Quick Start Guide

1 Setting up an Ignite-UX Server
This chapter describes setting up an Ignite-UX server to cold install HP-UX 11i v1, v2, and v3 on
clients over the network. You must have superuser privileges to set up an Ignite-UX server. You
can stop anywhere in this procedure and resume where you left off at a later time.
This document assumes the network boot clients are on the same subnet as the Ignite-UX server.
This document also assumes the network DHCP and DNS servers are already set up. These
network services are vital to Ignite-UX server operation. If the Ignite-UX server is intended to
support these network functions on an isolated subnet, the user should consult documentation
that indicates how to set them up. Network services should be set up before the Ignite-UX server
is set up. See http://www.docs.hp.com for networking documentation.
Make Sure Your System Meets Ignite-UX Server Requirements
1. Make sure the version of HP-UX running on the Ignite-UX server system matches the HP-UX
version on the operating environment (OE) DVD set you are getting the Ignite-UX software
from. Use the uname -r command to query the HP-UX revision on the server system. The
uname command will report the release identifier, which can be mapped to the HP-UX
release as follows: B.11.31 is HP-UX 11i v3, B.11.23 is 11i v2, and B.11.11 is 11i v1.
Procedure
# uname -r
B.11.23
Common Errors
sh: typo: not found.
Diagnosis: Mistyped “uname”
Correction: Retype command.
uname: illegal option – R
usage: uname [-amnrsvil] [-S nodename]
Diagnosis: Used a capital R instead of a lowercase r.
Correction: Reissue the uname command with a lowercase r.
Explore
See uname(1) by issuing the command
# man uname
If you require a version of Ignite-UX that can be installed onto any supported version of HP-UX, please read
the section about downloading Ignite-UX from the HP Software Depot website in the Ignite-UX Administration
Guide, available at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/infolib.html.
2. Use the bdf command to make sure you have at least 2 GB of free disk space available in
/opt to support installation of all three HP-UX releases.
Procedure
# bdf /opt
Common Errors
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