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Ignite-UX is the replacement tool for both Cold Install and Instant Ignition. Cold Install is the tool that allows the end-user to install the HP-UX operating system. Instant Ignition is the manufacturing and reseller's equivalent of Cold Install.

The Ignite-UX cold installation tool is a client-server application that provides the ability to configure and install HP-UX systems.

For 10.30, Ignite-UX replaces Cold Install, including the functionality provided by instl_adm(1M) to maintain network install configuration and default parameters.

In addition to replacing Cold Install, Ignite-UX provides a true client-server framework enabling an install session for multiple targets to be controlled from a single server. This will help you manage large HP-UX installations.

Key features of Ignite-UX:

  • True client-server framework enabling an install session for multiple targets to be controlled from a single server.

  • Support of client standalone installation by enabling an installation to be controlled from a terminal user interface running on the target machine.

  • Support of non-interactive installations.

  • Support for multiple sources within a single install session. This allows end customers to install multiple applications at the same time they install the base OS.

  • Support for SD and non-SD sources by providing the ability to load SD software, as well as software from non-SD sources (tar, cpio, or pax).

  • Support for user-defined configurations by allowing a system administrator to construct a description (configuration) for a target system including disk and networking layout, software to install, kernel modifications, and post-installation customizations. Once this configuration has been defined, it can then be applied to one or more target machines.

  • Support for user-defined customization both by defining what a target system should look like and by allowing execution of user-supplied scripts at pre-defined points in the installation process.

  • Support for saved configurations by enabling a user to modify an existing configuration, save these changes, and then quickly apply the new configuration to a target system.

  • Support for system manifest creation by providing a simple method to capture a snapshot of the currently loaded software along with a complete hardware inventory.

  • Support for multiple releases. The Ignite-UX server runs on any HP-UX 10.01 platform or higher and supports the installation of all 10.01 releases or higher.

Impact

Ignite-UX has a number of new commands. Two commands that are pertinent to setting up Ignite-UX depots and managing configuration files are make_config(1M) and manage_index(1M).

make_config makes software bundles in SD depots available for selection in the Ignite-UX UI. It constructs Ignite-UX configuration files that correspond to SD depots.

manage_index manipulates Ignite-UX INDEX files. INDEX files allow the use of multiple configuration files.

Performance

The performance time for an operating system install is equivalent to that of Cold Install.

Configuration

See the ignite(5) manpage for details on setting up an Ignite-UX server.

Size Requirement

The requirement is sufficient disk space to load Ignite-UX and any software depots and/or archives to be used during the install.



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