Configuring the Installation

To begin the installation, first select a client icon. Then, from the Actions menu, select either:

Install Client -> New install to install a new client, OR
Install Client -> Repeat install to use another clients configuration.

If you have previously installed a client, you will be asked if you want to use the same configuration data again.

If the following message displays:

Settings from a previous installation session were found at
startup.  Do you wish to retain these settings for the current session?

Respond Yes to re-use some or all of the configuration used in the previous session. Respond No to use an entirely new configuration.

config file parameters

All configuration parameters from an installation are identified and saved as a config file in: /var/opt/ignite/clients/0xLLA/

You can use config files in a non-interactive installation using the bootsys command. You can choose a preset configuration in the Repeat Install selection list to repeat a previously installed configuration and execute it within Ignite-UX, without further intervention.

Basic Tab

After you choose to install a system, you see the Basic screen:

This screen shows all the basic information for setting up the file system and for loading the OS environment and selecting an HP-UX 11i OE. It also allows you to configure languages, locale, and keyboard requirements. A Save As... button also allows saving configurations for later use.

Configurations

Click this selector to display a list of available OS configurations. Then select the one you want to use for this installation. The Description button shows more information about each configuration.Your configuration files are stored in a server location referenced by the /var/opt/ignite/INDEX file. The INDEX file defines the list of configurations.

OS and HP-UX 11i OE Environments

Select the OS or HP-UX 11i OE environment from the choices available in the list. For HP-UX 11.0/11i, this may include 64-bit or 32-bit OS version. The choices and defaults depend on the releases available on the server, and may include, for example, Common Desktop Environment (CDE) as the default.

File System

Select one of the following:

Whole Disk (not LVM) — This may be the appropriate choice for single-disk systems with disks less than 2GB.
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) with HFS (High-Performance File System) — This selection will format single or multi-disk systems to combine the disk space into a single, large disk pool, and then allocate volumes as needed. The root volume in this case and the swap must be on the same physical volume, and will be configured in this manner by Ignite-UX. The File System tab will provides additional opportunities to configure the LVM volumes. In the File System tab, you can edit the sizes of LVM partitions, or use the values that Ignite-UX computes for you.
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) with VxFS (Veritas File System) — This will format single or multi-disk systems to combine the disk space into a single, large disk pool, and then allocate volumes as needed. VxFS is the same as the Journaled File System (JFS) and allows file system size to be changed after installation. With the optional HP OnlineJFS product you can resize, defragment, or make a "snapshot" of a mounted file system.
VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) with VxFS — This will format single or multi-disk systems to combine the disk space into a single, large disk pool, under VxVM, and then allocate volumes as needed. The root, boot, and primary swap volumes must be on the same physical disk and will be configured in this manner by Ignite-UX. The File System tab provides you additional opportunities to configure the VxVM volumes. VxFS is the same as the Journaled File System (JFS) and allows file system size to be changed after installation. With the optional HP OnlineJFS product you can resize, defragment, or make a "snapshot" of a mounted file system.




	NOTE: VxVM 3.5 is currently only available for HP-UX 11i Version 1.0. VxVM 3.1 is available for HP-UX 11i Versions 1.5 and 1.6.

See “File System Tab ” for detailed information on File System configuration.

Root disk

To change root disks, select this button, select another disk from the list of available disks, and click OK in that screen.

For example, a root disk is usually located at SCSI bus location 6.

Root swap

The amount of root swap space depends on the applications being loaded. You can choose to use the default which Ignite-UX computes, based on available memory on the target system. Or you can select Root Swap and select from the choices that appear in the list. You can also edit the field directly and type in the amount of swap space you wish. The swap will be rounded to a multiple of 4MB or the LVM extent size.

Computing swap space is explained in these HP-UX guides:

HP-UX 10.x — System Administrator Tasks.
HP-UX 11.0 and 11i — Managing Systems and Workgroups.

Languages

The languages available in your HP-UX system will be shown when you select this field. Select the item(s) you want, if it is other than the default. The dialogue screen allows you to select more than one language. Highlight the additional items by double-clicking on each. You can also drag the pointer down the screen to highlight a range of items; then press the mark/unmark button.

You can make any of the selections the system default language. This will become the system default language after it is installed.

Locale

Each language will have a corresponding locale (language variant). A locale describes the system management of a language for doing the following:

Messaging
Representing numbers
Displaying monetary values
Telling time
Generating characters
Sorting text

HP-UX can have more than one installed language. The "default language" is the language environment represented on the target system at boot, unless you select another installed language using the HP-VUE or CDE login screen, reset the LANG environment variable, or use geocustoms (HP-UX 10.30 and after) to change it.

Default language choices

Click Default Language... to see the Default Language Choices. They are listed in two columns: Language and Locale. Each language may have more than one way of representing itself on the system. If this is the case, there will be multiple locale entries for the same language.

Languages may be activated is several ways:

ASK_AT_FIRST_BOOT allows you to leave the language setting open (unset) until the client system is first booted. At that time, the user will be prompted. The language setting will be performed as part of the initial system configuration. (This applies only to HP-UX 10.30 and later).
SET_NULL_LOCALE creates a NULL language environment, with the locale variables set to NULL by default. A null locale allows programs to execute without using localized message catalogs. This can increase system performance. All HP-UX messages appear in English if the locale is set to NULL.

Keyboards...

Select the type of keyboard to be used, from the adjacent field. Otherwise, you can use the default selection.

Additional...

Click Additional... to select among certain pre-configured use-models and variables from your current configuration files. The buttons available are determined from the variables in your config file. When using LVM, you will see selections for easily setting up multiple disks, striping, and file system creation. For details, see the instl_adm(4) manpage.

Functions Available on All Tabs

Save as...

In server mode, when you have finished your configuration for all tabs, you can save the configuration as a specific file. The saved configurations will then appear under the Configurations menu for use in future installations. This function is not available when running the Ignite-UX interface on the install client.

Show summary...

Click Show Summary... to display the current HP-UX, the basic disk layout, hardware inventory, and other software that will be installed.

Reset configuration

Click Reset Configuration to change the configuration settings for the currently-selected configuration back to the default settings. You can do this from any tab.

Go!

Click Go! to initiate an installation. Since Go! is always available, click it from any of the tabs. If you don't need to do any customization, click Go! now to begin the installation. Then see “Executing the Installation: Go! ”, later in this chapter.

After clicking Go!, you will still have the opportunity to cancel out of the install sequence.

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit installing this system.

Help

Help information is available on all screens, and you can get context-sensitive help for specific areas by pressing the F1 function key.

Software Tab

This tab allows you to choose licensing level and additional applications that you configured when you set up your server. To access a specific depot, you can also change depot locations. This display does not dynamically update from a newly-selected depot. When choosing a new depot, it must be identical in content to the current one. If not, use make_config on the server to configure the new depot.

Category — Select a topical category to display products available.
Product List — Double-click on a product in the list to select (highlight) it and to toggle its "marked" status (Yes or No). Alternately, use Mark/Unmark Selection(s) to toggle the "marked" status for a selected item.

If patches are kept in a separate depot, by default they are loaded after Core software. If there is more than one non-Core software to be loaded, you may need to specifying the load order for the patch(es) in a config file.

System Tab

You will see a choice selection allowing you to set parameters now, or at first boot of the target system. If you choose to set these parameters now, you see this screen:

Hostname

Your system must have a unique system name (a "hostname"), which can be a simple name.

A system name must fulfill the following conditions:

It must contain no more than eight characters
It must contain only letters, numbers, underscore (_), or hyphen (-).
It must start with a letter. Upper case letters are not recommended.
The first component of a host name should contain no more than eight characters, for compatibility with the uname command.

IP address

Use this field to enter the IP address of the form:

n.n.n.n

where: each n can be 0 through 255.

For example:

15.1.48.140

To determine an existing IP address, use:

nslookup hostname

Subnet mask

This field sets the subnet mask. The subnet mask will typically be provided by your network administrator, and is of the IP address form or a corresponding hex number. For example:

255.255.248.0

Time and date information

If necessary, enter information for the Time, Day, Month, and Year fields: For time, use the 24-hour format: hh:mm

Select the correct month by clicking on the button and selecting from the list. Edit other fields by using the Backspace and Delete keys.

Set Time Zone screen

Select this button to bring up a display of time zone selections. You will see two selector lists: the first consists of general locations, and the second has corresponding time zones.

Select an item and click OK to make a choice.

Set Root Password screen

The root account is used for system administration tasks. To insure the security of the system, the root account should have a password.

You should observe the following requirements when setting a password:

The password must be at least six characters long.
Characters must be from the English alphabet.
The password should contain at least two uppercase letters, two lowercase letters and at least one numeric or special character.

Network services

Click Network Services to access tabs used to enter information on:

Static Routes
DNS
NIS
XNTP

Static routes screen

If your network is divided into subnets, you will probably need to specify a gateway system to reach other subnets:

Destination — The field has the word default or the IP address of the destination network.
Gateway — The IP address of the device connecting your network to the remote network, or your own IP, if wildcard routing is used.
Destination Hop Count — If your gateway IP is not your system's own IP, this is usually set to 1. If your gateway IP is the same as your system's, then the Hop Count is 0.

Once the appropriate fields have been completed on this screen, click the Add button.

For more information, see the routing(7) manpage.

DNS screen

On this screen, you can configure the Domain Name (an extension to the host name, such as fc.hp.com) and the IP address of the Domain Name Server. The listing of current servers is displayed, if they are predefined in the Ignite-UX server. Use the nslookup command on a running system to find this information.

After entering a DNS server, click Add. Use Modify if you are changing an existing entry.

NIS screen

Typically, the (non-server) hosts in a network are NIS clients. Whenever a process on an NIS client requests configuration information, it calls NIS instead of looking in its local configuration files. The set of maps shared by the servers and clients is called the NIS domain.

For more information on NIS, see the domainname(1M) manpage or the guide Installing and Administering NIS Services.

Wait for NIS server on bootup

Select yes or no, depending on your configuration for NIS.

XNTP screen

The xntpd daemon maintains system time, in agreement with Internet standard time servers. It does all computations in fixed point arithmetic and clock adjustment code is carried out with high precision.

For more information, see the xntpd(1M) manpage.

Additional (network) interfaces

Use this button to bring up a screen for entering information identifying additional LAN interface cards in the target system.

This screen enables you to enter or change IP and Subnet information, as needed, and designate the Primary Interface.




	NOTE: If the target system has more than one interface, the Primary LAN card will be associated with the host name of the system in `/etc/hosts`.

Select an Interface card from the selection list.
Enter or modify the IP Address, as needed.
Enter or modify the Subnet Mask, as needed.
Activate Primary Interface, depending on the status you want for this interface.
Click Modify when you have finished with changes for each interface.

File System Tab

This tab enables you to do a variety of file-system and disk-configuration tasks and will differ in appearance, depending on whether you previously selected LVM, VxVM or whole disk, on the Basic tab. This illustration is what you would see if you had picked LVM on the Basic tab.

Adding and changing file system configuration

To add or change any configurations on the display of file systems:

Enter the information in an appropriate field below the display.
Select one of the buttons to the right: Add, Modify or Remove.
To see more information on the file system display, use the horizontal scroll bar or resize the screen.
The Avail: indication shows how much space is unallocated in the volume group of the highlighted volume.

For LVM:

One of the volumes must be root (/).
A swap volume (primary) is required.
Directory names must have valid HP-UX names (/usr, /database, etc.).

For VxVM:

One of the volumes must be root (/).
One of the volumes must be boot (/stand) with HFS usage.
A swap volume (primary) is required.
Directory names must have valid HP-UX names (/usr, /database, etc.).

The buttons which activate changes are Add, Modify and Remove.

Generally, changes are not put into effect until you select one of these. If you make a change and then leave the tab without using one of these buttons, your changes may not be applied.

Usage

Select the Usage field to see list of file system usage types. If you want to change file system type or usage for the selected item, select an item in this list. The usages are as follows:

HFS — Select this item to create a High-Performance File System.
SWAP — Select this item to create swap.
SWAP-Dump — Select this item to create an area for both swap and system dump.
VxFS — Select this item to create a JFS. This is an extent-based, journaled file system featuring high-reliability, fast recovery time and on-line administration.
Unused — This means the logical volume will be created, but not used.

Group

Click on the Group field to open a selection list. You can choose a volume group name from the list.




	IMPORTANT: Renaming or changing the disk file-system structure causes the old file system on that disk to be lost (a warning message will remind you of this).

If you want to add a new/unused disk and give it a different volume group name or create a new volume group, select the Add/Remove Disks... field and follow the procedure.
If you want to reconfigure the volume group in general, including renaming it, click Additional Tasks -> Group Parameters, where you can fill in a custom group name, and change other disk parameters.
Click OK when you are finished with the sub-screens for any of these tasks. You will be returned to the File System tab.

Mount dir

For the root disk, use the standard HP-UX mount directory designations ("/", "/usr", "/stand", "/var", "/opt", etc.) You can also specify your own mount points such as "/special" or "/apps".

Size

For setting up each selected file system (as shown in the Mount Dir display), the following choices are available:

First select an item in the directory display for the file system you want to change. The current selection will show in the Mount Dir field.
The sizing method (such as "Fixed Size") currently used for that particular file system will appear in the Size field. To change the Sizing Method:
1. Make sure the file system you want to change is selected in the directory display list.
2. Select the sizing method field to open the list of sizing methods.
3. Select one of the items (such as Size Fixed MB). It will then remain displayed in that field.
4. Click Modify to execute the change on the selected file system.

The types of sizing are:

Fixed

The selected (highlighted) file system is set to this size.

All Remaining

The selected file system automatically takes over all remaining file system space on the disk or volume group.

Free Size

Use this selection when you know how much free space you wish the volume to have after the system is installed. The size of the volume will be the specified amount plus the amount the selected software requires.

Free Percent

This category is similar to free size, but expressed in percent. It is used if you know how full you wish the volume to be, in percentage of the volume size. If you indicate "20%", then the volume would be 80% full after the installation of the selected software.

Size Range

Select this category in the list to set a maximum size for the file system (the minimum is determined by the software impact on the volume).




	NOTE: `/usr` must have sufficient space to accommodate an OS update. The absolute minimum is 324 MB for a 64-bit system. See the installation guide supplied with your HP-UX media.

Add/remove disks

This opens a display which allows you to do the following:

Add a new disk and configure its file system type and volume group designation, if any.
Remove a disk from current usage on the target system by designating it as Unused.
Determine your current disk usage.

To change a disk usage status:

Select a disk in the displayed list.
Click Usage to set a new usage. If you select LVM or VxVM the Disk Group: button appears.
Click Disk Group: to see the volume group choices or type in a new volume group name in the entry field.
Click Modify to execute any changes.

Additional Tasks

This button enables you to configure advanced information in the following categories, as needed. Click on the field to see the following menu items:

Disk Parameters
File System Parameters
Volume Parameters
Group Parameters

Clicking on one of these will open a screen which will enable you to change advanced parameters. The button will retain the label of the area you are currently working in.




	NOTE: Screen choices differ depending on the file system choices you made on the Basic tab.

Advanced Disk Parameters screen

Highlight a disk in the selection list to select it.
Configure the Trks/Cyl and Disk RPM by direct editing, as needed.
Indicate whether Media Init is required by clicking on the selection box and selecting a choice.
Click Modify to configure changes.
Click OK to leave Advanced Disk Parameters and return to the File System tab.

Tracks per cylinder

Select a disk by clicking on its entry.
Edit the Trks/Cyl field as needed and click Modify to execute any changes.
Click OK to leave this screen and return to the File System tab.

Disk RPM

Select a disk by clicking on its entry.
Edit the Disk RPM field as needed and click Modify to execute any changes.
Click OK to leave this screen and return to the File System tab.




	NOTE: Running MediInit is not recommended unless hardware damage is suspected.

Media init

Select a disk by clicking on its entry in the list displayed.
Click MediaInit to open the selection list.
Click Yes or No. If this is set to Yes, you will also see the Interleave field.
Click Modify to execute any changes.
Click OK to leave this screen and return to the File System tab.

More information...

Intrlv

This field is available if Media Init is set to Yes.

The interleave factor, "interleave", refers to the relationship between sequential logical records and sequential physical records on the disk. It defines the number of physical records that lie between the beginning points of two consecutively numbered logical records. The choice of interleave factor can have a substantial impact on disk performance.

For more information, consult the guide for your disk hardware.

Also see the mediainit(1) manpage.

Advanced File System Parameters screen

These parameters apply only to HFS file systems:

Rotational Delay
Fragment Size
Block Size
Minimum Free
Disk Density
Cylinders/Group

You can use the default values computed by Ignite-UX, or change them, as needed. Selecting default means it will use the default defined by the mkfs command. When you have finished with this area, click OK to return to the File System tab.

To get more details, see the mkfs_hfs(1M) and mkfs(1M) manpages.

Advanced Volume Layout screen (Volume Parameters)

Use this screen to perform detailed configuration of volumes, as needed, in the following areas. For more detailed information, see the lvcreate(1M) manpage for LVM or the vxassist(1M) manpage for VxVM.

Cont Alloc — This sets the contiguous allocation policy. A contiguous logical volume has these characteristics:
- Physical extents are allocated in ascending order.
- No gap is allowed between physical extents within a mirror copy.
- Physical extents of any mirror copy all reside on a single physical volume.
- The root volume (/), the boot volume (/stand), dump volumes and primary swap must always be created with Cont Alloc set to Yes.
B-block Relo (Bad-Block Relocation)
Stripes — If two or more disks are in the volume group, then you may enable data striping over multiple disks for performance purposes.
Stripe Size — Configure this if you have at least two disks in a volume group. The default stripe size is 64Kb.
Vol Name — Enter the name you want for the selected volume.
Disk Mapping — Displays a screen which allows you to restrict the disk drives on which the volume data will reside. Normally, the data will be allocated over these disks sequentially.

Advanced Group Parameters screen

Use this screen perform detailed configuration of volumes, as needed, in the following areas. For more detailed information, see the vgcreate(1M) manpage for LVM or the vgdg(1M) manpage for VxVM.

Group Name — Use to rename existing volume groups.
Max Vols — Maximum number of logical volumes.
Total Size — Total size of all volumes.
Max Phys Vols — Maximum number of volumes.
Max Phys Exts — Maximum physical extents.
Physical Ext Size — Physical extent size in MBs.