Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i (B3921-90080, November 2013)

6. Perform final cleanup.
7. Reboot or halt system.
Ignite-UX Server Requirements
Hardware Requirements
An Ignite-UX server supporting boot, installation and recovery for clients requires the following
hardware:
• Computer: An HP 9000 (PA-RISC) system running HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, or HP-UX 11i
v3; or an Itanium®-based system running HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3 is required.
• Memory: Client installation and recovery performance is typically limited by network throughput.
Normally, no special consideration for system memory is needed.
• DVD drive: A DVD device is recommended to simplify copying HP-UX release depots directly
from installation media to the Ignite-UX server.
• Tape device: As part of your overall disaster recovery plan, you should consider how the
Ignite-UX server itself would be recovered. A tape drive allows the Ignite-UX server to use tape
media to save the server’s own recovery archive. Note that depots, saved client recovery
archives, and other client-specific content typically should not be included in the recovery
archive saved to tape. This client content should be saved using backup software. Not all
systems support tape boot and so require two-step media recovery. See “Tape Recovery With
No Tape Boot Support — Two-Step Media Recovery” (page 215) and the Ignite-UX Installation
Booting white paper available at http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux-docs for more information.
• Network interface: One or more network adapters to support network boot and installation
is required. A network adapter directly connected to each supported subnet is preferred. Note
that multiple simultaneous network installations and recovery operations can create significant
network traffic.
• Disk space: An Ignite-UX server might need considerable disk space.
Ignite-UX servers must have at least 2 GB of free disk space available in /opt/ignite
to support installation of all HP-UX releases (B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31).
To save space, you can support only those HP-UX releases you plan to install or recover.
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◦ Ignite-UX servers might require significant space in /var/opt/ignite to support clients’
systems, store software depots, and save recovery archives. Default HP-UX file system
sizes are unlikely to be sufficient for an Ignite-UX server. You should consider the number
of client systems you intend to support and the maximum number of recovery archives to
be saved for each client.
The size of a recovery archive depends on the content being saved. A recovery archive
will normally include at least a full set of HP-UX operating system software.
◦ File system space is needed to hold depots required for installation. You should consider
how many different OS releases the server might need to support. Note that you might
also want to support different OE versions of each HP-UX revision on your Ignite server,
such as the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 OE release and the 11i v2 September 2006
OE release, or the 11i v3 Base OE (BOE) and the 11i v3 Virtual Server OE (VSE-OE) of
a particular release. Space will also be needed to store additional application and patch
depots.
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