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Configuring Your HP-UX 11i v1.6 System
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Now that you have installed HP-UX 11i v1.6, and installed any additional software and patches, your next task is to configure your system. Many of these tasks can be found in Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators.

The following list breaks these tasks in to several categories to assist you in finding the information you need:

  • Networking and Connectivity. 

    • Manually setting system information: Use the set_parms command to configure your system's hostname, IP Address, DNS, and other network and system data. For more information about set_parms, see the "Making Adjustments" section in Chapter 3, "Configuring a System" of the Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators book, or the set_parms(1M) manpage.

    • Configuring Built-in PCI Networking: Depending on the type of network interface your system has, see the following documents on http://docs.hp.com:

      • Ethernet (10/100Base-TX): Using PCI 10/100Base-TX/9000

      • Gigabit Ethernet: Using PCI 1000Base-T and PCI 1000Base-SX (Gigabit Ethernet)

    • Configuring a LAN: If you plan to manage a local area network, see Installing and Administering LAN/9000 Software

  • File System Administration. 

    • Setting Up File Systems: Depending on how you want to manage your physical volumes, choose one of the following:

      • LVM: See the "Administering a System: Managing Disks and Files" in the Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators on http://docs.hp.com.

      • VxVM: See the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide on the Veritas web site

    • Network File Systems (NFS): If you want make local directories available to other hosts on the network, see the Installing and Administering NFS Services on http://docs.hp.com

  • Managing Users and Groups. 

    • Adding Users and Groups: See Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators on http://docs.hp.com

  • Printers and Peripherals. 

    • Printers: See Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators on http://docs.hp.com.

    • Peripherals: See Configuring HP-UX for Peripherals

  • Other Tasks. You can find information about other tasks for HP-UX 11i v1.6 at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV1.6



Chapter 6 Configuring and Maintaining HP-UX 11i v1.6
  		 


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