Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HP 9000 Model 742i Owner's Guide for HP-UX Users HP 9000 Series 700i Industrial Workstations ABCDE HP Part No. A2260-90014 Printed in USA February 1993 Edition 1 E0293...
Page 2: Legal Notices
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Legal Notices The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this manual, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and tness for a particular purpose.
Page 3 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com This software and documentation is based in part on the Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution under license from the Regents of the University of California. Restricted Rights Legend. Use, duplication or disclosure by the U.S. Government Department of Defense is subject to restrictions as set forth in paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Software clause in FAR 52.227-7013.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Safety Symbols and Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual: Notes contain important information set o from the text. Note Caution messages indicate procedures which, if not observed, Caution could result in loss of data or damage to equipment. Do not proceed beyond a CAUTION sign until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met.
Page 6: Regulatory Information
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Printing Conventions This book uses the following typographical conventions: If you see It means computer text login: italic text le name 4 CTRL 5 4 D 5 CTRL NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Displayed NNNNNNNNNNNNN Item NNNNNNNNNNNNNN Help viii...
Page 9: Table Of Contents
Logging In and Out ....Logging In with HP-UX ....
Page 10 Preparing for Installation ....Conguring HP-UX for a Printer ....Testing the Printer Installation ....
Page 11 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If You Have a Problem ....Backing Up Your File Systems ....Restoring Individual Files .
Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com B. Using the Boot ROM Appendix Contents ....Boot Console User Interface ....Introduction .
Page 13 1-1. Model 742i Front Panel ....Tables 1-1. HP-UX Operating System and Languages for the Model 742i . 3-1. LED Diagnostic Display During Normal HP-UX Operation . .
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Page 15: Product Description
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Product Description Chapter Contents The HP 9000 Model 742i is an exceptionally exible, high-performance Precision Architecture system based on the Hewlett-Packard PA RISC 7100 technology. Some features are outlined in the following sections.
Page 16: The Hp9000 Model 742I
The Model 742i has the following features: 50 Mhz PA-RISC processor delivering 61 MIPs. Congurable with 8 to 64 MB main memory (see \Memory Upgrades"). For an HP-UX system, at least 16 MB of main memory is required. ECC RAM correction. 2 memory module slots.
Page 17: Built-In Interfaces
Built-In Interfaces For graphics, printing, and LAN communications, the Model 742i provide the following I/O interfaces: HP-Parallel Interface. LAN AUI (15-pin D-subminiature; requires MAU for connection to LAN). 2 Asynchronous RS-232 Interfaces: 9-pin male DTE (PC standard). SCSI-II Interface: 50-pin high density; single-ended 8-bit, up to 5 MB/sec.
Page 18: Operating System
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Operating System HP-UX 9.01 for the Model 742i the HP VUE interface, and the X Window System. Table 1-1 lists the HP-UX operating system features and languages for the Model 742i. Table 1-1.
Page 19: Finding Information About Your System
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Finding Information About Your System Overview Your Model 742i uses the standard HP-UX 9.01 operating system, a highly versatile system for multitasking, running your application programs, and performing a variety of other tasks.
Page 20: Installing Your Model 742I
At some point, you may want to interact with the Model 742i via the LAN using HP VUE with an X Window System display. HP VUE is the default interface for HP-UX. As a simpler window alternative, you can also use the X Window System.
Page 21: Online Sources Of Information
Release Notes: This is the online version of the Release Notes which came with your system. It contains all the late information, undocumented changes and bug xes for your release of HP-UX. Release Notes is found in directory, and may be named by its release number, /etc/newconfig e.g.,...
Page 22 /etc/newconfig versions of HP-UX product conguration les, as well as shell scripts which may have been customized (localized) on your system. The contents of this directory will vary depending on which products you have loaded on your system.
Page 23: Logging In And Getting Started
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Logging In and Getting Started Chapter Contents Before Logging In the First Time. Turning On Your System. Interpreting the LED Indicators. Logging In and Out. Creating a New User Account. Setting or Changing a Password. Getting Help.
Page 24: Before Logging In The First Time
This chapter reviews some initial procedures and provides information on using both HP VUE sessions and HP-UX. For more detailed information about using HP VUE User's Guide . HP VUE after login, see the When you turn on your Model 742i to complete the installation process, you will be asked for the following information.
Page 25: Turning On Your System
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Turning On Your System With all peripheral devices turned o, do the following: 1. Turn on the power to your display. The power indicator LED on the display unit will show that it is turned on, even if the screen remains dark. Make sure of the following: a.
Page 26: Displaying Graphics On A Remote X Host
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Displaying Graphics on a Remote X Host With the Model 742i, you can run HP VUE or the X Window System, but you cannot directly display them. However, you can use a remote computer which has graphical capability to display the system running on the Model 742i and interact with it.
Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If your system has its own disk and you are running a local Caution operating system, do not turn o power to your system without rst shutting down the operating system software according to the procedure in this chapter, \Shutting Down Your System".
Page 28: Interpreting The Led Indicators
The one on the far left indicates power \ ". The normal running indications for HP-UX are shown in Table 3-1. The right four of the eight diagnostic LEDs will blink to re ect activity during normal operation. For LED indications of error conditions during boot, see Table 6-1.
Page 29: Logging In And Out
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Logging In and Out Once HP-UX is running on your system, you must log in. The process of logging in is one of the ways that HP-UX prevents unauthorized persons from using your system. This is especially important if your system is attached to a network.
Page 30: Creating A New User Account
Using HP-UX and System Administration Tasks give you more details on using SAM. You can navigate around a SAM screen on a character terminal using the arrow keys and to illuminate the selection you want to activate.
Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Go to the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN menu (use the appropriate function key to get to the Actions menu bar). Select NNNNNNNNNNN from the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN pull-down menu. You will see a Actions NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN form Add a User Account 5.
Page 32: Setting Or Changing A Password
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Setting or Changing a Password From a command line shell prompt, you can use the command passwd directly to set or change a password. (You do not have to be ). Enter the root following: passwd...
Page 33: Shutting Down Your System
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Shutting Down Your System If you need to cycle power on a system using a local disk, you will have to execute the command rst. You can do this either from the shutdown command line or within SAM.
Page 34: Using Sam To Stop Your System
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. At this time the system no longer responds to keyboard input and you may turn o the power. Turning the system back on again will initiate the boot process. If you want to shutdown and reboot automatically type the following command: shutdown -r.
Page 35: Using The Command Line
le system consistency checks. 5. Exit SAM using the appropriate function key. Using the Command Line For guidance on entering commands and using the HP-UX le system, tools, Using HP-UX . For more advanced and networking commands, see the manual, Shells: User's Guide .
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Page 37: ConGuring Hp-Ux For Printers And Drives
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives Chapter Contents Preparing for Installation. Conguring HP-UX for a Printer. Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses. Conguring for a Hard Disk Drive. Conguring for a Flexible Disk Drive.
Page 38: Preparing For Installation
Preparing for Installation If you have external devices attached to your system, you will have to install (or congure) them on HP-UX. You may also have to do some conguration for appropriate data interchange with a new printer. This chapter gives you general guidance for these tasks.
Page 39: Configuring Hp-Ux For A Printer
4 Tab 5 screen. Press to \choose" an item when illuminated (such as NNNNNNNN 4 Return 5 3. At the SAM opening screen, choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Printers and Plotters 4. Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN from the next screen. Printers/Plotters Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 40 17. If the print spooler was not previously running, a screen will appear with the question: NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN . Choose Do you want to start the print spooler now? NNNNNNNNNNN or press 4 Return 5 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 41: Testing The Printer Installation
) isn't the default system printer, enter the (If your printer (called following command to test it:) printername lp -d .profile 4 Return 5 The le named should print out on your new printer. .profile Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 42: Dealing With Printer Problems
Paper is loaded into the printer (and it isn't jammed). The correct interface has been set up. The printer cable is connected to the correct interface port on your printer. The cable is connected to the correct port on your system. Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 43: Finding The Status Of Existing Scsi Bus Addresses
le system use, it would best be accessed at the adjacent SCSI bus address in the \scanning" order, \ ". SAM would help you determine where to put it when you did the installation. Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 44: Configuring For A Hard Disk Drive
This section provides instructions for manually conguring HP-UX to communicate with hard disk drives, in order to use the disks for mass storage and/or swap space. Note that your HP disk is pre-formatted. The factory-set SCSI bus address for the disk drive:...
Page 45 , and you will be given the Device Missing following options: i. Have SAM rescan the system for the device. If you have connected after starting SAM, you should choose the device NNNNNNNNNNN . Otherwise, choose NNNNNNNN Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 46: Testing Your Installation
(using the diskinfo appropriate character device le name as the argument). For example: diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c201d5s0 If the disk is installed correctly, will display a listing of information diskinfo about it, such as the following: 4-10 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 47 After mounting a new disk on a directory, an listing of the directory should give you at least one le or directory entry. For example: total 1024 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Aug 31 15:24 lost+found Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives 4-11...
Page 48 If the device you have connected does not appear on the list: a. Check your hardware connections, and make sure that the device is on . turned b. Choose the button NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN , and you will be given the Device Missing following options: 4-12 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 49: Testing Your Installation
2. Type the following, using the appropriate device le name as the argument. For example: diskinfo /dev/rfloppy/c201d0s0 If the disk is installed correctly, will display a listing of diskinfo information about it, such as the following: /dev/rfloppy/c201d0s0 SCSI describe of 0.rdsk: Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives 4-13...
Page 50: Archiving Files To A Flexible Disk
Data can be stored on exible disk media in a variety of formats. The capacity of these devices is generally too small to hold useful HP-UX le systems. Instead, DOS or LIF le systems are commonly used. Data can also be stored in an archive-utility format.
Page 51: Mounting A New Flexible Disk
-xvf /dev/rfloppy/c201d0s0 Mounting a New Flexible Disk If you want HP-UX to be able to address a newly-inserted exible disk as a small le system, you will need to mount it. Execute the following to mount the new disk. For example, using \ "...
Page 52: Removing And Inserting A File-System Flexible Disk
2. Remove the disk. After you insert a disk: 1. Mount the disk le system so that HP-UX will recognize it. If, for example, you are mounting the disk in a drive designated by the device under a pre-existing directory...
Page 53 When you eject the caddy, the shutter closes to protect the disc's data surface. The disc caddy for an HP drive is not interchangeable with the HP C1707A CD ROM Drive disc caddy. However, you can remove the disc from one caddy...
Page 54: Installing The Cd Rom Drive With Sam
6. Within the \Add a Hard Disk Drive" screen, choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Select disk to add 7. Within the \Select a Disk to Add" screen, highlight the line identifying the new drive you have just connected. It will be described as, for example, 4-18 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 55 . (This task is optional). You may want to Modify Defaults... change certain options, such as when to mount the disk and how its access permissions are set. If so, within the \Add a Hard Disk Drive" Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives 4-19...
Page 56: Testing Your Installation
If you have not already had SAM do so, in order for your system to boot with the new CD ROM mounted, you will need to edit your . Add /etc/checklist the following line to the le: /etc/checklist 4-20 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 57: Removing And Inserting A Disc
The eject button on the CD ROM drive is disabled while the Note device is mounted or in use. Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives 4-21...
Page 58: For More Information
2. Press the eject button to remove the disk After you insert a disk: 1. Mount the CD ROM le system so that HP-UX will recognize it. If, for example, you are mounting the CD ROM designated by the device...
Page 59 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Configuring for a DDS Tape Drive This section contains instructions for conguring a new DDS drive on HP-UX. The DDS (\Digital Data Storage") Tape Drive is a sequential-access, read-write device using removable DDS cassettes. Although DDS drives are similar to DAT players in the audio industry, the cassettes are interchangeable.
Page 60 The SAM NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN procedure will conrm which drivers are Kernel Configuration active for your tape devices and will congure them as needed, for connected devices. Reconguring the kernel will involve rebooting your system. 4-24 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 61: Peripheral Devices
9. You will next be given a choice of whether to install the new kernel now or later. If you move the kernel into place now, the system will also reboot. If you choose to do it later, you can then move the new kernel, Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives 4-25...
Page 62: Testing Your Installation
Note that the command may fail with a busy error if the command is executed before the tape has completed loading. 4-26 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 63: Dds Tape Drive Led Indicators
Two LED indicators on the drive's front panel indicate several operational and test states. The following tables show the LED combinations and explains what they indicate. DDS Tape Drive LED Symbols Used in Table 4-1 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives 4-27...
Page 64 This information is presented to the user through the Caution Indicator (see above chart). A caution indication has two common meanings: The tape heads need cleaning. The tape itself is approaching the end of its useful life. 4-28 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives...
Page 65: Maximum Usage Of Dds Cassettes
Sustained use at low humidity. Backup software requiring certain areas of the tape being accessed frequently. As a guideline, HP recommends that the number of backup operations should be limited to 100 per cassette in extreme cases of the above conditions.
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Page 67: Backing Up, Restoring, And Updating Your Software
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Backing Up, Restoring, and Updating Your Software Chapter Contents Backing Up Your System and Software. Restoring Individual Files. Restoring Your Operating System Using the Recovery Tape. Backing Up, Restoring, and Updating Your Software...
Page 68: Backing Up Your System And Software
Restore your le system, if needed. Creating a Recovery System A \recovery system" is a special tape containing a subset of the HP-UX operating system. In the event of an operating system failure that prevents you from booting or logging into HP-UX, you can boot from the recovery system tape and use the tools on the tape to repair the le system on your disk.
Page 69: Using Mkrs To Create A Recovery System
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Using mkrs to Create a Recovery System command constructs a recovery system on removable media (or a mkrs formatted hard disk drive). If a system later becomes unbootable due to a corrupt root disk, then you can boot your system from the recovery tape. Once booted on the recovery system, you can then use the tools it provides to repair the corrupt root disk.
Page 70: Root Device Files
Backing Up Your File Systems Preparation: The following procedure sets up a scheduled backup: 1. If your system is more than six months old, you have non-HP supported System Administration software, or you have never done a backup before, see Tasks or Installing and Updating HP-UX 9.0 before proceeding.
Page 71: Actions Menu
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com a. If you opened NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN , and no devices are shown, make sure Backup Devices the device is connected and the tape is inserted. If you have to connect a device during this process, choose Note NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN from the...
Page 72 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN (optional) allows you to specify the following: Additional Parameters a. If you want your backups to cross NFS mount points. b. If you want the tape (cartridge or autochanger) rewound. c. If you want an index log to be created for each backup. (Results can be mailed to a specied user).
Page 73: Restoring Individual Files
/usr/etc/exportfs command to export the correct permissions. Refer to exportfs (1M) in the HP-UX Reference and the Installing and Administering NFS Services manual. To restore individual les: 1. Ensure that you have capabilities.
Page 74 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6. Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN from the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN menu and Recover Files or Directories Actions highlight NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN . Click on NNNNNNNN or press Select Recovery Scope 4 Return 5 7. Choose the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN checkbox (it should have an asterisk (*) in it. Selected Files Do either of the following: Fill in the lename containing a list of les to restore.
Page 75 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8. To do any of the following during the restore process, activate NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Set Additional Parameters Overwrite new les. Maintain original ownership. Recover les using full path name, or Place les in a non-root directory. Turn on the appropriate checkbox(es).
Page 76: Restoring Your Operating System Using The Recovery Tape
If your system disk (including ) is unbootable, do the following: /SYSBCKUP not write protected. HP-UX needs to have 1. Verify that the recovery tape is write access to your recovery tape when you boot it. 2. Load the recovery tape in your tape drive and be sure that the drive is turned on.
Page 77 Do so in single-user mode only . b. The kernel le can be restored, if it has been corrupted or /hp-ux removed, by doing the following: i. Mounting your system disk to an empty directory (make one if necessary) in your memory-based recovery system.
Page 78: For More Information
For More Information Installing and Updating For more information on backup and recovery, see HP-UX 9.0 , System Administration Tasks , and the references for mkrs (1m), cpio (1), and tcio (1) in the Solving HP-UX Problems . pages. Also see,...
Page 79: Dealing With Problems
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Dealing With Problems Chapter Contents Interpreting the LED Indicators. Managing a Boot Failure. Recovering from a System Panic. Dealing with Network Failures. Dealing With Problems...
Page 80: Interpreting The Led Indicators
Model 742i. The normal indications of these LEDs during operation are given in Table 3-1. Abnormal boot indications are given in Table 6-1. These refer to conditions before HP-UX is which might happen during boot, including hardware failures, running: Table 6-1. Hardware-Error LED Indications...
Page 81 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Table 6-1. Hardware-Error LED Indications (continued) Self-Test LED Possible Error Display Code Assembly Replacement Priority 0x0006.82 0x000A.82 0x0000.84 0x0000.85 ...
Page 82 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Table 6-1. Hardware-Error LED Indications (continued) Self-Test LED Possible Error Display Code Assembly Replacement Priority Table 6-2.
Page 83 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Table 6-2. Operating-System Error LED Indications (continued) Self-Test LED Possible Error Display Code Operating System Problem ...
Page 84: Managing A Boot Failure
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Managing a Boot Failure The boot program is located in the Boot ROM of your Model 742i. Here are some things to check if something has gone wrong at this point in the boot process: Boot Program Initializes Hardware Problems during this rst stage of the boot process are rare.
Page 85 To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key. Device Selection Device Path Device Type and Utilities ------------------------------------------------------------ Your system searches for devices that may hold an alternate HP-UX. As the devices are found, they appear in a list, such as the following example: scsi.6.0 QUANTUM PD210s scsi.5.0 QUANTUM PDS210s scsi.2.0...
Page 86 P0 4 Return 5 Boot messages should begin to appear on the screen after several seconds. Solving HP-UX For detailed help in troubleshooting the boot process, see Problems . For additional detail about Boot ROM conguration, see \Booting the Model 742i" in Appendix B, in this manual.
Page 87: Recovering From A System Panic
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Recovering from a System Panic In HP-UX terms, a system panic simply means that the operating system encountered a condition that it did not know how to respond to, so it halted your system .
Page 88 Should your system have this problem, it is important to record and categorize the circumstances associated with the panic: Summary Checklist of Possible Causes of Panics Problem Some Corrective Actions: Area fsck fsck fsck Solving HP-UX Problems 6-10 Dealing With Problems...
Page 89: Procedures For Recovering From A System Panic
Step 2: Categorize the Panic Message The panic message will tell you why HP-UX panicked. Sometimes panic messages refer to internal structures of HP-UX (or its le systems) and the cause might not be obvious. Generally, the problem is in one of the following...
Page 90: Step 3B: Recovering From A File System Problem
If the problem reappears on the device or if the hardware failure appears to be associated with an interface card or an internal component of the system module, you should refer the problem to your HP service representative. Proceed to Step 4 (\Rebooting Your System").
Page 91: Step 4: Rebooting Your System
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Step 4: Rebooting Your System Once you have checked for and corrected any problems from Step 3, you are ready to reboot your system. You can reboot your system using the TOC button on the panel of the Model 742i. Otherwise, you can turn the system o and then back on to initiate the boot sequence.
Page 92: Step 5: Monitor The System Closely
. . . For Further Information Solving HP-UX Problems and to System Administration Tasks for Refer to further information on operating-system related problems. To restore a corrupted operating system, see the procedures for restoring in Chapter 5 of this manual.
Page 93: Dealing With Network Failures
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Dealing with Network Failures If the program you have been running uses resources from a local area network and it stops unexpectedly, the following may help locate the source of the problem: Table 6-3. Problems with the Network Problem Action /etc/ping...
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Page 95: Installing Additional Memory
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installing Additional Memory Appendix Contents RAM Replacement Contents. Tools Required. Planning for Installation of the RAM Upgrade Installing the RAM Upgrade. Verifying the Upgrade. Installing Additional Memory...
Page 96: Ram Replacement Contents
The RAM replacements for the Model 742i are as follows: HP A2816A; two 8 MB RAM boards that add a 16 MB block of memory. HP A2829A; two 16 MB RAM boards that add a 32 MB block of memory.
Page 97: Planning For Installation Of The Ram
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Planning for Installation of the RAM Determining Existing Memory Follow these steps to determine how much memory your Model 742i already has: 1. If your system is operating, shut down the operating system following normal shutdown procedures (see \Shutting Down Your System"...
Page 98: Installing The Ram Replacement Pairs
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installing the RAM Replacement Pairs 40,000 volts can be generated on a A static charge of almost Caution carpeted oor. This exceeds the limits of these RAM boards and can cause unsuccessful operation or damage. Integrated circuits on printed circuit boards can be damaged by electrostatic discharge.
Page 99 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. Identify the existing RAM boards by their part numbers: a. 98236-66522; 4 MB board. b. 98236-66524; 8 MB board. c. A2576-60001; 16 MB board. d. A2575-60001; 32 MB board. 6. Spread the clips holding one of the RAM boards in place, 7.
Page 100: Verifying The Installation
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Verifying the Installation Follow these steps to verify your RAM upgrade for your Model 742i: 1. Turn on the power to your host workstation or card cage. 2. Note the amount of RAM in bytes listed in the power-up display. The amount of memory you upgraded to should be displayed.
Page 101: Using The Boot Rom
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Using the Boot ROM Appendix Contents The Boot Console User Interface. Entering the Boot Administration Mode. Exiting the Boot Administration Mode. Getting Help for the Boot Console User Interface Commands. Booting the Model 742i. Searching for Bootable Media.
Page 102: Boot Console User Interface
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Boot Console User Interface Introduction There are times when you want to interact directly with the hardware of your Model 742i before it boots the operating system. The Model 742i provides a boot console user interface to allow you to perform special tasks, display information, and set certain system parameters, even if the operating system is unavailable.
Page 103: Using The Boot Console User Interface
In a few seconds, this message appears: Terminating selection process. A short time later, this message appears and devices that can boot HP-UX are listed as they are found. For example: Searching for potential boot devices. To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key.
Page 104: Entering The Boot Administration Mode
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com This process may take several minutes. When the search ends, this list of actions appears as the Boot Console User Interface Menu: b) Boot from specified device s) Search for bootable devices a) Enter boot administration mode x) Exit and continue boot sequence ?) Help Select from menu:...
Page 105: Getting Help For The Boot Console User Interface Commands
Booting the Model 742i Usually, you start your Model 742i in Normal Mode by turning it on and waiting for HP-UX to boot automatically. However, in some cases, you may not want the usual sequence to occur. For example, you may want to start your system from an operating system that is stored on a device that is dierent from your usual boot device.
Page 106 ISL is the program that actually controls the loading of the operating system. By interacting with ISL, you can choose to load an alternate version of the HP-UX operating system. For example, if the usual kernel ( ) on your root disk (...
Page 107: Searching For Bootable Media
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If you do not know the locations of the bootable operating systems on the various media in your le system, you can nd them with the search command. You may also boot the system from the main menu of the Boot Console User Interface by typing this command at the prompt \ "...
Page 108: Redisplaying The Results Of A Search
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If the search discovers ten devices, the label in the Device Note Selection column for the tenth entry is labeled . Any subsequent entries are labeled cannot be used as a device designator for boot administration commands because it is ambiguous.
Page 109: Displaying And Setting Paths
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Displaying and Setting Paths A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O system of your system. The path command can set any of the paths shown in Table B-1.
Page 110 4 Return 5 io type help 4 Return 5 path type is one of the path types, except for HP-HIL and SGC, listed in where Table B-2. The help screens oer complete descriptions of all path options. B-10 Using the Boot ROM...
Page 111: Resetting The Model 742I
Model 742i. Displaying and Setting the Real-Time Clock It is usually a good idea to set the real-time clock in your system with the HP-UX command. That command contains special safeguards that can date help you to avoid disruption of time-related processes (like those controlled by the command).
Page 112: Displaying And Setting The Autoselect Flag
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Displaying and Setting the Autoselect Flag Autoselect is a variable stored in your system's EEPROM that retains its contents even after power is turned o. If you reset this ag to new values, the change takes eect the next time you reboot the system.
Page 113: Displaying And Setting The Fastboot Mode
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com secure boot mode is set to on, the boot console interface cannot be activated; thus, you are assured that your system's security cannot be compromised through interaction with that interface. To check the status of the secure boot mode, type the following at the prompt: BOOT_ADMIN>...
Page 114: Displaying The Lan Station Address
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com fastboot off 4 Return 5 To enable fastboot, type the following at the prompt: BOOT_ADMIN> fastboot on 4 Return 5 Displaying the LAN Station Address The LAN station address of your system is the label that uniquely identies the LAN connection for it at the link level (the hardware level).
Page 115 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com To change the VME conguration CPU number, Anchor, or AM code, you will need to change the position of the Service/Normal switch to \Service". (This can be done without restarting the boot sequence or exiting the Boot Admin mode.) Then enter the numbers to be changed after the command, bpn_config...
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Page 117: Glossary
(\/") and ending with the le base name itself. If the path name directory , leave the trailing slash. For example, indicates a /users/jth/ Using HP-UX for more information on path names and directory structures in HP-UX. access permissions read, write , and execute ) which...
Page 118 Berkeley Software Distribution. bus address A number which makes up part of the address HP-UX uses to locate a particular device. The bus address is determined by a switch setting on a peripheral device which allows the computer to distinguish between two devices connected to the same interface.
Page 119 Sharing the HP-UX Filing System ). cluster client A cluster node that does not have a local HP-UX le system. Its le system resides on the cluster server. However for HP-UX 8.0, cluster clients can have locally mounted disks for local data storage.
Page 120 A table of identiers and references (such as le names) that refer to corresponding les and items of data. Used in a typical HP-UX organizational structure to provide an organizational and logical identity for a given group of les and directories.
Page 121 Glossary A cluster containing both Series 800 and Series 300 cluster nodes. Also may be used to refer to a mix of other, non-HP hardware systems in the same cluster. $HOME The value of the environment variable representing the home directory .
Page 122 The directory in an existing le system that is the root directory of a mounted auxiliary le system. multiuser state The condition of the HP-UX operating system in which the cluster nodes (and console) allow communication between the system and all its users. Native Language Support (NLS) A feature of HP-UX that provides the user with internationalized software and the application programmer with tools to develop this software.
Page 123 A parent process identication. PID . password An encrypted sequence of characters used by HP-UX to identify an authorized user and to permit authorized login on a system. path name A sequence of directory names, separated by slashes, which specify the location of any le or directory.
Page 124 The highest level directory of the hierarchical le system, from which all other les branch. In HP-UX, the slash ( ) character refers to the \root directory." The root directory is the only directory in the le system that is its own \parent directory."...
Page 125 Glossary The system state determined at boot which denes, among other things, multi- or single-user status. System Administration Manager. A subsystem of HP-UX that helps you to do a wide range of system administration tasks interactively. script A le that contains commands that a shell can interpret and run.
Page 126 Internet Protocol (IP) number is sometimes used instead of a system name to identify the system. tree structure The HP-UX method of organizing les and directories into a hierarchical structure. This structure looks like an inverted tree with the \root" directory at the top, descending into multiple directory/le branches that end in clusters of les.
Page 127 The medium through which users communicate with their workstations. The command-line prompt is one type of interface. The graphical objects of HP VUE are another type of interface. user ID An integer which identies each system user. working directory This is the directory in which relative path name searches begin.
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Page 129: Index
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Index Index diskinfo exit fsck ioscan lock Index-1...
Page 130 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Index mkrs mount passwd reboot reboot -n shutdown diskinfo umount DISPLAY etc/checklist exit core Index-2...
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Page 132 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Index passwd scsi set_parms shutdown Index-4...
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