Installation guide

Installing a System
2-2 Fault Tolerant System Administration (R1004H) HP-UX version 11.00.03
Installing a System
Continuum systems are installed by Stratus representatives who can guide you in
setting up your system. Nevertheless, all administrators should expect to allocate
time to site planning and installation.
1. Prepare your site prior to system delivery. See the Continuum Series 400 and
400-CO: Site Planning Guide (R454) for a system overview, site requirements
(for example, electrical and environmental requirements), cabling and
connection information, equipment specification sheets, and site layout
models that can assist in your site preparation.
2. Install peripheral components (for example, terminals, modems, tape drives,
and printers) and other additional hardware. See the installation manual that
came with the peripheral and the HP-UX Operating System: Peripherals
Configuration (R1001H). For more information, see the HP-UX Operating
System: Continuum Series 400 and 400-CO Operation and Maintenance Guide
(R025H).
3. Install optional layered software. See the documentation that comes with the
layered software for instructions on how to install software packages.
Configuring a System
There are numerous tasks you might have to perform to configure a system
properly for your environment. In most ways, administering a Continuum system
does not differ from administering other systems running the HP-UX operating
system. However, there are some special considerations when administering a
Continuum system.
Standard Configuration Tasks
Common configuration or management tasks when administering any system
using the HP-UX operating system include the following:
■ setting system parameters (for example, setting the system clock and the
system hostname)
■ controlling system access (for example, adding users and groups, setting file
permissions, and setting up a trusted system)
■ configuring disks (for example, creating LVM volumes)
■ creating swap and dump space