IMPORTANT: All requests must be received by March 30, 2008
HP-UX 11i v3 Operating
Environment
HP-UX 11i v3 Applications
HP-UX OE 11i v1 Extension Release
HP-UX 11i version 3 Operating Environment Update
Release (OEUR) for September 2007
We are pleased to announce
the latest release of HP-UX 11i v3 Sept 2007 Operating Environment Update
Release (“Sept 2007 HP-UX OEUR”).
This latest update offers important new features for both users of HP 9000
(PA-RISC based) systems and HP Integrity (Itanium®2 based) systems.
The Sept. 2007 HP-UX OEUR is available to customers with a valid support agreement. The information in this document is intended
to assist
in determining whether this release is right for you.
This update to HP-UX 11i v3
is known by both of the following names:
|
Name |
Usage |
|
HP-UX 11i version 3 Sept 2007
update |
Standard name and DVD labels |
|
HP-UX 11.31 |
VUF name |
The Sept 2007 HP-UX OEUR adds
important new functionalities. The most
significant new functionalities are:
·
The Dynamically Loadable Kernel Module (DLKM) infrastructure
and I/O subsystem have been enhanced. Now DLKM-enabled drivers
that control networking and I/O adapters can be dynamically loaded to and
unloaded from the HP-UX kernel without rebuilding the kernel or
rebooting the system.
·
Dynamic nPartitions. Cells may be activated/deactivated while the
nPar containing them continues to run.
·
iCAP version update including support for GiCAP Disaster
Recovery, and Cell Online activate and deactivate.
·
This is the first release of DRD for HP-UX 11i v3.
In addition, since most HP-UX 11i v3 products are already DRD safe,
products as well as patches can be installed using DRD.
·
HP-UX 11i enablement for BL860c blades, PCI-Express
I/O adapters in HP Integrity Servers, and HP-UX support for HP servers
with PA8900 processors and the sx2000 chipset.
Detailed information on the
changes in the Sept 2007 HP-UX OEUR can be found at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/index.html
Click on the “Release Notes” link to go to the HP-UX 11i v3 Sept 2007
Release Note, MPN: 5992-0698, Chapter 3 “What’s New at a Glance”
The Sept 2007
HP-UX OEUR is supported on all current HP Integrity servers. All of the
following HP 9000 PA-RISC servers are fully supported:
HP-UX 11i v3 supports the following
servers:
HP 9000 (PA based)
·
rp3410, rp3440. rp4410, rp4440
·
rp7405. rp7410,rp7420. rp8400, rp8420
·
Superdome
HP Integrity (Intel® and Itanium2 ®)
·
BL60p, BL860c
·
cx2600, cx2620
·
rx1600, rx1620, rx2600,
rx2620, rx2660, rx3600
·
rx4640, rx5670, rx6600
·
rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, rx8640
·
All HP Integrity servers
IMPORTANT NOTES:
·
Legacy HP 9000 product
families, including D, K, R, T and V-Class are NOT supported on HP-UX 11i version 3.
·
HP does NOT support direct updates from HP-UX 11i v1 to HP-UX 11i v3. To install HP-UX 11i v3 on a supported
system that is currently operating HP-UX 11i v1, you must first update to
HP-UX 11i v2, or remove HP-UX 11i v1 from the system
and do a clean (cold) install of HP-UX 11i v3.
The HWEnable11i bundle includes new
support for PCI-Express I/O adapters in HP Integrity
Servers, and HP-UX support for HP
servers with PA8900 processors and the sx2000 chipset.
Minimal HP-UX support requires other
HWE components from this Operating Environment (OE)
Update release that includes
diagnostics, I/O driver bundles, along with the Ignite-UX product.
HP recommends a full update to the
desired OE option from the latest OE Update release for
full HP-UX support with the updated
versions of the manageability and configuration tools.
The HWEnable11i bundle includes patches
for the following server models:
• HP Integrity BL860c blades with zx2
chipset and C-class enclosure
• HP Integrity rx2660 server with PCIe
IO backplane and zx2 chipset
• HP Integrity rx3600 server with PCIe
IO backplane and zx2 chipset
• HP Integrity rx6600 server with PCIe
IO backplane and zx2 chipset
• HP Integrity rx7640 server (8 sockets)
with PCIe IO and sx2000 chipset
• HP Integrity rx8640 server (16
sockets) with PCIe IO and sx2000 chipset
• HP Superdome server (16 sockets) with
PA8900 processors and sx2000 chipset
• HP Superdome server (32 sockets) with
PA8900 processors and sx2000 chipset
• HP Superdome server (64 sockets) with
PA8900 processors and sx2000 chipset
• HP rp7440 server (8 sockets) with
PA8900 processors and sx2000 chipset
• HP rp8440 server (16 sockets) with
PA8900 processors and sx2000 chipset
Our enterprise computing business has
carefully planned the transition to HP Integrity systems and places a premium
on customer
and partner investment protection. HP-UX 11i v2 maintains compatibility between
HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers in the following ways:
·
Common “look and feel” for HP-UX 11i on
both HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers
·
Source code compatibility
·
Data compatibility (identical data formats)
·
Binary compatibility (the Aries dynamic
code translation technology, a standard integrated component of every copy
of
HP-UX 11i for HP Integrity, is designed to enable execution of HP 9000 programs
on HP Integrity systems without recompiling or re-linking)
Additional
Software Media in the Sept 2007 HP-UX 11i v3 OE Shipments
Software Pack
There is no Software
Pack content delivered on media in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 release.
However, there are a couple of
core enhancement that have been delivered on the HP Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot.
The
AccessControl core enhancement can be downloaded from HP Software Depot as
follows:
1.
Go to http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot
2.
Search for "AccessControl"
3.
Click on HP-UX Role-Based Access Control
(RBAC)
4.
Read the product description and download the product at no charge.
The AtomicAPI core
enhancement can be downloaded from HP Software Depot as follows:
1.
Go to http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot
2.
Search for "Atomic"
3.
Click on "HP-UX Atomic APIs"
4.
Read the product description and download the product at no charge.
in the areas of Web Services, Internet Services and Security services. The
selected open source packages represent popular
components in these areas. HP does not provide support for Open Source components
shipped with HP-UX Internet Express.
However, you can provide feedback or report a defect by email to the HP-UX
Internet Express Team. In keeping with HP-UX’s
high quality standards, Internet Express has been tested and qualified on
HP-UX. Many Internet Express components can be
installed and configured via the Web-based Webmin administration utility, which
is shipped as part of the HP-UX
Apache-based Web Server offering.Internet Express packages can also be downloaded from
the following urls:
HP-UX 11i Operating Environment Extension Release
for Sept 2007 Updated 4/17
We are pleased to announce that since December 2006,
HP began to offer a new Extension Release process to eligible
HP-UX OE support contract customers.
When an application product is
being updated ONLY on the Application Release media and that application product
is
a part of an Operating Environment offering, customers will be notified of
this product update in their notification as
a separate offering. Example Sept 07
is:
Sept 2007 HP-UX 11i
v3 Operating Environment
Sept 2007 HP-UX 11i v1 Applications
Sept 2007 HP-UX 11i v2 Applications
Sept 2007 HP-UX 11i v3
Applications
Sept 2007 HP-UX 11i
v1 Extension Release
Customers
will then be able to request the application release media and a special codeword
that will allow access to the
applicable software. These releases are only offered physically.
Select the Extension Software EX1709 (EXVymm
v = version)
on the notification entitlement mailing form.
Updates are in the Application media ONLY and not in the Operating Environment media for the Sept 2007 release.
|
Updated
Application Product |
Operating
Environment HP-UX 11i v1 |
|
|
|
|
HP
GlancePlus/UX Pak
June 2007 B3701AA |
B7993AA
|
|
HP Process
Resource Mgr (PRM) June 2007 B3835DA |
B7993AA
|
|
Enterprise
Cluster Master Media Toolkit (ECM) June 2007
B5139EA |
B7994AA |
|
ServiceGuard
NFS Toolkit June 2007 B5140BA |
B7994AA |
|
HP MPI June
2007 B6060BA |
B6821AA Technical Computing |
We are committed to providing our customers with new
functionality to meet the needs of today's enterprises.
To best meet these needs and assist our customers for planning purposes,
the current HP-UX Update release
schedule is noted below (Please note that the information in this chart is
subject to change without notice, and
will be updated by HP as needed on a quarterly basis):
|
HP-UX 11i version |
Schedule Ship Timeframe |
Notes |
|
11i v1 |
December 2006 |
Full update release* of
11i v1 |
|
11i v3 |
February 2007 |
This is the product
release of HP-UX 11i v3, including the Operating Environment (OE) and
Application Release (AR). The AR only includes
HP-UX 11i v3 products. |
|
11i v2 |
March 2007 |
HP updated the Quality
Pack (QPK) patch bundles for HP-UX 11i v2 and made them available on the ITRC
web site at: http://itrc.hp.com. |
|
11i v1 |
June 2007 |
HP updated the Quality Pack (QPK) patch bundles
and Online Diagnostics for HP-UX 11i v1. This software is available on
Support Plus media to all customers under a then current support agreement
and will be ignited on all HP-UX systems shipped from HP after that date. The
HP-UX 11i v1 QPK is also available via the ITRC web site at: http://itrc.hp.com |
|
11i v2 |
June 2007 |
Full update release* of 11i v2 |
|
11i v3 |
September/October 2007 |
Full update release* of
11i v3 |
|
11i v1 |
December 2007/January 2008 |
HP will update the
Quality Pack (QPK) patch bundles for HP-UX 11i v1. The HP-UX 11i v1 QPK will
be available on Support Plus media to all customers under a then current
support agreement and will be ignited on all HP-UX systems shipped from HP
after that date. The HP-UX 11i v1 QPK will also be available via the ITRC web
site at: http://itrc.hp.com |
|
11i v2 |
December 2007/January 2008 |
Full update release* of
11i v2 |
|
11i v3 |
March 2008/April 2008 |
Full update release* of
11i v3 |
* Full update release: Update to the Operating Environment
(OE), Quality Pack (QPK) patch bundles, Hardware
Enablement (HWE) patch bundle, and Software Pack (SPK) media for the designated
OS version. The Application
Release (AR) is updated for all OS versions. The first update to the 11i v3
AR will release in the September/October 2007 timeframe.
B. Discontinuance Strategy for HP-UX 11i v1, v2, and v3
The following table shows the current discontinuance
(removal from the Corporate Price List) and end of factory support
dates for current HP-UX 11i releases:
|
HP‑UX
Version |
Introduction
Date |
End of
Sales |
End of
Factory Support * |
|
11i v3 |
February‑2007 |
31-December-2012 |
31-December-2017 |
|
11i v2 |
September‑2003 |
31‑December ‑2009 |
31‑December‑2013 |
|
11i v1 |
December‑2000 |
31‑December ‑2009 |
31‑December‑2013 |
|
11.0 |
November‑1997 |
1‑February‑2005 |
31‑December‑2006 |
* - Support
no longer available from HP Factory Support, but Limited Support may be offered
for an additional duration.