System Management Release Notes
4.13 External Authentication
Note
Do not increase the number of threads on Integrity servers. Increasing
the number of threads on Integrity servers might lead to ACME_SERVER
process crash and login failures.
4.14 Itanium Primary Bootstrap (IPB) Fails to Find the Valid Dump
Devices
V8.4
Connecting a bridged device such as, AD221, HP PCIe combo Card on the
PCI bus, where dump devices (DOSD) are configured on another HBA that is
already connected may cause the PCI bus numbering of the dump devices to be
renumbered and making it difficult to find the valid dump devices.
Workaround
After connecting a new I/O card, validate the boot/dump option. Then, refresh the
DUMP_DEV and boot device list.
4.15 SHUTDOWN.COM Changes
V8.4
SHUTDOWN.COM
is modified to execute a pre-queue system shutdown procedure
SYSHUTDWN_0010.COM if it is present. The template contains three sample
routines that can help force the queue system to shutdown and restart or failover
faster.
4.16 OpenVMS Cluster Systems
The release notes in this section pertain to OpenVMS Cluster systems.
4.16.1 Cluster over IP (IP Cluster Interconnect)
HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 is enhanced with the Cluster over IP feature. This
feature provides the ability to form clusters beyond a single LAN or VLAN
segment using industry standard Internet protocol. It also provides improved
disaster tolerant capability to OpenVMS clusters.
This section describes known problems and restrictions in Cluster over IP.
4.16.1.1 Software Requirements
V8.4
Cluster over IP is available only on OpenVMS Version 8.4 Alpha and Integrity
servers. Cluster over IP also requires HP TCP/IP services for OpenVMS, Version
5.7.
4.16.1.2 Integrity servers Satellite Node and Bootserver in the Same LAN
V8.4
An Integrity server satellite node must be in the same LAN as its boot server for
the satellite node to initialize cluster over IP successfully and to join the cluster
successfully.
It is also necessary to have LAN cluster communication between Integrity servers
satellite node and the boot server for the satellite node to be able to initialize
cluster over IP during the satellite bootup.
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