HP-UX 11i v3 for HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers

HP-UX 11i v3 solves today’s business problems with flexible capacity for tomorrow’s most demanding workloads and capacity for even exploding requirements for data.  That lets you spend time on your business, unhindered by technical limitations in your IT environment.

HP-UX 11i v3 enables:

• 100 million zettabytes of storage, while simplifying its management with next-generation mass storage stack. (That’s zettabytes – ZB – with 21 zeros!)
• Dynamic addition of memory and processors, supporting capacity growth without interruption.
• Dynamic movement of memory across HP Virtual Partitions for flexible reallocation to needy workloads.

Key HP-UX 11i v3 enhancements reduce planned downtime, through the addition of:

• Hot-swap memory, processors, and I/O cards.
• Online patching of HP-UX software with Dynamic Root Disk.

Version 3 supports Encrypted Volume and File System (EVFS), an important addition to in-depth layered HP-UX 11i security, and the industry's first UNIX encrypted volume and file system.  EVFS protects data at rest.  

The more the operating system can do for itself, the more time your staff has to develop your competitive IT advantage. HP-UX 11i v3 delivers self-healing and management simplification:

• Invisible tuning with more auto-tuning of kernel,
• Automatic discovery and configuration of storage devices and I/O paths
• Streamlined “single pane of glass” with HP-UX System Management Homepage
• A new release of HP SIM 5.1, which now supports warranty information for systems and devices, simplifying maintenance.

New HP-UX 11i management capability available for v3 and v2 increases availability and simplifies management with Software Assistant (SWA).  SWA simplifies patch and security bulletin management and patch deployment. SWA eases compliance with security regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, as well. SWA combines the capabilities of Security Patch Check and HP IT Resource Center Patch Assessment utilities.

New capability

v3 winning performance briefs (PDF)

Featured documents

HP-UX 11i v3 delivers significantly higher operating system performance on average than HP-UX 11i v2.  That’s saying a lot, when you count the world records HP-UX 11i v2 set in key industry benchmarks. 

The thousands of available HP-UX 11i applications just work on v3, with no need for recompilation or modification to take advantage of the performance increase.   HP-UX’s strong binary compatibility provides the investment protection that customers are seeking. 

HP-UX 11i v2 currently holds leadership in industry benchmarks that test typical UNIX workloads including data warehousing, enterprise resource planning, Java applications, and online transaction processing. HP-UX 11i v3 results have topped our own v2 leadership results where we’ve run benchmarks – see the winning numbers in the performance briefs listed at the right. 

The release notes linked below describe the functionality included in HP-UX 11i v3 initial release and subsequent update releases.

Update 2, March 2008 – HP announcement
Update 1, September 2007 – Release notes html | PDF
Initial release, February 2007 – Release notes html | PDF

Beginning with the March 2008 Update 2 release, HP introduced new operating environments for Version 3 of HP-UX 11i. These new operating environments (OEs) provide a richer set of products and improved choices over the original set of HP-UX 11i OEs. Customers can now obtain the OEs' integration, testing, and ease of deployment, covering a powerful set of software designed to provide business-critical virtualization.

The chart below indicates the software components of the four new HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments (OEs).