Introduction - HP 9000 Installation And Configuration Manual

Software Installation and Verification

Introduction

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Introduction
This chapter describes how to install the ACC software using the
swinstall utility. It also describes how to verify that the product has been
successfully installed and is functional.
Detailed instructions for installing and configuring the ACC product are
described in the following sections:
• Software Removal
• Hardware Installation
• Software Installation
• Software Identification
• Important Installation and Configuration Notes
• Installation Verification
• Systems Without Mux Cards
The major steps for installing and configuring the ACC product are as
follows.
1. Remove the previous version (if any) of the ACC product and ACC
accessory products using swremove.
2. Install the ACC Mux interface card or cards on your HP 9000
computer. (Refer to the appropriate ACC Multiplexer Hardware
Installation and Reference Manual.)
3. Retrieve software from installation media using swinstall.
4. Follow steps in swinstall (see "Software Installation" later in this
chapter) to build the new HP-UX kernel and reboot the system.
5. Validate the hardware and software installation using the described
procedure.
6. If the ACC Protocol for Application Developers is installed, configure
the ACC protocol products as described in the User's Guide for the
protocol to be used.
Read all of the instructions before starting, to ensure a good basic
understanding of the procedures.
The following steps assume that you have already installed the
appropriate version of the HP-UX operating system.
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