HP-UX 11i June 2003 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i Version 1.0 Operating Environment Applications
HP-UX 11i Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE)
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• The TechSysConf bundle now increases the target system disk space occupancy by
only 90MB (rather than 140MB).
• NFS daemons are now only configured on systems with a physical memory size of at
least 128MB.
• TechSysConf no longer installs an /etc/nsswitch.conf file. However, it still
delivers a name service switch file (/etc/nsswitch.TC-SysSetup) which can be
used to configure sources and lookup orders (for mail aliases, host names, passwords,
etc.) suitable for most technical computing environments.
new for June 2002 With the HP-UX 11i June 2002 release, the TechSysConf bundle consists of two
component products:
• TC-SysSetup (version b.11.00.01.xx)
Alters kernel configurable parameters, assigning values that are proven to increase
performance in technical environments. (See Table 6-6 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 (version b.11.00.01.xx)
Delivers a set of high-demand Open Source software tools.
— bash 2.04 (The Bourne-Again Shell)
— tcsh 6.10 (tcsh [a superset of C-shell])
— vim 5.7 (Vi IMproved)
— emacs 20.7 (GNU Emacs)
— gmake 3.79.1 (GNU make)
— less 358 (GNU less)
— xcdroast 0.98alpha9 (X-CD-Roast)
— cdrecord 1.10 (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 16 in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.
(Both daemon values are changed only if they increase current settings.)
• 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.