Chapter Summary | HP Certified: HP-UX System Administration

This chapter is included to give you a brief overview of the HP-UX installation process. In the start of the chapter, there was an introduction to HP 9000 servers and workstations. The Processor Dependent Code (PDC) controls initial bootup tasks , such as memory and CPU tests and the detection of attached peripherals. It determines the primary boot device and tries to boot HP-UX from the device. You can interrupt this process and use the search command in PDC to look for additional bootable devices. You can then boot from a device containing the HP-UX installation media.

Once the system boots from the HP-UX Install and Core OS installation media (usually a CD-ROM), you are prompted to either install HP-UX or run a recovery shell. When you select Install HP-UX , you have to select the source location and user interface. You can choose any of the three user-interface options.

Guided Installation is used for a basic install.
Advanced Installation is used for configuration of LVM file system sizes and network setup.
No User Interface is used to install HP-UX with all default values and minimum user interaction.

In the first two options, you can specify a number of options for installation parameters. After the installation process is complete, the system rebuilds the kernel and reboots itself. After the first boot, you can configure the system and connect it to the network. You can modify the initial configuration at any time using the set_parms command.

If your system contains additional devices for which drivers are not included in the standard HP-UX distribution, you need to install the drivers using SD-UX. After that, you can configure these devices with the help of SAM.

In the next chapter, you will learn about the HP-UX startup and shutdown processes.

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