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    IEther-00 (iether)Gigabit Ethernet Driver

    for HP-UX 11i v3

    of September 2007Release Notes

    IEther-00 Software Version B.11.23.0709

    P rinted in U.S.A.

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    Legal Notices

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    IEther-00 (iether) Gigabit Ethernet Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 of September 2007 Release Notes

    Known Problems and Limitations

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    Un der Maintena nce an d S upport, cl ick the P a tch Da ta base l ink; then search for t he patch number. For more

    informa tion on how t o mana ge and insta l l patches, see the Patch M anagement U ser Gui de for H P-UX 11.x

    Systems, a t :

    http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#Patch%20Management

    NOTE If you remove the dyn a mically-loaded ietherdriver w hile it is in u se, or if you remove thestatically-loaded ietherdriver at an y t ime, then a reboot wil l a lwa ys be required. This isnorma l behavior under t hese conditions an d w ill not be affected by pa tch P HC O_36356.

    Known Problem 2)ChangingietherDriverTunablesCouldresultinCardHangsIt ha s been found tha t certain combinat ions of the following ietherdriver tunables (other than the defaultsettings) could result in card hangs.

    send_max_bufs

    recv_max_bufs

    send_coal_ticks

    recv_coal_ticks

    NOTE For P CI-X cards: H P strongly discourages cha nging t he default values of those four ietherdriver tunables for PCI-X cards.

    For PC I-Express cards: H P d oes not support cha nging t hose four ietherdriver tu nables forP CI-Express cards.