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HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes: Operating Environments Update Release > Chapter 4 Hardware-Specific Information

GigEther-01 (Gigabit Ethernet Networking Driver Bundle)

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The Gigabit Ethernet networking driver bundle GigEther-01 (version B.11.23.0712) delivers the igelan driver.

Summary of Change

In December 2007, HP-UX 11i v2 updates the GigEther-01 bundle to:

  • support Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) to significantly improve HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM) I/O performance.

Impact

The AVIO lan driver will support the following Ethernet drivers: ixgbe (10GbE), igelan (1GbE), and iether (1GbE).

For information about Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO), see “Accelerated Virtual I/O”.

Performance

The AVIO lan driver will support the following Ethernet drivers: ixgbe (10GbE), igelan (1GbE), and iether (1GbE).

Also see “Accelerated Virtual I/O”.

Documentation

  • For related GigEther-01 documents on the HP website, please see http://docs.hp.com (navigate to I/O Cards and Networking Software, then to 1000Base-T and 1000Base-SX ).

  • To see what’s changed from one release to the next, see the GigEther-01 driver’s release history. It is located on http://docs.hp.com (navigate to I/O Cards and Networking Software, then to 1000Base-T and 1000Base-SX ).

  • A list of systems that use the currently supported Gigabit Ethernet drivers is located in the HP-UX Ethernet Driver Support Matrix, Edition 2 (for releases of September 2004 and later). It is located on http://docs.hp.com (navigate to I/O Cards and Networking Software, then to 1000Base-T and 1000Base-SX ).

Obsolescence

Not applicable.

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