The Purpose of this Book

This guide describes migrating HP Servers and Workstations to the latest release of HP-UX 11i. This new version of HP-UX delivers hardware enablement, software functionality, and bundles of important HP-UX applications in operating environments. HP-UX 11i Operating Environments (OEs) are described in the HP-UX 11i December 2002 Release Notes available on the Instant Information CD and the Hewlett-Packard documentation web site: http://docs.hp.com. That document also lists major changes from the previous HP-UX 11.0 and HP-UX 11i releases.

HP-UX 11i is the recommended next-level enterprise release for all HP-UX systems currently running HP-UX 10.x and HP-UX 11.0.

This manual deals only with the software steps required to update your HP-UX operating system. For hardware upgrades, either see the documentation included with your hardware or consult your HP Support Engineer.

	IMPORTANT: Be sure to review this entire guide and the “Known Problems” information in the Read Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i Media booklet for December 2002 before proceeding to install or update your system. Carefully review Appendix B “Known Problems and Troubleshooting” for situations that may apply to your system. If you have just received a system that was ordered with "Instant Ignition," the HP-UX 11i Operating Environment has already been installed. You do not need to re-install it.