Where Should I Begin?

This document contains information about the release of HP-UX called 11i (in this document referred to as "HP-UX 11i" or just "11i"). Also included in this document is information on changes to HP-UX that occurred after the last major system release, HP-UX 11.0, and which have been incorporated in HP-UX 11i. These latter changes were made as part of less comprehensive releases known as Extension Pack releases (for servers) and "ACE" releases (for servers and workstations) since 11.0.

If your organization did not receive any of the Extension Pack or ACE releases, then all of the information in this document will represent new information to you. If, on the other hand, your organization did receive one or more of these releases, then you may already be familiar with some of the material in this document. Material that no customers will have seen before is shown by the word (new) in the title of a section.

Be sure to examine the "HP-UX 11i Installation and Update Guide", part no. B2355-90703, for details on performing an installation.

If you are updating to 11i from a release other than 11.0 (as opposed to cold-installing), your system first must be running either HP-UX 11.0 or 10.20. For help updating to 11.0 or 10.20, you should consult the installing and updating documentation and the release notes documentation for either 11.0 or 10.20 on the http://docs.hp.com web site. You may also want to view the HP-UX 11.x Software Transition Kit at http://devresource.hp.com/STK.