Selectable Networking Drivers

This release includes changes to the following selectable networking drivers. “Selectable” means that the drivers are not automatically installed, but can be selected during installation.

For the most current information on supported I/O cards, see the set of Support Matrixes available on the I/O Cards and Networking Software Web page at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html. At the top of the page, click the link for the card technology you are interested in, then scroll down to the Support Matrixes heading. If a support matrix for your card technology is unavailable, check the card’s user guide or release notes.

10GigEthr-00

The 10GigEthr-00 bundle supplies the ixgbe driver.

Summary of Change

The HP-UX 11i v2 release of June 2007 updates the 10GigEther-00 bundle to enable future products.

Impact

The 10GigEther-00 bundle supports the AB287A 10 Gigabit Ethernet network card.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For related 10 Gigabit Ethernet documents on the HP's Web site, please see http://docs.hp.com; look under I/O Cards and Networking Software and then under 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

To see what is changed from one release to the next, see the 10GigEther-00 driver’s release history. It is located on http://docs.hp.com under I/O Cards and Networking Software and then under 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

For the list of supported systems, please see the HP-UX Ethernet Driver Support Matrix located on http://docs.hp.com under I/O Cards and Networking Software and then under 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Obsolescence

Not applicable.