Reviewing the Cold-Install Process

This section describes cold-installing from the HP-UX 11i v2 DVDs, including the operating system, a selected operating environment (OE) bundle, network drivers, CDE language bundle, and diagnostics.

The overall process is shown in Figure 5-1 “Cold-installing HP-UX 11i v2”, along with alternate methods of cold-installing HP-UX 11i v2:

Alternate install methods

Installing from software depots — Use Software Distributor commands to create depots containing OS, OE, and other software bundles, then install from the depot using Ignite-UX. For help with this method, see the swinstall(1M) manpage, Software Distributor Administration Guide, and Ignite-UX Administration Guide.
Installing from golden images — If you need to install the same OS/OE and applications on many systems in your network, use an Ignite-UX server as explained in the Ignite-UX Administration Guide. With Ignite-UX, you can create a single install image (golden image) containing OS/OE bundles, application bundles, and patch bundles, then install the image on multiple systems in your environment.
For customers ordering new systems with the “Instant Ignition” option (also known as “factory ignited”), the cold-installation process described here has already been performed. Skip this chapter and proceed to Chapter 7 “Verifying System Install or Update”.

Mission Critical Support

If your system is on HP Mission Critical Support, discuss the proper method of installing and patching the OE with your HP Customer Engineer.

Required media

Have these DVDs ready from the HP-UX 11i v2 media kit:

HP-UX 11i v2 DVD
HP-UX 11i v2 Applications DVD

Figure 5-1 Cold-installing HP-UX 11i v2

Reviewing the Cold-Install Process

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Alternate install methods

Mission Critical Support

Required media