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

Agile View Concepts...............................................................................................................72
Practical Considerations..........................................................................................................74
System Installation Configuration..........................................................................................74
Support for >2 TB boot disk................................................................................................78
Identifying Devices for Other Tasks.......................................................................................79
Important Characteristics of the Agile View............................................................................79
Recovery and the Agile View...................................................................................................81
Legacy DSFs and Device Matching.......................................................................................81
Persistent DSFs and Device Matching....................................................................................81
Controlling the I/O Configuration Process..................................................................................82
Agile View Questions and Answers...........................................................................................83
8 Security...................................................................................................85
Ignite-UX Server Ports..............................................................................................................85
Modifying a Bastille-Hardened System to Operate with Ignite-UX..................................................90
Enabling Ignite-UX Server Requirements................................................................................91
Enabling Ignite-UX Client Requirements.................................................................................92
Configuring Ignite to Replace TFTP with NFS..............................................................................93
Overview..........................................................................................................................93
Procedure.........................................................................................................................93
9 Booting and Installing HP-UX From the Server Using the Client Console............96
Preparing the Client for Installation ...........................................................................................96
Making Boot Decisions When Using the Client Console...............................................................97
Boot Using the Network......................................................................................................97
Boot Using Media..............................................................................................................98
Using bootsys on the Client Console..........................................................................................99
Booting PA-RISC Clients from the Console ...............................................................................100
Booting Itanium-Based Clients using the Network......................................................................101
Direct Boot Profiles for Itanium-Based Systems...........................................................................103
The dbprofile Command...................................................................................................104
The lanboot Command.....................................................................................................105
Installing HP-UX From the Client Console..................................................................................106
Managing Speed and Duplexing of LAN Interfaces Executing Network Boots...............................109
Examples........................................................................................................................109
10 Booting and Installing HP-UX on Clients Using the Server...........................111
Methods of Installing Client Systems........................................................................................111
Installation Using bootsys.......................................................................................................111
Installation Using the Ignite-UX GUI.........................................................................................113
Prepare the Client for Installation........................................................................................113
Starting Ignite-UX.............................................................................................................113
Adding Clients................................................................................................................113
Booting a Client..............................................................................................................114
Configuring the Installation....................................................................................................117
New Installation..............................................................................................................117
Initializing the Installation.............................................................................................118
The Client Installation Configuration Interface..................................................................118
Basic Tab..............................................................................................................119
Software Tab ........................................................................................................126
System Tab ...........................................................................................................131
File System Tab .....................................................................................................138
Advanced Tab.......................................................................................................145
Repeat an Installation.......................................................................................................146
Executing the Installation.......................................................................................................147
Viewing and Printing a Manifest ............................................................................................150
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