HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Installation and Configuration Guide release id B.11.20 for rx9610 and rx4610 hp servers and i2000 hp workstations Manufacturing Part Number: B9106-90001 June 2001 © Copyright 2001 Hewlett-Packard Company.
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Contents 1. Introduction and Related Information Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Welcome to HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Install Guide Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 How to use this Install Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents How to Install Optional Software Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Identify your Model, OS and Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identify Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identify OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identify Software . . . . . . .
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Introduction and Related Information Introduction Introduction Welcome to HP-UX HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 is the release for all Itanium processor family (IPF) based HP-UX systems. The release ID for HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 is B.11.20, and the term HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) will be used throughout this install guide. The HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) Operating Environment (OE) is an integrated and tested software solution containing the operating system and selected applications.
Introduction and Related Information Introduction WARNING i2000 workstations ship with Windows 2000 pre-installed. By following the install instructions in Chapter 2 of this guide, you will overwrite the Windows 2000 operating system. How to use this Install Guide To help ensure a successful installation of HP-UX 11i Version 1.5, we recommend that you review this entire guide before proceeding to install the OS on your system as described in Chapter 2 of this guide . Note that HP-UX 11i Version 1.
Introduction and Related Information How this Install Guide is Organized How this Install Guide is Organized Table 1-1 Chapter Section Content Chapter 1 Installation and Configuration Notes Introduction This section introduces you to the Install Guide and provides suggestions for how to use it best. Media Kit Contents This section describes the media kit that is shipped with new HP servers, including software, applications, release notes, etc.
Introduction and Related Information How this Install Guide is Organized Table 1-1 Chapter Section Content Appendix A Post-Install Information How to Create a System Backup This section provides a brief description of creating a system backup. How to Install Optional Software Products This section provides an example of how to install one of the optional software products that ships on the application release DVD.
Introduction and Related Information Media Kit Contents Media Kit Contents This guide accompanies the HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) media kit, which also includes: • HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 DVD — Contains the HP-UX OS (operating system), required networking software, and on-line diagnostics. • Application DVD — Contains HP-UX application software. • Instant Information CD — Contains current HP-UX manuals, release notes and white papers. • Readme Before Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.
Introduction and Related Information New Features in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 New Features in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) adds software functionality and support for Itanium-based systems to HP-UX. HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) is intended for all Itanium processor family (IPF) based HP-UX systems. PA-RISC based systems should continue to run the HP-UX 11i or HP-UX 11.x releases. This release will not run on PA-RISC based systems. HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.
Introduction and Related Information Features Unavailable in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Features Unavailable in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 In comparison with HP-UX 11i, HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) does not provide support for: • • • • • • • • • • • PA-RISC systems updates, HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.
Introduction and Related Information HP-UX Installation Restrictions HP-UX Installation Restrictions Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) requires a 4 GB minimum root disk. The following installation restrictions apply: • Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) requires using the DVD media. • HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) only supports cold installation of the HP-UX operating system. • Updating to HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) from previous releases is not supported. • The HP-UX 11i Version 1.
Introduction and Related Information Software Distribution Media Software Distribution Media The following tables list the applications that are: • included on the HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) Operating System DVD, • available on the Application Release DVD Applications included on the HP-UX 11i Version 1.
Introduction and Related Information Software Distribution Media Some of these applications are offered for free and may also be available for download from the HP website. Please check the HP ordering database or the configuration guides for details on the individual products.
Introduction and Related Information Software Distribution Media Table 1-3 Applications on the Application Release DVD Product Number Product Name Description B9789AA Java 2 RTE 1.3 B9788AA Java 2 SDK 1.3 Java 2 RTE/SDK 1.
Introduction and Related Information System Configurations System Configurations HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) supports only a 64-bit version of the HP-UX kernel. The tables below outline the fully supported HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) configurations for rx9610 and rx4610 hp servers, and i2000 hp workstations. NOTE The information in the following tables is subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, refer to the following web site: http://www.hp.
Introduction and Related Information Hardware Configurations Hardware Configurations rx9610 Server The rx9610 server can contain up to 4 cells. Each cell includes, among other things, a memory card (16 dimm slots), four Itanium processors, and a connector for an additional memory card (16 additional dimm slots).
Introduction and Related Information Hardware Configurations Server rx4610 - a 2-4 way IPF-based server Processors 733MHz/2MB 733MHz/4MB 800MHz/4MB Memory 64GB max memory using 32 SDRAM DIMM sockets per memory expander board Drives DVD drive (IDE) Floppy drive LS-120 (IDE) slim line 2 hot swap 1" Hard Disk Drives 18GB each, total 36GB PCI I/O 10 PCI slots - 8 66MHz slots, 2 33MHz slots Supported Add-On Peripherals A5272A - Sure Store E Disk System SC10 A5236A(z) - Sure Store E Disk System FC10 A59
Introduction and Related Information Hardware Configurations Workstation i2000 - a 1-2 way IPF-based workstation with 2M L2 Cache Processor 1 733MHz/2MB 2 800 MHz/2MB Memory UP - 1GB (add on to 2 or 4GB) MP - 2GB (add on 4 GB) Drives DVD drive (IDE) Floppy drive LS-120 or LS-240 (IDE) slim line Hard Disk Drives (HDD) 18GB Core Built-in I/O 7 PCI slots 10/100BT LAN (10-200B-TX?) USB (4) internal SCSI (Ultra3 Qlogic 12160) PS-2 Keyboard Graphics Console NVIDIA Quadro2Pro 22 Chapter 1
Introduction and Related Information Mass Storage Drivers Mass Storage Drivers External mass storage is not supported on the i2000 hp workstations. New SCSI Drivers For the rx9610 and rx4610 servers, two new SCSI HBA drivers, qlisp and c8xx, are released in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20). The c8xx driver runs on all IPF systems and replaces the c720 HBA driver on PA systems. The qlisp HBA driver is a new driver to support the 12160 Qlogic SCSI controller.
Introduction and Related Information SCSI Devices SCSI Devices External mass storage is not supported on the i2000 hp workstations. LSI LVD UltraII SCSI Controller On Itanium-based servers, unlike PA-based systems, the LSI LVD UltraII SCSI controller, part number A5149A, can not boot from targets with SCSI ID greater than 7. These controllers have the Sub System ID Bits (SSID) set such that the card is forced into narrow mode.
Introduction and Related Information SCSI Devices Changing to Manual mode allows access to all the fields in the device settings screen. Step 3. Choose Configuration Settings->SCSI Device Settings->Bus 1 Press TAB to move to the left column (affects all devices in this model) Jamaica BOX JBOD (Fast settings): Sync Offset: 8 Sync Period: 25 SC10 Megatron (Ultra2 settings): Sync Offset: 14 Sync Period: 10 Step 4.
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Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 2 Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 This chapter describes installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5. After reading the preparation notes on the next few pages and completing the pre-install data collection tables in Appendix C, follow the cold install procedures described in this chapter.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install This section describes cold installing from the HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) DVD. See the following documents supplied with the HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20) media for additional information: • HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Release Notes — Describes changes included in this release.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install Ignite-UX Support The Ignite-UX product is not available for configuring an Ignite-UX server at the time of the initial release of HP-UX 11i Version 1.5. When it is released, it will be available for download from HP’s Software Depot web site: http://software.hp.com/software/HPsoftware/IUX/ To be notified of new releases of Ignite-UX by email, please register at the Software Depot web site listed above.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install CAUTION If your system needs to be reinstalled at any point, the root disk will be overwritten and all data on it will be lost. For that reason, we recommend that you do not put user data on the root disk. Root Disk HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 provides several file system choices for the root disk. • By default, the system installs VxVM on the root disk with VxFS file systems.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install How to Install HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 To cold install the operating system, which overwrites everything on the target disk: Step 1. Make sure any external devices connected to the target system are turned ON and operational. Step 2. Insert the HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 DVD into the drive. Step 3. Turn the system ON, reboot, or cycle power. The system should boot automatically from the DVD; if it does, go directly to step 4.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install Step 4. Verify the system booted from the DVD. The bootloader will display a message indicating you have 20 seconds to interrupt the boot process. The AUTO file should contain the string boot :IINSTALL -c0 If the AUTO file string is different from the above, you may have booted from the wrong device. In that case, interrupt the boot process, enter the EFI shell.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install • No User Interface Use all the defaults and GO. Ignite-UX permits you to exit from Guided Installation and restart the configuration using Advanced Installation later by either selecting the Cancel button or pressing C. Mark your choices and select OK. NOTE The remaining steps take you through the Guided Installation. For help, consult the Help screens.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install to target 0. • Once installed, the VxVM root disk can not be moved to another SCSI bus or address that results in a change in the hardware path to the device. If it is moved, you may not be able to boot sanely from it. This is similar to the limitation present in LVM. Step 14. Specify root disk volume group disks.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Cold Install media to the hard disk. The system will automatically reboot during the installation process. Step 22. After the system has rebooted, the Welcome to HP-UX screen is displayed. At this point, you will need to answer a few questions before you can use the system. The first is whether or not you plan to use the system on a network.
Installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Planning your HP-UX 11i Version 1.
Post-Install Information A Post-Install Information This appendix describes: • How to Create a System Backup • How to Install Optional Software Products • How to Identify your Model, OS and Software • How to Find HP on the Web Appendix A 37
Post-Install Information How to Create a System Backup How to Create a System Backup You do not need to create a back up immediately after a cold install. The Ignite-UX product is not available for making a system recovery backup at the time of the initial release of HP-UX 11i Version 1.5. When it is released, it will be available for download from HP’s Software Depot: http://software.hp.
Post-Install Information How to Install Optional Software Products How to Install Optional Software Products The Applications DVD that is distributed with HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 contains optional development tools and system management software. HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 must be booted in order to install optional software products. The following is the procedure for installing products from the Applications DVD. Step 1. Insert the Applications DVD in the DVD-ROM drive. Step 2. Mount the Applications DVD.
Post-Install Information How to Install Optional Software Products The following example command runs swinstall to install software from the source mounted at /CDROM. swinstall -i -s /CDROM See the swinstall (1M) manpage for details. Step 4. Select and install software from the Applications DVD. The swinstall program presents an interface for selecting and installing software from the DVD. Step 5. Unmount and eject the Applications DVD.
Post-Install Information How to Identify your Model, OS and Software How to Identify your Model, OS and Software Identify Model To determine the model number of your system, check your invoice.
Post-Install Information How to Identify your Model, OS and Software Identify OS After installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5, you will notice that uname -r identifies HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 as: B.11.20. This is the release ID. Identify Software To identify the software products on a system or a media, use swlist.
Post-Install Information How to Find HP on the Web How to Find HP on the Web You can obtain software and documentation for installing HP-UX and related products on the Web: • The latest HP-UX manuals: http://docs.hp.com/ • If you have installed the Apache Web Server, additional information and links can be found at: http://your_system_name • Ignite-UX information and download: http://software.hp.com/software/HPsoftware/IUX/ • HP-UX 11.0 Software Transition Kit: http://software.hp.
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In Case of Trouble B In Case of Trouble This appendix describes: • Error Messages • Warnings Appendix B 45
In Case of Trouble Error Messages Error Messages As an install progresses, you will see messages relating to the progress being entered into the log file. These messages usually refer to normal behavior. ERROR and WARNING messages, however, have the following significance: ERROR Indicates a serious problem, usually requiring action from the user in order to proceed with an installation. WARNING Indicates something out of the ordinary, but not fatal. The warning may require action.
Data Collection Tables C Data Collection Tables You will need to supply the information in the following tables when installing HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20). If you chose the guided install, you will be prompted for the information in these tables at various stages throughout the install, by the HP-UX Install Wizard. If you chose the Advanced Install, you will be given the opportunity to enter all of this information at the beginning of the install using a tabbed file-folder character-based interface.
Data Collection Tables NOTE Some of the items in the following table, Miscellaneous Information, may not be familiar to you, but they are all questions that will be asked of you during the install. All options are described in detail during the install, so you can defer making decisions about those unfamiliar to you until you reach that point in the install. Table C-2 Miscellaneous Information Type of Information Your Specific Information Type of Desktop (ie.
Index A applications on Application Release DVD, 16 on OS DVD, 16 website for updated list, 18 C c8xx, 23 cold-install procedure, 31 configuration server, 19 workstation, 19 configurations hardware, 20 system, 19 website for latest, 19 conventions typographic, 4 D documentation Disk and File Management Tasks, 28, 29 for planning disk space, 29 Managing Systems and Workgroups, 29 driver fibre channel, 23 drivers c8xx, 23 qlisp, 23 SCSI HBA, 23 td, 23 E error messages, 46 M media kit contents, 12 O overview