HP Management Base Installation and User's Guide (May 2006)

About This Document
This document provides installation and user information for the HP Management Base (hpmgmtbase).
Intended Audience
This document is intended for Linux system administrators and assumes that the user has experience installing
and managing Linux systems.
This document is intended to be used in conjunction with the operations and maintenance guides for any
Integrity servers on which hpmgmtbase is installed.
Document Organization
This document is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 Provides an overview of hpmgmtbase.
Chapter 2 Describes installation procedures and prerequisites.
Chapter 3 Describes the command-line utilities.
Chapter 4 Describes troubleshooting procedures.
Chapter 5 Describes how to rebuild the kernel.
Appendix A Addresses frequently asked questions related to hpmgmtbase.
Glossary Glossary of important terms and concepts.
Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
%, $, or # A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar sign represents
the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and POSIX shells. A number sign
represents the superuser prompt.
audit (5) A manpage. The manpage name is audit , and it is located in Section 5.
Command A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer output Text displayed by the computer.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE The name of an environment variable, for example, PATH.
[ERROR NAME] The name of an error, usually returned in the errno variable.
User input Commands and other text that you type.
Variable The name of a placeholder in a command, function, or other syntax display
that you replace with an actual value.
NOTE A note contains additional information to emphasize or supplement important
points of the main text.
Related Information
Refer to IPMI specification at:
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/
Updates
This section describes where you can obtain updates to hpmgmtbase and related software.
Software Updates
For the latest updates to the hpmgmtbase software, please see one of the following Web sites:
• http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinux
• http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot
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