About This Guide

This guide describes installing, configuring and using Ignite-UX to facilitate installing and recovering HP-UX on HP computer systems in your computing environment.

This guide is written for experienced HP-UX systems administrators who are responsible for setting up and maintaining HP-UX workstations and servers. They must be familiar with installing HP computer hardware and software, upgrading software, applying patches and troubleshooting system problems. Ignite-UX will help them install new systems and maintain existing ones with less effort than when using individual install and update tools.

Web papers included here

This guide replaces Ignite-UX information in the Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating from HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 guide previously supplied with HP-UX 11.0 media. This guide also includes information from the following papers available on the Ignite-UX web site:

Documentation and Training

Check the Ignite-UX web site often for announcements, updates to the Ignite-UX FAQ, and to download the latest version of Ignite-UX:

http://software.hp.com/products/IUX

Details about recent changes to Ignite-UX are in the Ignite-UX Release Notes located on the web site or in the directory /opt/ignite/share/doc/release_note.

Additional information is available on these web pages:

• Ignite-UX and Mirrored disks

  http://software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/diskmirror.pdf

• Ignite-UX System Recovery

  http://software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/recovery_merge.html

• DHCP FAQ

  http://www.dhcp.org

Ignite-UX training

HP offers a 3-day classroom course on Ignite-UX for the experienced HP-UX system administrator. For details, classes scheduled in your area, and class registration, go to:

www.hp.com/education/courses/h1978s.html

Ignite-UX Commands and Online Documentation

Ignite-UX provides online information in the /opt/ignite/share/doc/ directory. Also see these Ignite-UX manpages:

Table 1-1 Title not available (Ignite-UX Commands and Online Documentation)

Ignite-UX Manpage	Description
ignite(5)	Ignite clients remotely from the Ignite-UX screen and provides an overview of all Ignite-UX commands.
instl_adm(1M) instl_adm(4)	Manage Ignite-UX config files.
instl_combine(1M), make_medialif(1M)	Construct custom, bootable install media.
instl_dbg(1M)	Debug config files.
instl_bootd(1M)	Boot protocol server for Ignite-UX client.
bootsys(1M)	Reboot and install systems using Ignite-UX.
make_bundles(1M)	Package SD bundles into an SD Depot.
make_depots(1M)	Creates SD depots from media.
make_boot_tape(1M)	Create a system boot tape.
make_net_recovery(4)	Create recovery archives on a network system.
make_tape_recovery(1M)	Create recovery tapes. Replaces make_recovery available beginning with Ignite-UX A/B 3.2.
check_recovery(1M)	Check recovery tape status since last make_*_recovery.
make_sys_image(1M)	Create golden system images.
make_config(1M)	Generate config files for installing software in SD bundles.
manage_index(1M)	Manage the INDEX file.
setup_server(1M)	Perform Ignite-UX client-server administration tasks.
add_new_client(1M)	Construct and populate a client directory without requiring a reboot.