This document provides information about the September 2009 release of the IEther-00 bundle
for HP-UX 11i v3.
1 IEther-00 Overview
The IEther-00 bundle contains the iether version B.11.31.0909 driver, which supports the
following Gigabit Ethernet cards and combination cards:
PCIe Ethernet
PCie Combination
PCI-X Combination
PCIe Ethernet Cards
Mezzanine Cards
Cards
PCI-X Ethernet Cards
Cards
AD337A, AD338A,
NC360m, NC364m
AD221A, AD222A,
A7011A, A7012A,
AB290A, AD193A,
AD339A
AD393A
AB545A, AD331A,
AD194A
AD332A
2 New and Changed Features in This Release
2.1 New Features
There are no new features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication.
2.2 Changed Features
There are no changed features included in IEther-00 at the time of this publication.
3 Problems Fixed in This Version
Table 1 lists the problems fixed in this version of IEther-00.
Table 1 HP-UX 11i v3 September 2009 Fixes — IEther-00 B.11.31.0909
SR Number
Description
QXCR1000915759
The iether driver is enhanced to log the Producer and the Consumer index of the Receive
ring under following conditions:
• When the HP-UX system panics
• When the HP-UX system is TOC'd
QXCR1000910543
The HPVM host system encounters a panic in the iether driver transmit path. This panic
occurs during the execution of certain scripts when network traffic is going through a Virtual
NIC configured using AVIO_LAN over APA vSwitch. The APA port used for the vSwitch
is configured over iether network interface ports. The following scripts are affected:
• hplm stop
• hpapa stop
• hpapa start
• hplm start
QXCR1000909009
Network packets transmitted are dropped in the HPVM guest OS, which causes a drop in
throughput rate. This occurs when network traffic is going through a Virtual NIC which is
configured using AVIO_LAN over APA vSwitch. The APA port used for the vSwitch is
configured over iether network interface ports.
Two independent problems contribute to the packets being dropped. One problem is resolved
by the iether driver in this release. The other is resolved in the B.11.31.0909 version of the
AVIO HostAvioLan hssn driver (CR :QXCR1000929012).
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