HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes

A
Ada compiler
adapter release notes
AlphaServer 2100
console display
SCSI controller restriction
AlphaServer 4100
FRU table restriction
AlphaServer 8200 systems
FRU table restriction
AlphaServer 8400 systems
FRU table restriction
AlphaServer ES47/ES80/GS1280 systems
INIT console command usage on soft partitions
license requirement
RAD support
setting time at MBM
STOP/CPU and shutdown behavior
AlphaServer GS Series systems
device restriction
multiple I/O port restriction
AlphaStation 200/400
ISA_CONFIG.DAT changes required
AlphaStation 255
PCI configuration restriction
ANALYZE
API
pthread_mutex_tryforcedlock_np
Applications support for current release
Associated products
Software Public Rollout Reports
versions supported for current release
AST delivery
POSIX
ATI RADEON 7000 graphics
hardware accelerated 3D graphics not supported
ATI RADEON 7500 graphics
DECW$OPENGLSHR_RADEON.EXE renamed
DECwindows server hangs
OpenGL supports IEEE arithmetic only
video artifacts at high refresh rates
Audit alarms
Autoboot timeout configuration
B
Backport library
Backup API
journaling events
BL860c and BL870c servers
BLISS
See HP BLISS compiler
BMC console restrictions (Integrity servers only)
BUGCHECKFATAL system parameter
<builtins.h> changes
C
C compiler
See HP C compiler
C++ compiler
See HP C++ compiler
C programs
compiling and case sensitivity
C RTL
backport library
<builtins.h> changes
DECC$*.OLB libraries frozen
<time.h> changes
__fci built-in added
C++ Run-time Library
corrections
C Run-Time Library
See C RTL
CANCEL SELECTIVE function, improved use with LTDRIVER
CDSA
cell-based systems
multiple nPartitions on
Circuit switching
and reduced performance
CLUE commands
not ported to Integrity servers
Cluster compatibility kits #1
Cluster compatibility kits #2
Cluster over IP
Alpha satellite node
CLUSTER_CONFIG_LAN
DHCP or secondary support
duplex mismatch
ifconfig command usage
Integrity servers satellite node and bootserver
IPv6 support
LANCP for downline load
multiple gateway configuration
multiple IP interface configuration
shared system disk
software requirements
XMIT chaining
Clusters
See OpenVMS Cluster systems
CMAP files
new
COBOL RTL
See HP COBOL RTL
COM for OpenVMS
error with heavy load of applications
support
Common Data Security Architecture
See CDSA
Compilers
noncompliant code #1
noncompliant code #2
Configuring SAS tape drives
CPUSPINWAIT bugcheck
CPU_POWER_MGMT default
CRCTX routines enhanced
Ctrl/H key sequence
remapping to DEL (Integrity servers only)
Ctrl/P
D
Data-reduced ELF object libraries
linking against
DCL commands
DDB structure
updates
DDT Intercept Establisher Routines
device configuration
DEC PL/I
DECC$*.OLB libraries frozen
DECdfs for OpenVMS
supported versions
DECdtm
Oracle 8i, 9i
DECforms Web Connector
running on OpenVMS Version 7.3-1 and later
DECmigrate
not on V8.2 Open Source Tools CD
DECnet for OpenVMS
DECnet/OSI
See DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS
new version required
DECRAM
conflict with DECRYPT command
DECram
See HP DECram #1
See HP DECram #2
DECwindows Motif
See HP DECwindows Motif
DECwindows X11 display server
graphics boards support
Delete key
requires remapping (Integrity servers only)
Delta/XDelta debuggers
register display considerations
Device configuration
Device drivers
IPL setup
MON version handling
per-thread security impact
recompiling and relinking
SCSI
DEVICE_NAMING system parameter
DFS mounted disk
DIAGNOSE command
not supported
DIGITAL Modular Computing Components (DMCC)
KZPDA controller and PBXGA graphics card
updating the SRM console
Digital Personal Workstation
Disk volume support
restrictions
Documentation changes and corrections
Guide to OpenVMS File Applications
HP OpenVMS Linker Utility Manual
HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials
HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems
HP PCSI Utility Online help and Manual
iCAP Release Notes
LIB$ help omission
OpenVMS Performance Management
OpenVMS Record Management Services Reference Manual
OpenVMS RTL Screen Management (SMG$) Manual
POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility Developer's Guide
Documentation corrections
using IPC commands
DSSI disk devices
microcode revision levels
Dual-controller HSGnn
failure
Dynamic CPU configuration
POSIX Threads Library
E
EDIT/FDL
fixing recommended bucket size
EFI$CP utility
use not recommended
EFI driver
ELV
See Error Log Viewer (ELV) utility
Error Log Viewer (ELV) utility
Error Message from ACPI
EV6 Alpha processor
Extended DDT bit
problem corrected
Extended File Cache (XFC)
External authentication
Integrity servers support
password expiration notification
SET PASSWORD command
External SAS disk device