In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture
of how the September 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the
June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For further information, see
the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September
2006 Release Notes, available in its most current version
at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/.
The following summaries are not exhaustive, so HP strongly
recommends that you consult the HP-UX 11i Version 2 September
2006 Release Notes for information that is not included
here.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-Specific
Information”.
CommonIO Bundle: Updated with packaging changes.
Hardware Enablement Patch
Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (HWEnable11i): Includes future HP-UX support for PCI-Express I/O adapters,
in addition to the latest changes for the new Dual-Core Intel
® Itanium® 2 processors in the following
HP servers.
Networking and Mass Storage
Drivers
FibrChanl-01: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements.
GigEther-01: Updated to version 11.23.0609 to pre-enable future
technology.
IEther-00: Updated to version 11.23.0609 to pre-enable future
technology.
New
Product: PCIMUX-00: Supports the AD278A and AD279A cards.
RAID-01: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements, and
defect fixes.
scsiU320-00: Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements for
Ultra320 SCSI solutions.
SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements.
USB-00: Updated to version C.01.04.01 with quality improvements.
Now supports the A6869A and A6869B cards.
Utility Pricing Solutions
HP Instant
Capacity: Updated to version B.11.23.08.00.01 to incorporate defect fixes
related to powered-off cells and remote complexes.
HP Pay per use: Updated to
version B.11.23.08.00.0.01 to incorporate a defect fix.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System
Administration”.
Distributed
Systems Administration Utilities: Updated to V1.2 with updated and enhanced
features to csync_wizard, enhanced consolidated logging, and a new command, cwall, as well as other changes.
Feature Enablement Patch
Bundle (FEATURE11i): Added new patches for HP Integrity Virtual Machines
(HPVM), HPDesktopDev, and Veritas products.
HP Integrity Virtual Machines
Provider (VMProvider): Updated to version A.01.20.69 with support for Windows
on Integrity as well as HP-UX guests.
HP Integrity VM Support Library
(VMGuestLib): Updated to version A.01.20.69 to incorporate defect
fixes.
HP Partitioning
HP Global
Workload Manager: Updated to version A.02.50.00.x with ability to nest partitions (with gWLM managing
resources for all the partition types); ability to display and compare
previous configurations; and ability to use Java JRE/JDK 1.4.2 or
Java 1.5 (5.0); as well as other changes.
HP Process Resource Manager:
Updated to version C.03.02 with HP System Management Homepage integration,
ability to map UNIX groups to PRM groups, and extended regular expressions
in alternate names for application records.
HP-UX Virtual Partitions:
Provides tape device support on version A.04.03. Purchased separately.
HP-UX Workload Manager: Updated
to version A.03.02 with ability to map UNIX groups to workload groups,
extended regular expressions in alternate names for application
records, and other changes.
HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits:
Updated to version A.01.10 with the removal of Pay Per Use Toolkit,
including its utilitydc command. Bundle name has changed from T1302AA to WLMToolkits.
nPartition Provider: Updated
to version B.23.01.06.02 with the ability to enable and disable
Hyper-Threading for nPartitions whose cells have processors that are
Hyper-Threading-capable.
PRMKernelSW (formerly PRM
Libraries): Name has changed from “PRM Libraries” to
“PRMKernelSW.” No other changes.
PRMLibraries: Updated to
version C.03.02. Now contains the PRM API. Bundle name is PRMLibraries. Previous content now in the PRMKernelSW product.
HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit:
Updated to version A.11.23.06 with a fix for a problem with the
HA-NFS File Lock Migration script, nfs.flm.
HP System Management Homepage:
Updated to version A.2.2.4.x to incorporate defect fixes.
HP Systems Insight Manager:
Updated with support for HP BladeSystem C-Class blade and enclosure,
delivery of the HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 2.1, and defect
fixes.
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX:
Updated to version A.02.00.11 to incorporate defect fixes.
HP-UX IPQoS: Will be removed
by the Obsolescence Bundle upon update from HP-UX 11i v1 to HP-UX
11i v2. To continue using, you can download the HP-UX IPQoS product
for HP-UX 11i v2 free from Software Depot.
HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel
Provider: Updated to version 11.23.0609.02 to incorporate defect
fixes.
HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider:
Updated to version 11.23.007 to incorporate defect fixes.
HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider:
Updated to version 11.23.050 to incorporate defect fixes, as well
as new functionality to provide more management information to the upper
layers.
Ignite-UX: Updated to version
C.6.9.x with support for system recovery and system cloning
of systems using VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 5.0 (cold install of systems
with VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 5.0 not supported); compression of install
kernels on B.11.23; support for new hardware enabled by the HP-UX
release.
Online Diagnostics
OnlineDiag Bundle: Updated with support for legacy functionality
of PCI-express host bridge adapter on Zx2 platforms, as well as
support for other, future cards.
SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management: Updated with support for new platforms
and to incorporate defect fixes.
Quality Pack Patch Bundle:
Included in this release as a superset of the March 2006 HP-UX 11i
v2 Quality Pack. Not updated in June 2006.
System Administration Manager:
sam(1M) command
has been deprecated and is planned for future obsolescence.
Software Distributor: Updated
to incorporate defect fixes.
Update-Ux: Updated to incorporate
defect fixes. No new features or functionality.
Utilization Provider: Updated
to version A.01.04.x to incorporate defect fixes.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 6: “Disk and File
Management”.
Disks
and File Systems: Updated to provide defect fixes and an improved
GUI.
EnableVxFS Bundle: Now supports VxFS 5.0 as well as VxFS 4.1.
HP CIFS Client: Updated to
version A.02.02 with support for MS Distributed File System (DFS),
the HP CIFS Client DLKM feature, and new configuration parameters.
HP CIFS Server: Updated to
3.0e (version A.02.02.01) with minor enhancements and defect fixes.
HP OnlineJFS 3.5: Updated
to improve product quality. Now customer-selectable on all OEs.
HP OnlineJFS 4.1: Base-VXVM
4.1 is no longer a prerequisite for HP OnlineJFS 4.1. Now always-installed
on the EOE and MCOE only.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and Networking”.
New Products: Firefox/Firefox Source:
Web browser includes Firefox 1.5.x changes from the Mozilla Foundation. Fixes several
security vulnerabilities reported in Firefox 1.5.0.0 from the Mozilla
Foundation.
New
Products: GTK/GTK Source: Added to support FireFox/Thunderbird.
GTK+ Libraries: Updated to
incorporate a packaging change.
Mozilla Web Browser: Updated
to version 1.7.12.01.x to incorporate a packaging change.
New
Products: Thunderbird/Thunderbird Source: Supported email
client on HP-UX, provides online browsing and searching tools for
HP-UX Integrity and PA-RISC customers.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security”.
PAM Kerberos:
Now delivered on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments. Version
1.24 includes a new error message for pamkrbval(1M), better troubleshooting,
and other changes. Bundle name has changed from J5849AA to PAMKerberos.
HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated
to version A.04.30.007 to incorporate defect fixes.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System
Calls”.
No changes
in this release.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and
Programming”.
Java
2 Standard Edition Platform
HP-UX
Java Development Kit and HP-UX Java Runtime Environment for the Java
™ 2 Platform Standard Edition (JDK/JRE): Versions
1.4 and 5.0 (1.5) of the JDK/JRE, Add-ons, and Plugins updated to
incorporate packaging changes.
ObsJava12 (Obsolescence for Java 1.2) and ObsJava13 (Obsolescence for Java 1.3): Updated to incorporate
packaging changes.
Java Out-of-Box: Updated
to version 2.03.07 to incorporate packaging changes.
Perl: Updated to version
5.8.3 build 809 to incorporate defect fixes.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization”.
No changes
in this release.
September
2006 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality”.
No changes
in this release.
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