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HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Installation and Configuration Guide: Itanium®-based Servers and Workstations > Chapter 1 Welcome to HP-UX 11i v1.6

Features and Applications Available in HP-UX 11i v1.6

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The following features and applications are available in this release:

  • Three Operating Environments (Base, MTOE, and TCOE)

  • 32- and 64-bit versions of ALL system libraries (shared only), both PA-RISC and Itanium

  • Dynamic Tunables

  • Core security functionality

  • JFS Version 3.3 (Veritas File System)

  • Veritas Volume Manager version 3.1

  • CDFS w/Rock Ridge Extensions

  • NIS/NIS+

  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM) now the default volume manager

  • New kernel configuration tool, kcweb

  • System Administration Manager (SAM)

  • MC/ServiceGuard

  • ServiceGuard Extension for RAC (formerly ServiceGuard OPS Edition)

  • Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit

  • Network Transport

  • Automounter

  • Internet Services

  • HP-UX Processor Sets

  • C, ANSI C++, and Fortran compilers

  • Dynamic Loader

  • Pthread Library (libthread)

  • MxN Thread Model

  • Common Desktop Environment (CDE)

  • Strong Random Number Generator

  • Internationalization fonts, character sets, and converters

  • Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)

  • HP-UX Software Transition Kit (STK)

  • Aries Binary Translator

  • Ignite-UX

You can find the complete list of applications included in the HP-UX 11i v1.6 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 v1.6

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

  • PA-RISC systems

  • Operating system update (Update-UX), HP-UX 11i v1.6 must be cold installed

  • HP-UX Workload Manager

  • Virtual Partitions (vPars)

  • 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 & match between Itanium-based and PA-RISC binaries and/or 32-bit and 64-bit objects

  • Framebuffer graphics support

  • Boot from floppy disk

  • I/O OLAR/D

  • CCNuma

  • Veritas Volume Manager version 3.2

  • Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD)

  • make_tape_recovery

In addition, administrators and developers should make note of the following important changes and limitations:

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

  • The id number returned by uname may no longer be unique.

TIP: Additional information about these changes, limitations, and differences between HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i v1.6 are described further in the HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Release Notes (MPN: 5187-0701).
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