HP-UX

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HP-UX Support

10.20 32-bit from version ACE9912
11.00 64-bit from version ACE9911
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11i v1 (11.11)
- Released: Dec 2000
- Advanced Security: Introduced robust security features, including Access Control Lists (ACLs) for fine-grained permissions, IPFilter (a built-in firewall), and PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) for integration with Kerberos.
- Added Operating Environments:
  - Foundation (FOE) - base networking, and basic system management.
  - Enterprise (EOE) - "full stack": adds advanced network services, enterprise management tools, and performance monitoring
  - Mission Critical (MCOE) - adds high-availability (Serviceguard) support, advanced storage management, and enterprise-grade security.
  - Technical (TOE) - FOE plus graphics/technical compute libraries and development toolsets.
- Last Patches: "December 2009 Gold QPK bundle" (GOLDQPK11i-11.11.0912)
- Technical Computing Operating Environment (TCOE) for workstations
  - Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE) for workstations
11i v2 (11.23)
- First PA-RISC release in Sep 2004, Operating Environment Update Release (OEUR) in May 2005
- Adds IPv6 support
- hpux-11i-v2 Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE) B7994
- Support Pack: Jun 2008

Boot

Processor Dependent Code

Interrupt PDC boot process by keyboard in 10s, to enter Boot Console Handler (BCH):

To show current options and help, and get to main menu:

display
help
main

Show boot path:

path

Boot from primary or alternative paths:

boot PRI
boot ALT

Search for boot devices:

search

Search for IPL devices:

search ipl

Boot from one of the paths above with Path Number:

boot P1

Set primary boot path to SCSI ID 6:

path pri P2

Enter configuration menu:

configuration

Show/change monitor configuration:

monitor list

Show/change time configuration:

time

Enter information menu:

information

Enter service menu:

service

Initial System Loader

Once a boot command is sucessful, the ISL is read from disk, and can be interacted with if chosen. Run Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE):

ode

Or the HP-UX Secondary System Loader which starts the HP-UX kernel (vmunix):

hpux

possibly with flags for single user, maintenance, or a custom kernel:

hpux –is
hpux –lm
hpux (;0)/stand/vmunix.prev

When booting off CD-ROM to install:

hpux (;0):INSTALL

See help for more.

Installation

Choose LVM with VxFS for workstation use

Typical disk partitioning:

Volume	HP-UX 11i V1	HP-UX 11i V2
/stand	?	384 MB
/	?	1024 MB
/tmp	?	256 MB
/home	?	16384 MB
/var	?	8192 MB
/usr	?	16384 MB
/opt	?	8192 MB

Support Plus

mkdir /cdrom
ioscan -fnC disk
mount -F cdfs -o ro -r /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom

See documents:

* /cdrom/USRGUIDE.PDF
* /cdrom/TEXT_FILES

Administration

Hardware

If new devices are not detected:

cd /dev
insf -e

Show all devices:

ioscan -f

Scan for disks:

/usr/sbin/ioscan -d sdisk

Scan for a floppy drive:

ioscan -fnC floppy

which should produce a device file like "/dev/floppy/c0t1d0".

Format a floppy (1.44 MB) for use with HFS and mount filesystem:

mediainit -f 16 /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0
newfs -F hfs /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0
mount /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0 /floppy

Here, 16 is the format type listed in the floppy command's man page. Use 26 for 1.6 MB.

Access MS-DOS formatted files (disks cannot be formatted in HP-UX) with:

dosls /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0:/somedir
doscp /tmp/somefile.txt /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0:/

Desktop

Enable/disable auto-start:

/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d

Control which X servers to start:

/etc/dt/config/Xservers

Errors:

/var/dt/Xerrors

Networking

Show network interfaces:

lanscan -i
ifconfig lan0

Configuration files for IPv4 / IPv6:

/etc/rc.config.d/netconf
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf-ipv6

Disks

Show physical disk info:

ioscan -funC disk

Software

Show software bundles:

swlist -i