Configuring Your HP-UX 11i v2 System

Now that you have installed or updated HP-UX 11i v2 and any additional software and patches, your next task is to configure your system. You can find many of these tasks in Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators.

The following list breaks these tasks into 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 Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators book, or the set_parms(1M) manpage.
File System Administration.
- Small Memory Systems (less than 1GB/CPU RAM): If you have less than 1GB/CPU of memory, please see Appendix C “Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2” for details about optimizing VxFS for your system.
- Setting Up File Systems: Depending on how you want to manage your physical volumes, choose one of the following:
  LVM: See the Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators on http://docs.hp.com.
  VxVM: See the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator’s Guide on the Veritas web site
- Network File Systems (NFS): If you want to make local directories available to other hosts on the network, see 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 v2 at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2

Configuring Your HP-UX 11i v2 System

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