Minimum OS requirements for rp5470

[Don Ferderber]

Hi everyone...

I am just not finding this anywhere, so I hope someone here knows the answer ...


What is the minimum revision (ie. OS release date) of the HP-UX 11i OS that will run on an rp5470 ??


And ... ditto for HP-UX 11.00.

Regards (and thanx!),
Don

[Steven E. Protter]

Any release of the Core OS 11.11 or 11.00 will run on that hardware. All the way back to the first one.

As I remember, 11.00 was the first 64 bit OS.

You are advised to get a recent Core OS CD, because that is the stable one. I think the last revision was March 2003, again for either OS, 11 or 11.11(11i).

SEP

[Robert Gamble]

http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/entry_level/index.html does not state a minimum revision number. I do not think it matters.

[Rodney Hills]

And you can only run it in 64-bit mode...

-- Rod Hills

[Scot Bean]

rp5470 was also once called an L3000.

It is not true that any old 11.00 release will work. There are Hardware Enablement patches that are required for proper function.

On 11.11, also a good idea to run with the latest HWE bundle.

If you are attaching new devices, newer optional PCI boards, they also would need the latest patch set.

Also a good idea to check processor firmware and take the latest version.

[Fragon]

Hi Don,
rp5470 only support 64-bit OS, so HP-UX11.00(64bit) and HP-UX11.11(11i,64 bit) both work perfectly. HP-UX11i is recommended!
Yes, the latest version for Core OS CD is March 2003(as I know)!

-ux

[twang]

According to this link:
http://devrsrc1.external.hp.com/STK/serversupport.html
rp5470 should support both hpux 11.0 64-bit and hpux 11i 64-bit operating system.

[Don Ferderber]

Hey all,

Yes, as long as the HWE patches are there.
IUX can do this. But what is being asked is...

I have a CD. Let's say I have an OS CD dated 09/02. Will my system even boot? Even if it does (IUX or CD) will it reboot without having to install these patches as a post install step?

What I'm looking for is a date when the HWE patches were incorporated into the OS. When was the first release of the 11.11 OS that support the RP5470? For that matter how about the 7410?

You can't find this easily at HP.

Tim

[Sunil Sharma_1]

Hi,

You can run HP UX 11.00(64 bit) and 11i. any version and any release date.

Sunil

[Pete Randall]

Don

I agree - I can't find this sort of information either. The closest I've come is this "Media History":

http://www.software.hp.com/RELEASES-MEDIA/media/relmed.htm

But even that doesn't really tell you what you need to know. Somehow the HP folks seem to be able to come up with these answers, but I've never seen them share their source - I wonder why?


Pete