HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2010

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 10)
□ “Supported systems” (page 10)
□ “Determining disk space requirements” (page 10)
□ “Disk space requirements for a cold-install” (page 11)
□ “Disk space requirements for an update” (page 11)
□ “Verifying supported network drivers, mass storage drivers, I/O cards, and storage devices”
(page 12)
□ “Finding firmware” (page 12)
□ “Verifying and downloading firmware” (page 12)
□ “Receiving firmware alerts” (page 12)
□ “Identifying model, release, and installed software” (page 13)
□ “Identifying the model” (page 13)
□ “Identifying the release date and Operating Environment” (page 13)
□ “Identifying installed software” (page 13)
IMPORTANT: Make sure you review the Appendix A: “Harmless messages and known problems”
(page 75) and the HP-UX 11i v3 Read Before Installing or Updating DVD booklet for issues not
discussed here that might apply to your system.
Also review the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes appropriate for your release (http://hp.com/go/
hpux-core-docs).
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