can you write hpux versions and lvm//vxvm support

[Ganesan Sudalai]

Hi Friends,

 

Can anyone give little more details on hpux versions especialliy 11.x. Like somewhere they mention it as 11i & somewhere as 11.20. So whats the difference between these falvours. Though i remember sonething, i want some of you write with correct details. So the output should be like this

 

hpux gen version  - another names - supported lvms - fiber driver update - currect patch update level

 

For Ex

11iv5 - 11..15 - supports lvm and vxvm whereas from 11.20 only vxvm - fiber driver update with of - 2xxx november 2006

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[Avinash Kumar]

HPUX 11i means 11.11

HpUX 11iv2 means 11.23

 

HP doesnt ship anyother OS versions atleast in this region.

 

HP has a solution builder called SBW, in which when you design the solution like hardware type, number of HBAs, NIC, internal hdd, you have the option to specify the OS version too, there you have two options - 11.11 & 11.23.

 

11.11 is  vxvm 3.5

later releases of 11.23 is 4.1

 

As far as patches are concerned, you have standard patch bundles and you have specific patches that your application demands, which can be downloaded individually.

 

Standard patches are also called support plus which contains Quality Pack, Feature Pack and Hardware Enablement Patches.

 

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

 

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/releasePage.do?BC=main|releaseIndexPage|&releaseId=0512-11.23

When you buy the HBA cards from HP, they have a list of parts which is supported in 11.11 and 11.23. All the HBAs which are supported in 11.11 may not be supported in 11.23 and vice versa. The driver for these HP authorized parts are bundled into the OS. Any driver upgrades are generally coupled with support plus patches which are released time to time till the OS is supported. HBAs from another manufacturer who claims would work under 11i or 11iv2 comes with a driver CD.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Kind regards...Avi

[Sandip Debnath]

please note that HP has officially stopped supporting 10.20 ans 11.0 version of HPUX. No patches are being developed for those HP UX version, As Avinash has mentioned 11i means 11.11 and 11iv2 means 11.23.
I'll go to office couple of days later and find some internal details about patches and update.

Sandip

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