HP-UX 11i on the Itanium Architecture

In December 2000, HP-UX work done for Itanium was merged with the HP-UX 11i code stream. This ensured that HP-UX 11i for Itanium-based systems would have the same look, feel, and robust performance as did HP-UX 11i for PA-RISC systems.

HP-UX 11i for Itanium was crafted from the same source code that makes up HP-UX 11i on PA-RISC. Therefore, HP-UX 11i on Itanium-based systems benefits completely from the years of investment that Hewlett-Packard made in HP-UX 11i on PA-RISC. This version of HP-UX defines the standard for an industrial-strength enterprise operating system for mission-critical business applications in these critical areas:

• Performance and scalability: HP-UX 11i is specifically designed and engineered for performance scalability, as evidenced by benchmark results that demonstrate its ability to scale very well for up to 64 CPUs.

• Manageability: HP-UX 11i contains a suite of management tools that can handle servers from both local and remote locations. HP-UX 11i system management tools and products provide extensive capabilities for allocating system resources among application loads.

• Availability: HP-UX 11i incorporates many standard features for excellent single-system availability, such as online component replacement and automatic deallocation of at-risk components.

• Security: HP-UX 11i detects and protects against the most commonly exploited UNIX security vulnerabilities. For example, it is the only operating system to feature its own intrusion detection system.

• Application development: HP-UX 11i supports application development on HP-UX 11i and on Linux and Windows. Application developers can develop and debug their applications on Linux or Windows and then easily deploy on HP-UX 11i.