HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2009 (Update 5 Release)

2 Assessing your system and meeting system requirements
This chapter helps you meet various requirements, as well as assess the current state
of your system prior to cold-installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v3.
Chapter checklist
□ “System requirements” (page 12)
□ “Supported systems” (page 12)
□ “Determining disk space requirements” (page 12)
□ “Disk space requirements for a cold-install” (page 13)
□ “Disk space requirements for an update” (page 15)
□ “Verifying supported network drivers, mass storage drivers, I/O cards, and storage
devices” (page 15)
□ “Finding firmware” (page 15)
□ “Identifying model, release, and installed software” (page 16)
□ “Identifying the model” (page 16)
□ “Identifying the release date and Operating Environment” (page 16)
□ “Identifying installed software” (page 17)
IMPORTANT: Make sure you review the Appendix A: “Known install and update
problems” (page 91) and the HP-UX 11i v3 Read Before Installing or Updating DVD
booklet for issues not discussed here that may apply to your system.
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