HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Release Notes

Other Functionality
Ignite-UX
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Ignite-UX
Ignite -UX is an administrative toolset to help you do the following:
• install HP-UX on multiple systems in your network
• create custom install configurations
• recover HP-UX systems remotely
• monitor system installation status
Summary of Change
The HP-UX 11i v1.6 version of Ignite-UX now supports installation on an Itanium
Platform Family (IPF) client and server. Network installation from an IPF system
requires unique network installation steps. Detailed instructions for Server Setup and
Client Network Boot Options Setup can be found in the Ignite-UX Administration Guide
at:
http://software.hp.com/products/IUX /docs/
Details of Change
Network boot for an IPF system differs from a Precision Architecture (PA) system. IPF
systems do not support selecting the server from which to boot the clients. IPF systems
use different service ports (67/68) to boot their clients. The first server to respond offers
the IP address and boot file. IPF systems use /etc/bootptab while PA-RISC systems
use /etc/opt/ignite/instl_booptab to obtain IP addresses. The Ignite-UX GUI does
not configure IP addresses for IPF systems in /etc/bootptab, this must be performed
manually.
IPF systems support the use of make_net_recovery, which can be used instead of
make_tape_recovery in most cases.
With the release of VxVM 3.5, changes have been made to Ignite-UX, both HP-UX 11i
v1.6 (IPF) and HP-UX 11i v1.0 (PA) systems, to support VxVM rootability. Customers
can select at installation time to have their root disk managed by VxVM. HP-UX 11i v1.0
requires these three components to enable VxVM rootability: 1 (VxVM 3.5, 2) IUX
Version B.3.7, and 3) Feature Enablement Bundle with VxVM rootability enablement
patches. VxVM is supported on root disks with HP-UX 11.i v1.6 for IPF systems only and
HP-UX 11i v1.0 PA systems. LVM is supported on both IPF and PA systems.
Impact
No impact.
Compatibility
No compatibility issues.
Performance
No performance issues.