HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2012

System requirements
To cold-install or update HP-UX 11i v3, you must have the following:
• A supported system. See “Supported systems” (page 10) and “Identifying the model” (page 14).
• HP-UX 11i v3 OE and Application Software (also known as “Application Release”) DVDs.
• 1.5 GB memory, minimum.
NOTE: The minimum memory limit is intended for running the HP-UX 11i v3 Base OE and minimal
applications. Additional memory will be required for optimal performance, and optional software
and applications.
NOTE: If your system has the minimum amount of memory, you might need to manually set VxFS
tunables for optimal performance after cold-installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v3. See “System
tuning for VxFS” (page 30).
Supported systems
For a list of HP systems that this release of HP-UX 11i v3 fully supports, see the HP-UX Server Support
Matrix at the following website:
www.hp.com/go/hpuxservermatrix
Additional information about HP servers and blades can be found at the following websites:
• HP BladeSystem: http://www.hp.com/go/blades
• HP Integrity Server Family: http://www.hp.com/go/integrity
• HP 9000 Server Family: http://www.hp.com/go/hp9000
Determining disk space requirements
Depending on your system’s purpose, you might need to determine how much disk space you will
need for each partition/file system before you cold-install or update to HP-UX 11i v3. For example,
if you plan to install applications from other vendors, you might need to modify the size of the /opt
partition to accommodate their size. Depending on how much disk space is available, you can
change the partition/file system size to meet your needs.
10 Assessing your system and meeting system requirements