor: Updated
to a new version to support this new release of HP-UX 11i v2. Software Package Builder
A.02.00: Updated to incorporate defect fixes, as well as support
new features, including the ability to edit multiple PSFs at the
same time. System Administration Manager
(SAM): Updated TUIs in the kernel configuration functional area
and the Cards and Devices subarea. Will support shadow mode only for
password aging. System V Shared Memory: Maximum
for the shmmni tunable parameter increased. Update-UX: Updated to incorporate
defect fixes.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 6: “Disk and File Management” . 16 Terabyte
(TB) File System Support: VxFS 3.5 file systems of up to 16 TB now certified. Hierarchical File System
(HFS): Deprecated. Will be removed in a future release. HP CIFS Client A.01.09.02:
Provides 64-bit PAM-NTLM libraries support and defect fixes. HP CIFS Server 2.2i (A.01.11.01):
Provides new LDAP support functionality, as well as other new features
and defect fixes. Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
and MirrorDisk/UX: Performance improved. LVM no longer performs
software bad block relocation. Defects fixed. Network File System (NFS):
New option added to the umount command. Compatibility exception noted. Network Information Service
Plus (NIS+): Deprecated and planned for future obsolescence. Valid
modification requests to update NIS+ tables will now fail if the size
of the request is larger than 9000 bytes. Portable File System (PFS):
Obsolete. VERITAS File System (VxFS/HP
OnlineJFS/JFS) 3.5: File systems of up to 16 TB now certified. VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5
for HP-UX (Base): Includes new versions of VEA and SIG Licensing,
as well as defect fixes.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and Networking” . HP Data
Link Provider Interface (DLPI): Includes support for VLAN functionality, TCP
Segmentation Offload (TSO or Large Send), InfiniBand technology,
and 64-bit MIB, as well as other changes. HP Openview Emanate Agent
15.3: Incorporates a defect fix. HP-UX LAN Provider: New with
this release of HP-UX 11i v2. Client applications can use this Provider
to determine 100bt and Gigabit links available on the system and
collect information about them. HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.01:
Offers the same functionality as A.01.00, but delivery method has
changed. HP-UX Web Server Suite: HP-UX Apache-based Web Server
2.0.50.01: Updated as a security, bug fix, and feature release which
contains support for Microsoft® FrontPage
2002, more pHP extensions, and numerous version upgrades. HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet
Engine 4.1.29.03: Updated with Tomcat version upgraded to 4.1.29;
mod_jk and related configuration files shipped with HP-UX Apache-based
Web Server; and defect fix to the Tomcat Admin application. HP-UX Webmin-based Admin
1.070.00.01: Updated as security, bug fix, and full-feature release
that contains the numerous enhancements. HP-UX XML Web Server Tools
2.00: Updated as primarily a version upgrade release, with upgrades
to Xerces-J, Xalan-J, Cocoon, and FOP.
Internet Services: BIND
9.2.0: Option to enable or disable the Extended DNS (EDNS) option provided. BOOTP and DHCP: Both implement
a new tag to configure the IP address of the tftp server. IPv4 Address Display: The
IPv4-mapped-IPv6 address display is now changed to display an IPv4
address.
LAN Administration Commands:
Includes support for IPoIB and VLAN interfaces, along with new command-line
options. Mozilla Application Suite
1.4.0.01: Contains full Japanese localization as well as other defect
fixes and enhancements. Security bulletin posted. Netscape Directory Server
6.11: New product for customers of HP-UX 11i v2. Network Tracing and Logging
(NetTL): Changes include formatting support for IPoIB, Mobile IPv4
extension headers, tunneled IPv6 packets, and Mobile IPv6 packets,
as well as new CLI option to support configurable trace buffer timer
value. Network Transport (ARPA):
Changes include Limited Transmit (IPv4 only); support for TCP Segmentation
Offload and for IPoIB links; IPv6 router advertisement daemon; Multicast
Listener Discovery support for IPv6 (host only); and other changes.
Problem and work-around noted: HP-UX sends TCP packets with incorrect window
size.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security” . HP-UX
Host Intrusion Detection System 2.3: Product bundle renamed and restructured
to improve product installation and maintenance. HP-UX IPFilter A.03.05.10.02:
Includes defect fixes and performance enhancements. HP-UX Secure Shell A.03.71.000:
Contains several new features, including enhanced ssh_prng_cmds file for random number generation, new escape character
for requesting a pseudo terminal, and support for generating KEX-GEX
groups in the ssh-keygen file. OpenSSL A.00.09.07-d: New
to HP-UX 11i v2. PAM: 64-bit framework now
supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems.
New PAM module introduced. Defect fixes included. PAM-Kerberos v1.23: Supports
both Itanium®-based and
PA-RISC applications in 32-bit mode and 64-bit mode. The pam_sm_acct_mgmt() function returns PAM_USER_UNKNOWN instead
of PAM_SUCCESS when the user is not present
in the Kerberos database. Security Patch Check 2.0:
Now provides update and manual action analysis, whereas prior releases
only analyzed patches. Shadow Passwords: Now supported
by SAM.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls”. The
fuser Command: Performance improved. Post/Wait: New. Provides
a fast, lightweight synchronization facility for user applications. The ps command: The default width now set to 128 characters
and a default file provided to define the length of the command
field. The rc Shell Script: When a system needs reboot for some reason,
messages in the file /etc/rc.bootmsg will be displayed before the system is rebooted. The scsimgr and scsiscan Commands: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in HP-UX
11i v3. The settune and settune_txn System Calls: Post HP-UX 11i v2, tunables set using these
kernel system calls will not be persistent across reboots. The sfd Daemon: Deprecated. Planned for obsolescence in HP-UX
11i v3. The sysdef command: Deprecated. Reports incorrect values for some
tunable parameters such as msgmap, sema, and shmem.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming” . HP aC++
Compiler for Itanium®-Based
Systems: No changes except for defect fixes. HP aC++ Compiler for PA-RISC
Systems: The new placement delete feature now supported. HP Fortran for HP-UX 2.8.2:
Includes performance tuning enhancements. HP MLIB 8.6: FFT routines
support data sizes of any positive length. HP MPI 2.0.1: InfiniBand
interconnect on Intel® Itanium
® supported. HP-UX Buffer Cache Tunable
Parameters: All tunables associated to the sizing of the buffer
cache (nbuf, bufpages, bufcache_max_pct, dbc_min_pct, and dbc_max_pct) have been deprecated and will be obsolete in HP-UX 11i
v3. Java 2 Standard Edition Platform: HP 3D
Technology for the Java 2 Standard Edition Platform: Only for Itanium
®-based systems. PA-RISC-based
systems not supported. HP-UX Software Development
Kit and Runtime Environment for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition:
For this release of HP-UX 11i v2, the full SDK as well as the RTE
for versions 1.3 and 1.4 are being delivered. Java for HP-UX PA-RISC Add-On
C++ Libraries for SDK and RTE: Now included in HP-UX 11i v2 for
Java developers on PA-RISC. Java Out-of-Box 2.03: Includes
defect fixes.
Math Library (libm): Current
release includes Math Library Cumulative Patch, which contains new
functions, performance and accuracy enhancements, and minor defects. POSIX Threads: Defect correction
applied to Itanium®-based
systems to make the thread library, source and relocatable compatible
with release HP-UX 11i v1. The Software Transition Kit (STK): Available on
the Web or Application Release media is a collection of tools and
documents designed to help transition HP-UX applications from earlier
versions of HP-UX to the latest version of HP-UX on the PA-RISC
or the Itanium®-based
platform. Transition Links: Deprecated.
Will become obsolete in post-HP-UX 11i v2 releases.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization” . Internationalization
Features: Includes defect fixes. No new features beyond those supplied
in the initial (October 2003) release of HP-UX 11i v2. Deprecated Functionality:
Several commands, library routines, and lp model files deprecated. Will be removed in next major
release of HP-UX.
What is New in September 2004 for Existing Customers
of HP-UX 11i v2September
2004 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality” . ccNUMA:
Additional platforms supported. Common Desktop Environment
(CDE): X11R6-based Xfree86 xterm is now the supported xterm and is delivered under /usr/bin/X11. The X11R5-based xterm is no longer supported and has been moved to /usr/contrib/bin/X11R5/. Distributed Computing Environment
(DCE) Client and Integrated Login: New PA-RISC filesets added. Integrated
Login, a new product, added.
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