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

Agile View Concepts...............................................................................................................71
Practical Considerations..........................................................................................................73
System Installation Configuration..........................................................................................73
Support for >2 TB boot disk................................................................................................77
Identifying Devices for Other Tasks.......................................................................................78
Important Characteristics of the Agile View............................................................................78
Recovery and the Agile View...................................................................................................80
Legacy DSFs and Device Matching.......................................................................................80
Persistent DSFs and Device Matching....................................................................................80
Controlling the I/O Configuration Process..................................................................................81
Agile View Questions and Answers...........................................................................................82
8 Security...................................................................................................84
Ignite-UX Server Ports..............................................................................................................84
Modifying a Bastille-Hardened System to Operate with Ignite-UX..................................................89
Enabling Ignite-UX Server Requirements................................................................................90
Enabling Ignite-UX Client Requirements.................................................................................91
Configuring Ignite to Replace TFTP with NFS..............................................................................92
Overview..........................................................................................................................92
Procedure.........................................................................................................................92
9 Booting and Installing HP-UX From the Server Using the Client Console............95
Preparing the Client for Installation ...........................................................................................95
Making Boot Decisions When Using the Client Console...............................................................96
Boot Using the Network......................................................................................................96
Boot Using Media..............................................................................................................97
Using bootsys on the Client Console..........................................................................................98
Booting PA-RISC Clients from the Console .................................................................................99
Booting Itanium-Based Clients using the Network......................................................................100
Direct Boot Profiles for Itanium-Based Systems...........................................................................102
The dbprofile Command...................................................................................................103
The lanboot Command.....................................................................................................104
Installing HP-UX From the Client Console..................................................................................105
Managing Speed and Duplexing of LAN Interfaces Executing Network Boots...............................108
Examples........................................................................................................................108
10 Booting and Installing HP-UX on Clients Using the Server...........................110
Methods of Installing Client Systems........................................................................................110
Installation Using bootsys.......................................................................................................110
Installation Using the Ignite-UX GUI.........................................................................................112
Prepare the Client for Installation........................................................................................112
Starting Ignite-UX.............................................................................................................112
Adding Clients................................................................................................................112
Booting a Client..............................................................................................................113
Configuring the Installation....................................................................................................116
New Installation..............................................................................................................116
Initializing the Installation.............................................................................................117
The Client Installation Configuration Interface..................................................................117
Basic Tab..............................................................................................................118
Software Tab ........................................................................................................125
System Tab ...........................................................................................................130
File System Tab .....................................................................................................137
Advanced Tab.......................................................................................................144
Repeat an Installation.......................................................................................................145
Executing the Installation.......................................................................................................146
Viewing and Printing a Manifest ............................................................................................149
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