Ignite-UX Frequently Asked Questions

a terminal window to a client?
A: If errors occur when Ignite-UX attempts to bring up a terminal to a client
(for instance, to enter a password), it could be because hpterm does not
work with some name-services (like LDAP) and is unable to resolve a hostname
specifed in the DISPLAY environment variable.
For HP-UX 11.23, the following patch introduced support of an environment
variable SAMTERM:
PHSS_31817 s700_800 11.23 ObAM Patch
The value of this variable will determine which type of terminal is opened.
To make use of this variable, run Ignite as follows:
# SAMTERM=dtterm ignite
or
# SAMTERM=xterm ignite
This variable is only supported on 11.23 with PHSS_31817 installed. 11.31
will use xterm, which does not have the hostname resolution problem. On
11.11 or 11.23 systems without the patch, you should specify an IP address
in the DISPLAY variable.
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2. Server Setup
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2.1
Q: Should I use DHCP or bootp?
A: As with anything, there are some advantages and disadvantages to both
BOOTP and DHCP. In general, DHCP allows you to specify more complete
networking information. However, there are no really good tools to
manage the database so that you can enforce the LLA <-> IP-address
mapping ahead of time. By its very design, DHCP dynamically
allocates addresses.
You will probably want to use the Ignite-UX GUI to set up the range
of IP addresses that you will want your server to manage with DHCP,
if you have not already done so. You need to use SAM to make any
future changes to the DHCP address pool.
If you are dealing with multiple subnets you will either need to have
one DHCP server on each subnet or set up bootp relay agents.
See question 5.4 (I do not want to use DHCP, can I still have
Ignite-UX automatically determine networking information for all my
clients?) also.
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2.2
Q: Why did it call my client "<hostname>.0x080009...."?
A: If your client has multiple LAN interfaces, and you have previously
installed the client using one interface, and then later chose to use
the other interface during the installation, then the client name
will have the LLA (link-level address) appended to the host name so
that it does not conflict with the prior host name left from the
prior installation.
This may also happen if you had to replace the LAN interface in your
client since the last time you installed it. The LLA number is
attached to the LAN interface, not the client.
It is only the name of the icon that has been renamed. You can use
the Ignite-UX GUI "Action" menu to "Change icon name" to rename one
or both of the clients.
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2.3
Q: How can I set the timezone for messages during the install?
A: The HP-UX install kernel defaults to eastern US timezone. If you
would like the log messages to come out in some other timezone, you
can set the "TZ" environment variable within the *INSTALLFS files
using instl_adm. Doing this will not impact the very first message
that Ignite-UX produces, but it will take effect as soon as Ignite
processes that variable setting. For example, to set TZ to mountain
timezone:
# instl adm -d > /tmp/installfs.out