Chapter 1 Getting Started

Before physically installing a disk drive, tape drive, printer, or other peripheral device, you must configure the HP-UX operating system to communicate with it. Configuring HP-UX for Peripherals provides the software information needed for system administrators to configure the many peripheral devices supported on HP-UX.

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Keep this document and the following other documents available for reference when installing and configuring peripheral devices:

Commands such as mksf, insf, and ioscan (now available on both Series 700 and 800 systems) make it largely unnecessary to manipulate the minor number literally. However, if you are configuring a peripheral for unusual circumstances, you should consult the appendices at the end of this document.

	NOTE: Configuring a peripheral device requires that you operate with root privileges. In consideration for others on the system, exercise caution when acting as superuser.HP Interface Bus (HP-IB) and HP Fiber Link (HP-FL) disks and interface cards are not supported by HP-UX Release 11.0. All such devices should be removed from your system before installing or updating to HP-UX Release 11.0.