HP-UX 11i June 2002 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i Operating Environment Applications
HP-UX 11i Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE)
Chapter 6
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For thread support, see the release notes for the appropriate versions of the Xserver,
Xlib, and the kernel. The HP OpenGL Release Notes are located in the following
directory after the product is installed: /opt/graphics/OpenGL/11.00_Rel_Notes.
Technical System Configuration (TechSysConf)
new for
June 2002
With the HP-UX 11i June 2002 release, the TechSysConf bundle is being introduced as
an always-installed part of the MTOE (and, by extension, the TCOE). By delivering part
of the functionality that was featured in Easy Setup HP-UX 11.0 (product B5532A) for
HP Workstations, this bundle addresses the need of HP workstation and technical server
customers for improved out-of-the-box performance.
The TechSysConf bundle consists of two component products:
• TC-SysSetup
Alters kernel configurable parameters, assigning values that are proven to increase
performance in technical environments. (See Table 6-5 for actual values.)
Alters selected system configuration files to ease NFS, AutoFS, and NIS+
configuration.
Makes other system changes to correct minor nuisances and oversights.
• TC-OpenSource
Delivers a set of high-demand Open Source software tools.
— bash (2.04.2001-06-12 The Bourne-Again Shell)
— tcsh (6.10.2001-06-12 tcsh [a superset of C-shell])
— vim (5.7.2001-06-12 Vi Improved)
— emacs (20.7.2001-06-12 GNU Emacs)
— gmake (3.79.1.2001-06-12 GNU make)
— less (358.2001-06-12 GNU less)
— xcdroast
— cdrecord
Impact
The TechSysConf bundle increases the target system disk space occupancy by about
140MB, mostly attributable to the TC-OpenSource product.
Installing the TC-SysSetup product changes kernel parameters, which results in a
kernel build and system reboot. Since most of the kernel parameters are selected for the
ability to improve performance in typical EDA and MDA application environments, a
performance increase should be realized without further kernel tuning.
Specific non-kernel changes include the following:
• Configure the system as an NFS server in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.
• Set NFS daemons to 30 and BIO daemons to 24 in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.
• Modify the search sequence and fallback activities in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
• Enable AutoFS and automount in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.
• Set read and write block size to 32K in /etc/auto_master.
• Configure /etc/passwd and /etc/group to import NIS-served data.