HP-UX Unix on PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i
HP-UX 11i is the last HP Unix version for PA-RISC and Itanium computers, first released in 2000 and developed into multiple different streams and operating systems over the years. It was preceeded by HP-UX 11.00.
HP distinguished operating environments
(OEs) with different functionalities: Minimal and Technical Computing Operating Environment (TCOE and MTOE) for workstations and Foundation, Enterprise and Mission Critical OEs (MCOE) for servers.
HP-UX 11i was available in at least the following versions with different OEs:
- 11i v3, 11.31 (2007): Itanium 2 servers and few 64-bit PA-RISC servers
- 11i v2, 11.23 (2005): 64-bit PA-RISC servers and Itanium 2 workstations and servers
- 11i v1.5/v1.6, 11.20/22 (2001): Itanium and Itanium 2 workstations
- 11i v1, 11.11 (2000): 32-bit and 64-bit PA-RISC workstations and servers.
HP-UX 11i was named 11.11 at birth, before HP started another of the many rebrandings of Unix products. Notably, 11.11 (v1) was the last HP-UX for many PA-RISC workstations, while 11i v2 supported PA-RISC only in servers and 11i v3 had very limited support.
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)
HP-UX 11i v3 was released in 2007 and supported 64-bit PA-RISC servers and Itanium 2 servers. Support for many other older servers was dropped, including some of (half-modern) rp server family.
| Class | Computers |
|---|---|
| HP N-Class | N4000, N4000 |
| HP rp | rp3410, rp3440, rp4410, rp4440, rp7400, rp7405, rp7410, rp7420, rp7440, rp8400, rp8420, rp8440 |
| HP Integrity | rx1600, rx1620, rx2600, rx2620, rx2660 rx3600, rx4640, rx5670, rx6600, rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, rx8640 |
| HP Superdome | PA-RISC and Itanium |
HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
HP-UX 11i v2 was released in 2005 and supports 64-bit PA-RISC rp servers, Itanium 2 servers and workstations.
Support for 32-bit PA-RISC 1.1 systems was dropped, along with most lettered
64-bit PA-RISC 2.0 workstations (B-Class, C-Class).
| Class | Computers |
|---|---|
| HP A-Class | A400, A500 |
| HP L-Class | L1000, L2000, L1500, L3000 |
| HP N-Class | N4000, N4000 |
| HP rp | rp2400, rp2430, rp2405, rp2450, rp2470, rp3410, rp3440, rp4410, rp4440, rp5400, rp5450, rp5430, rp5470, rp7400, rp7405, rp7410, rp7420, rp7440, rp8400, rp8420, rp8440 |
| HP Integrity | rx1600, rx1620, rx2600, rx2620, rx2660 rx3600, rx4610 (not sure), rx4640, rx5670, rx6600, rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, rx8640 |
| HP Superdome | PA-RISC and Itanium |
| HP zx | zx2000, zx6000 (v2 May 2005 might be last) |
HP-UX 11i v1.5 (11.20) and v1.6 (11.22)
HP-UX 11i v1.5 and v1.6 are the first HP-UX versions for Itanium, released in 2001-2002 for early HP Itanium and Itanium 2 workstations and servers. The separatebItanium and PA-RISC support was later merged into unified 11i v2 HP-UX.
| Class | 11i v1.5 | 11i v1.6 |
|---|---|---|
| HP i-Class | i2000 | i2000 |
| HP Integrity | rx4610 | rx2600, rx5670 |
| HP zx | zx2000, zx6000 | |
| other | Probably many other Itanium systems supported | |
The original HP Itanium i2000 workstations were apparently not supported in HP-UX versions newer than v1.6, thus had a short shelf-life of operating system support.
HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11)
HP-UX 11i was originally released as HP-UX 11.11 in 2000, with multiple releases of HP-UX 11i v1 until 12/06. HP-UX 11i v1 supports most 64-bit PA-RISC systems and many older 32-bit servers and workstations. Some even older 32-bit PA-RISC systems were officially unsupported but could be made to work in some releases.
HP-UX 11.11, 11i version 1, changed the way the operating system was packaged for different needs. HP defined five operating environments (OEs) for servers and workstations.
- Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE) for workstations
workstation device drivers (EISA, HP-PB, HSC), Netscape, perl, 3D kit - Technical Computing Operating Environment (TCOE) for workstations
MTOE + Apache and CIFS servers, Java, Kerberos, conferencing, PAM - (Foundation) Operating Environment (OE) for servers
HWEs, server and I/O drivers, networking, RAID, FC, software distributor, EMS, DMI, Apache and CIFS servers, Java, Netscape, Kerberos - Enterprise Operating Environment (EOE) for servers
OE + EMS HA, MirrorDisk, JFS, OV GlancePlus, PRM - Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE) for servers
EOE + ECM, MC ServiceGuard and NFS, Workload Manager - all OEs have the same HP-UX Base OS installation as common core
Not all HP-UX 11i v1 versions supported the same set of HP PA-RISC workstations and servers – support fluctuated strongly based on cyclical HP-UX releases between 12/00 and 12/06. HP-UX 11i v1 was the last operating system for many PA-RISC workstations, which needed one of the two workstations versions TCOE or MTOE.
| Class | Computers | Versions* | Environments |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP 700 | 712, 715/64, 80, 100, 725/100 | 12/00-12/04 | TCOE, MTOE |
| HP 700 | 743i, 744, 745, 748i, 748 | 12/01-12/04 | TCOE, MTOE |
| Portables | RDI PrecisionBook, SAIC Galaxy 1100 | 12/00-12/04 | TCOE, MTOE |
| HP A-Class | A180, A180C, A400, A500 | 12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP B-Class | B132L, B160L, B132L+,
B2000 B180L+, B1000 B2600 |
12/00-12/04 12/00-09/05 06/01-12/06 |
TCOE, MTOE |
| HP C-Class |
C100, C110, C132L, C160L,
C160, C180 C200, C240, C360, C3000 C3600 C3650, C3700 C3750 C8000 |
12/00-12/04 12/00-09/05 12/00-12/06 12/01-12/06 12/02-12/06 12/04-12/06 |
TCOE, MTOE |
| HP D-Class | D210, D310 | 12/00-12/04 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP D-Class | D220, D230, D250, D270, D280 D320, D330, D350, D370, D380, D390 |
12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP J-Class |
J200, J210, J280, J282, J2240 J5000, J7000 J5600, J7600, J6000 J6700 J6750 |
12/00-12/04 12/00-09/05 12/00-12/06 12/01-12/06 12/02-12/06 |
TCOE, MTOE |
| HP K-Class | K100, K200, K210, K400, K410 | 12/00-12/04 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP K-Class | K220, K250, K260, K360, K370, K380 K420, K450, K460, K570, K580 |
12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP L-Class | L1000, L2000 | 12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP L-Class | L1500, L3000 | 06/01-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP N-Class | N4000, N4000 | 12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP R-Class | R380, R390 | 12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP T-Class | T500, T520 | 12/00-12/04 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP T-Class | T600 | 12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP V-Class | V2200, V2250, V2500, V2600 | 12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP Superdome | PA-RISC models | 12/00-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP rp | rp2400, rp2450,
rp5400, rp5450 rp5430, rp5470, rp7400, rp8400 |
12/01-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP rp | rp2430, rp2470, rp7410 | 03/02-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP rp | rp7405 | 12/02-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP rp | rp3410, rp3440,
rp4410, rp4440 rp7420, rp8420 |
12/03-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP rp | rp7420, rp8420 | 12/04-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| HP rp | rp2405 | 12/04-12/06 | OE, EOE, MCOE |
| Not supported | 705, 710,
715,
720, 730, 750,
735, 755 E-Class, HP 9000 800 Nova |
12/00 |
HP added support for different PA-RISC computers and hardware extensions through cyclical HP-UX versions, including at least:
- December 2000: Unsupported GRX, CRX, CRX-24, CRX-48Z graphics
- June 2001: HP VISUALIZE-fxe
- March and June 2002: 8X processors on rp5430, rp5470, rp7410, rp8400
- September 2002: Unsupported HP 3D Graphics for 32-bit PA-RISC 1.1 systems
- September 2002: FireGL-UX graphics (C3650, C3700, C3750, J6000, J6700, J6750)
- September 2004: ATI FireGL X1 and ATI FireGL T2 (C8000)
- September 2004: ATI FireGL X3 (C8000)
- September 2004: Unsupported PA-7100LC processor support for servers
- September 2005: Unsupported PA-7100LC, PA-7200, PA-8000 and PA-8200 processor support for workstations
- September 2005: 3D accelerated rendering on the ATI FireGL X3
Documentation
Most of the documentation and references disappeared during the 2010s from the web. Much information has been gleaned from (slowly disappearing) USEnet postings from the 1980s and early 1990s in comp.sys.hp.hpux, especially for older versions of HP-UX. For a while now, archive.org has a growing list of HP-UX documentation.
Software
- HP-UX Software with information on commercial and open source software for Unix
Manuals
- HP-UX 11i Version 1 Installation and Update Guide: HP Servers and Workstations Hewlett-Packard Company (12/04, HP 5990-7279) mirror
- Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0: HP 9000 Computers Hewlett-Packard Company (November 1997, HP B2355-90153)
- hp-ux 11i operating environments Hewlett-Packard Company (September 2001)
Websites
- HP-UX 11i versions and their lifecycle dates, support matrix, Hewlett-Packard (2009)
- HP-UX server support matrix (HP-UX 11.x support for servers) Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (2024)
- HP-UX update matrix archive.org (HP-UX 10.20 and 11.x support for workstations) Hewlett-Packard Development Company (2003: accessed March 2009)
- HP-UX version and server model support matrix archive.org (HP-UX 11 support for servers) Hewlett-Packard Company (2001: accessed April 2009)
- Building a Bastion Host Using HP-UX 11, Kevin Steves (April 2000: Hewlett-Packard)
- docs.hp.com - Technical documentation, good entry to HP-UX documentation archive.org
- hp-ux history archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2002: mirror accessed January 2024)
- Support Matrix - HP-UX Workstations Processors, OS Versions and Graphics archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2001: mirror accessed January 2024)
- HP-UX 11.11 and 11.23 Operating Environments, presentation HP World 2003
Release notes
- HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes archive.org
- HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes (archive.org from 2010. Original: docs.hp.com)
- HP-UX 11i v1.5 Release Notes (archive.org from docs.hp.com)
- HP-UX 11i December 2006 Release Notes, HP 2006, 5992-2331 (archive.org from docs.hp.com)
- HP-UX 11i September 2005 Release Notes, HP 2005, 5991-2814 (archive.org from docs.hp.com)
- HP-UX 11i v1 Release notes, December 2000 (archive.org from docs.hp.com)
- HP-UX 11i December 2001 Release Notes, HP 2001, 5185-4304 (archive.org from docs.hp.com)
- hp-ux operating system releases archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2002: mirror accessed January 2024)
- Exploring HP-UX Releases and Media archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2001: mirror accessed January 2024)
- Exploring HP-UX Releases and Media archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (1998: mirror accessed January 2024)
- System Firmware for HP-UX 11.00/11.11 archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2004: mirror accessed 2025)
Other documents
- HP-UX FAQ (comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ) Ian Springer (February 2008: accessed January 2024 on faqs.org)
- INFORMATION ON HP9000 SERVERS AND WORKSTATIONS Hewlett Packard Company (1997 (1999): accessed January 2009)
- HP Delivers 64-Bit HP-UX Operating System on HP VISUALIZE Workstations archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (1999: mirror accessed January 2024)
- HP Developer Resource Document Library archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (1999: mirror accessed January 2024)
- ACE Software Archive, software.hp.com archive.org, Hewlett-Packard Company (2001: mirror accessed January 2024)
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