System Configuration

Now that you have installed or updated to HP-UX 11i v1, and installed any additional software and patches, your next task is to configure your system. Many of these tasks can be found in Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators. The following list breaks these tasks in to several categories to assist you in finding the information you need:

Networking and Connectivity.
- Manually setting system information: you can 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 “Making Adjustments” topic in Chapter 3, “Configuring a System” of the Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators book, or the set_parms(1M) manpage.
- Configuring Built-in PCI Networking: depending on the type of network interface your system has, see the following documents on http://docs.hp.com:
  Ethernet (10/100Base-TX): Using PCI 10/100Base-TX/9000
  Gigabit Ethernet: Using PCI 1000Base-T and HSC/PCI 1000Base-SX (Gigabit Ethernet)
- Configuring LAN: If you plan to manage a local area network, see Installing and Administering LAN/9000 Software on http://docs.hp.com.

File System Administration.

Setting Up File Systems: Depending on how you want to manage your physical volumes, choose one of the following:

LVM: “Administering a System: Managing Disks and Files” in the Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators on http://docs.hp.com.

VxVM: VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator’s Guide on the Instant Information CD.




	NOTE: If your system has less than 1GB of memory, and you are using VxFS 3.5, see Appendix E “Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1” for details about optimizing VxFS for your system.

Network File Systems (NFS): If you want make local directories available to other hosts on the network, please read Installing and Administering NFS Services on http://docs.hp.com

Managing Users and Groups.
- Adding Users and Groups: for more information, see Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators on http://docs.hp.com
Printers and Peripherals.
- Printers: for more information see Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators on http://docs.hp.com.
- Peripherals: for more information see Configuring HP-UX for Peripherals
Other Tasks. Information about other tasks for HP-UX 11i v1 can be found at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/11i/index.html

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