HP-UX Kernel Configuration

The HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool allows the user to configure an HP-UX kernel, and to monitor consumption of kernel resources controlled by parameters. The user can configure the kernel using the Web-based user interface (kcweb), the text user interface, or the command-line interface.

The HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool can be used for:

tuning the kernel tunables
loading and unloading kernel modules
configuring alarms
viewing change logs

The HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool (kcweb) can be launched from SAM or from the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH).

Summary of Change

In this release, the HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool is available as a tool in the HP System Management Homepage. When the user launches the Web-based kernel configuration tool from SAM, the HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool with a new look and feel opens from the HP System Management Homepage on the Web browser.

The text user interface (TUI) of kernel configuration has changed. It is no longer ObAM-based.

Impact

You will find that Kernel Configuration tool has a new look-and-feel GUI and TUI.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

Information is available in the white paper called “Managing Kernel Configurations in HP-UX 11i Version 2,” available at http://docs.hp.com.

Information is also available in the Managing Systems and Workgroups manual for this release, also available at http://www.docs.hp.com.

Information is available in the following online manpages:

kcalarm(1M)
kcmond(1M)
kconfig(5)
kconfig(1M)
kcmodule(1M)
kctune(1M)
kcdevice(1M)
kclog(1M)
kcpath(1M)
kcusage(1M)
kcweb(1M)
system(4)

Obsolescence

Not applicable.