HP (Hewlett-Packard) 5187-2725 Server User Manual


 
Welcome to HP-UX 11i Version 2
Introduction
Chapter 1 19
Introduction
HP-UX 11i Version 2 is the latest release for most Itanium-based HP-UX
systems. The Release ID for HP-UX 11i Version 2 is B.11.23, and we use
the term HP-UX 11i v2 throughout this guide. The HP-UX 11i v2
Operating Environments (OEs) are integrated and tested software
solutions containing the operating system and selected applications.
Precision Architecture Reduced Instruction Set Computing
(PA-RISC)-based systems should continue to run HP-UX 11iv1 (Release
ID B.11.11) or earlier releases. HP-UX 11i v2 does not run on
PA-RISC-based systems.
HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers
With HP-UX 11i, HP delivers a highly available, secure, and manageable
operating system that meets the demands of end-to-end Internet-critical
computing. HP-UX 11i supports enterprise, mission critical, and
technical computing environments. HP-UX 11i is available on both
PA-RISC systems and Itanium-based systems.
Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release
identifier. The uname (1) command with the -r option returns the
release identifier. The following table shows the releases available for
HP-UX 11i.
Table 1-1 HP-UX 11i Releases
Release Identifier Release Name
Supported
Processor
Architecture
B.11.11 HP-UX 11i v1 PA-RISC
B.11.20 HP-UX 11i v1.5 Intel
Itanium
B.11.22 HP-UX 11i v1.6 Intel Itanium
B.11.23 HP-UX 11i v2 Intel
Itanium