H06.13 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

1 Overview of Installing the H06.13 RVU
This chapter introduces the basic installation tools and requirements in H-series RVUs, including
installing the site update tape (SUT) for a release version update revision (RVUR). For information
on installing software product revisions (SPRs), see Appendix A, Using DSM/SCM to Install SPRs.
SUT on DVD
Beginning with the H06.06 RVU, the H-series SUT is also available on DVD. For instructions on
installing the SUT from the DVD, see the IPSetup User’s Guide.
Disk Space Requirements
The maximum SUT with all standard products, plus all optional products available to customers,
contains approximately 8 gigabytes (GB) of data, depending on optional products (however,
actual disk space required can be much greater).
Operational Differences Between the H06.13 and G-series RVUs
For planning purposes, the following list represents known differences.
• TAPEBOOT is not supported in H-series RVUs. You cannot make a system image tape (SIT).
• In H-series RVUs, native compilers and linkers have new names. Therefore, automated scripts
require changing.
• The subvolume for public libraries is SYSnn in G-series RVUs. In H-series RVUs, it is ZDLLnnn.
• In H-series RVUs, DSM/SCM installation default is to manage OSS files. In G-series RVUs, the
default is not to manage OSS files. For OSS users who request HP manufacturing to install
OSS, it is assumed that OSS is installed and configured.
• In the H06.13 RVU, tape storage on the NonStop NS-series system supplies both Fibre Channel
(FC) and SCSI tape products. Tape devices can be directly connected to a NonStop NS-series
server in two ways:
◦ Fibre channel tape devices can be connected directly to a Fibre Channel ServerNet
adapter (FCSA) in an IOAM enclosure.
◦ SCSI tape devices can be connected through a T1200 FC to SCSI Converter device
(model M8201R), which enables connection to SCSI tape drives. For installation
instructions, see the M8201R Fibre Channel to SCSI Router Installation and User’s Guide.
For a complete list of supported tape drives, including using SCSI to connect to G-series
legacy tape drives, see the appropriate installation manual for your system in NTL.
• Compaq TSM is not supported in H-series RVUs. You must use OSM. For many update tasks,
you can still use the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF).
• The OSM Low-Level Link features a new System Load Configuration dialog specifically for
H-series RVUs. This system load and save configuration feature is much more flexible than
previous save configuration options used in G-series RVUs. The mirrored system disk can have
an independent adapter and location from the primary system disk. $SYSTEM is the default
in the OSM Low-Level Link Configuration shortcut menu.
• On H-series systems, the OSM Low-Level Link physical view displays a tabular or inventory
view of all the components with their attributes in the system.
• Because of the new NonStop Advanced Architecture, updating processor boot code and other
server firmware files is completely different from updating server firmware on NonStop S-series
servers. See “Managing Microcode and Firmware for NonStop NS-Series Servers” (page 24)
for detailed information on updating firmware.
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