Installation guide

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Bull S.A.May 25th, 1999
4. For Estrella 300 Systems:
– Type ESC each time it is requested.
– The Main menu is displayed. Select Administrative Option
– Select Invoke the command line prompt
– The OK> prompt is displayed. Type: boot cdrom
5. For Estrella 700 Systems:
The System Management Services (SMS) is used to define the boot device. This
operation can be performed on a graphic or an ASCII console:
With a graphic console:
– Initialization icons appear at the bottom of the screen: press the F1 key when the
keyboard icon appears
– Click on the Boot Icon
– Click on the Default Icon
– Exit from SMS
With an ASCII console:
– The keyboard text symbol is displayed, press 1 on the ASCII console.
– In the screen that appears, select: Select Boot Devices
– Select Default Settings
– Exit from SMS
2nd Phase: installation of the basic AIX
From the “Base Operation System Installation and Maintenance” menu, you have to select
some parameters for the installation, in particular:
– the language,
– the installation method: New and Complete Overwrite
– the destination disk.
Select 0 to start the installation. When the operation is completed the “Installation
Assistant” menu is displayed. Fill in the fields that you need and exit the menu with the
option “Tasks Completed – Exit to AIX Login”.
3rd Phase: installation of the AIX bundle packages
1. Go to the AIX prompt and load the AIX bundle:
– Insert the Bull Enhancement 2.25 CD-ROM.
– Log in as root.
– Type: smit install_latest
and select:
INPUT device/directory for software: [/dev/cd0]
SOFTWARE to install: [bundle_aix432]
2. Once the AIX bundle list is loaded:
– Insert the AIX Vol.1 CD-ROM
– Press F3–Esc3 to exit smit menu
– Enter: smit easy_install_bundle
and select: INPUT device/directory for software: [/dev/cd0]
– Select the bundle to install:
AIX_4.3.2_ESTRELLA
– Follow the instructions given on the screen
– When the procedure is completed exit smit (F10–Esc0)
3. Reboot the System:
# shutdown –Fr