The following sections provide a brief overview
of the methods for administering HP APA. HP recommends that you use
the System Management Homepage (SMH) whenever possible.
HP System Management Homepage |
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The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH)
enables you to administer your HP-UX system locally via a web-based
graphical user interface (GUI) and terminal user interface (TUI).
It provides a single, hierarchical menu interface that allows you
to quickly find and invoke applications to perform the most common
system tasks.
In this manual, wherever HP SMH is mentioned in
relation to HP APA configuration and administrative tasks, it is presumed
that you know how to invoke it. To invoke the HP SMH, do the following:
From a character-cell terminal
or terminal window, enter:
If the DISPLAY environment
variable is set, HP SMH opens in the default web browser. If the environment
variable is not set, HP SMH opens in the TUI. Figure 1-1 shows the SMH Main page.
Click Tools. The Tools page displays.
Scroll down and click Auto Port Aggregation in the Network Interfaces
Configuration tool. The APA main page displays as shown
in Figure 1-2.
To exit HP SMH, click Sign Out.
For more information about the System Management
Homepage, see smh(1M) and the online help.
Manually Editing Configuration Files |
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Some sections of this manual describe
the system files that are updated or modified when you perform an
administrative task. Experienced UNIX administrators might prefer
to administer their systems manually by editing these files, as opposed
to invoking the documented utility; however, HP strongly recommends
that you use SMH to update the system files.
In many cases, the HP SMH is the
best alternative to manually editing system files, thus it is the
utility that is most frequently discussed in this manual.
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