Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i (B3921-90079, October 2013)

One-Step Installation
Once you configure a system with a common configuration you want replicated to other systems,
use Ignite-UX to either manually or automatically install each client system. This common configuration
can include any supported HP-UX 11i operating system, and you can add any required patches
and applications.
Custom Installations
It is easy to create a system that is ready to go as soon as the installation session completes. Many
of the tasks that are typically done as separate steps after an installation have been incorporated
into the installation process. Ignite-UX allows you to specify kernel parameters you want set and
user-supplied scripts you would like to run as part of the session. In addition, the host and networking
information normally supplied at first boot can be specified at install time.
Golden Images
A system that has been installed and tuned may be used to create an image. That image may be
used as a custom configuration that may be applied in installations to other systems.
Automated Installations
Set up a configuration and then install it on a client with no further user interaction. This is possible
for both the initial installation and the reinstallation cases.
Create a System Manifest
Scan a system and produce a report detailing what hardware is present, how the disks are used,
what kernel modifications have been made, and what software has been installed. This report can
be customized to meet your needs.
Create Custom Installation Media
Construct your own customized, bootable installation media. An example script,
make_media_install, is provided that can help you create bootable media (tapes, CDs, and
DVDs) with or without golden archives and SD depots. The example script can be found at /opt/
ignite/data/scripts/examples/make_media_install.
System Recovery
Ignite-UX provides consistent, reliable recovery in the event of catastrophic hardware or software
failure by creating recovery images on tape (with client access to a tape drive) or on any Ignite-UX
server in your environment (with client access to the network).
Support for Multiple Architectures
Ignite-UX supports both the Precision Architecture Reduced Instruction Set Computing (PA-RISC)
and the Intel®Itanium® (Itanium®-based) hardware architectures.
Support for HP Servicecontrol Manager
Ignite-UX supports installing HP-UX clients in the HP Servicecontrol Manager environment. For
details, see the HP Servicecontrol Manager 3.0 User's Guide.
Support for New Hardware
Each new release of the Ignite-UX product supports the new hardware included in the corresponding
release of HP-UX.
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