March 2002 Support Plus Release

IMPORTANT: All requests must be received by May 27,2002

Hewlett-Packard is pleased to announce the latest release of HP-UX Support Plus. These tested bundles include patches that fix HP-UX defects, enable new hardware, and provide diagnostic tools. Support Plus is available to customers by request only.

HP-UX support Plus will be released as two CDs

• One for HP-UX 11.0
  
• One for HP-UX 11i.

Please use the following information to decide whether this release is right for you. HP-UX Support Plus will be released as four CDs, two for the HP-UX 10.20 release, one for HP-UX 11.0, and one for HP-UX 11i.

Reminder:

Requesting HP-UX Support Plus bundles individually from HP Software Depot. The Software Depot URL is: http://software.hp.com. Click on "enhancement releases". Then look for the bundles in the list. There are informational web pages for each bundle. You must register and then may download any of them. You can also order CDs through HP’s Software Update Manager. Follow the links from the IT Resource Center. The URL is: http://itrc.hp.com. For Europe, the URL is: http://Europe.itrc.hp.com. Click on "more…" in the "maintenance / support" area. Then select "standard patch bundles" in the "patching" area. Then select "Obtain Support Plus from Software Update Manager." You may also register for any of the following Software Update Manager service features:

• Notification of the availability of new software update products related to your support agreement.
• Information about changes to the Software Update Manager.
• Set your preferences for e-mail and frequency of reporting.
• View software information articles on-line in the Software Update Manager.

HP-UX Support Plus - March 2002

How to download:

• Access ITRC at http://www.itrc.hp.com/
  

• Click on login button located in the leftside menu bar and enter your login details
• From the ITRC homepage, in the "Maintenance and Support" section, select "Individual Patches"
• From the Patch Database main page, select your platform or application
• From your patch database page, select your serie 700/800 and version and select "Browse Patch List". Click on "Search"

. The HP-UX 11.0 Support Plus CD-ROM contents

If your hardware platform is an	And you want to	You should install	Revision date
HP-UX Workstation or Server	Use the latest diagnostic tools	OnlineDiag bundle from the depot /cdrom/DIAGNOSTICS/B.11.00	March 2002
	Enable new systems and supported hardware products (including I/O adapters and devices)	Hardware Enablement Bundle from /cdrom/HWE1100	March 2002
	Bring all core and graphics software to the current patch level and install critical patches for Core, add-on I/O and networking drivers	Quality Pack Bundle from /cdrom/QPK1100 (Updated in March and September)	March 2002
HP-UX Server	Prepare your server to use new iCOD (Instant Capacity on Demand) functionality	ICOD-purchase (B9073AA bundle) COD-utility T1322AA bundle) from /cdrom/DIAGNOSTICS/B.11.00	December 2001

 

Note: In the December 2001 release, the new 11.00 Hardware Enablement (HWE1100) bundle replaced the 11.00 Hardware/Critical (HWCR) bundle. The new HWE1100 bundle provides the minimal number of patches for supporting new and legacy hardware using the HP-UX 11.00 OS. Critical patches previously found in the HWCR bundle are now available in the Quality Pack bundle. Also, in the September 11.00 release, the updated Quality Pack (QPK) bundle replaced the General Release bundle (GR) bundle. (HP eliminated separate patch bundles for servers versus workstations.)

 

 

The HP-UX 11i Support Plus CD-ROM contents

If your hardware platform is an	And you want to	You should install	Revision date
HP-UX Workstation or HP-UX Server	Enable new systems and supported hardware products (e.g. I/O adapters and devices)	Hardware Enablement Bundle: from /cdrom/HWEnable11i	March 2002
HP-UX Workstation or Server	Use the latest diagnostic tools	OnlineDiag bundle from the depot /cdrom/DIAGNOSTICS/B.11.11	March 2002
	Prepare your server to use new iCOD (Instant Capacity on Demand) functionality	ICOD-purchase (B9073AA bundle) And ICOD-utility (T1322AA bundle) from /cdrom/DIAGNOSTICS/B.11.11	December 2001
	Update HP-UX application software (e.g. HP MC/ServiceGuard product)	Gold Apps Bundle: GOLDAPPS11i from the depot /cdrom/GOLDQPK11i (Updated in June and December)	December 2001
	Update HP-UX core software	Gold Base Bundle: GOLDBASE11i from the depot /cdrom/GOLDQPK11i (Updated in June and December)	December 2001
	11i header files missing from the first release.	All current 11i OE systems should already have installed BUNDLE11i	February 2001 (Will not change)