SOP for HPUX 11.

31 Installation Server

1. Prerequisites for the HP-UX Installation a. Appropriate Installation Media as per the required OS (operating system). 2. Insert the installation media as per Disk Number in the CD/DVD ROM Drive. 3. Connect server to your laptop through serial cable. It will ask for a login. Username and Password is Admin case sensitive.

4. After this following window will appear. Type cm as press enter.

5. After that press lc to change the I.P. of console. It will list the options and ask for the option you want to choose. Use I for changing/assigning I.P. address.

6. Like the above steps change the subnet mask and any other setting you want to change.

7. Once all the settings are made, verify the same by coming back to cm prompt. Use Ctrl+B to navigate. Use ls on cm prompt to check the settings made.

8. After the use Ctrl+B to navigate and come to MP Main Menu. Use co to go to console. A window like below will appear. Select EFI Shell (Built-in) and press enter.

9. After that wait for some time. Refer the below snap shots. In the second snap shot, you will see a boot sequence Seconds left till autoboot 6. Press enter at this moment to interrupt and you will see a HPUX> prompt. Type exit, press enter and you will see a Shell> prompt. Type map r to view all the attached devices and look for CDROM device as highlighted in third snap-shot.

10. After that on Shell> prompt, type fs0: and press enter to navigate to CDROM drive. Then you see fs0:\> prompt. Type install and press enter. Again you will see a boot sequence like Seconds left till autoboot 9 as in following snap shot. Do not interrupt the boot sequence this time.

11. Once the boot sequence is over, system will go in autoboot mode. Be patient as this moment as it will take some time.

12. Once this first stage is over. It will ask you to enter the language for the OS (operating system). Type 26 for US English as shown in following snap-shot and press enter. It will show You have selected the keyboard language USB_PS2_DIN_US_English. Confirm your choice by pressing enter if language chosen is right, else change the choice as desired.

13. Then it will navigate to Welcome to the HP-UX installation/recovery process! for beginning the Installation. Use Tab key to navigate, select Install HP-UX and press enter.

14. In the User Interface and Media Options, select highlighted below two options. Use tab key to navigate and space key to select the options. Go to OK and press enter. It will take a while, wait till /opt/ignite/bin/itool () screen appears.

15. Once the /opt/ignite/bin/itool () screen appears. Set the Basic, Software, System, File System and Advanced options as per requirement.

16. Use tab key to navigate and select Software column and press enter.

17. Use tab key to navigate, up-down keys to scroll and space key to select. E.g. Add English CDE Environment and any other software required. Then use tab key, go to System option and press enter.

18. In above snap shot, select Set parameters now and press enter. Add Hostname, I.P. Address and Subnet Mask. Then go to Set Time Zone and press enter.

19. In Set Time Zone, select Asia, then select India as indicated and press OK.

20. After that go to Set Root Password option and set the password for root user that can be used after the installation is over. It will prompt twice for the password. Refer the snap shot.

21. After that go to File System column and adjust the size of the file systems on the server. Select the Mount Dir using tab, up-down and space key e.g. /var as shown in snap shot, then go the Size area, adjust to desired value (depending on the total available space in Mb indicated in Avail area), e.g. here taken 40000 Mb, then navigate to Modify and press enter. Same it will reflect in that particular file system size and total size. Similarly change for other file systems too.

22. Once all the file systems sizing is done, select Go ! and press enter. After that on itool Confirmation window, if something is to be changed then select < Back and change else if everything set is correct, select Go ! again.

23. Installation will start as shown in following snap-shots.

24. Now it will start copying the file sets on the server, wait till it ask for the next media. Change the media and press enter or use 1 as default option shown if it does not work properly. Do this for the last media and wait till copy is over and system reboots.