Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Changes in System Management Tools at

HP-UX 11i Version 2

SAM X-Window-Based Interface

For HP-UX 11i Version 2, some portions within the X-Window-based

System Administration Manager (SAM) interface have been replaced by

their equivalent, web-based SCM (Servicecontrol Manager) interface.

Sections of this document that show details of the SAM interface have

not yet been fully updated to reﬂect this change. However, for help when

using the SCM tool, you can select the online help within SCM.

The following functional areas within SAM will launch a web-based tool:

• kernel conﬁguration (launches kcweb)

• peripheral devices (launches pdweb)

• partition manager (launches the web-based version of parmgr)

The tools listed above also can be launched independently from the

HP-UX command line in addition to being launched from SAM or SCM.

For information on kcweb, the new kernel conﬁguration tool, see its

online help and “Reconﬁguring the Kernel (HP-UX 11i Version 2)” on

page 315.

For information on pdweb, the new peripheral devices tool, see its online

help as well as the Interface Card OL* Support Guide. (Note that at 11i

v2, the PCI OL* information has been moved from the Conﬁguring

HP-UX for Peripherals manual to the Interface Card OL* Support

Guide.)

Note also that Partition Manager (parmgr) appears in SAM for both

nPartitionable and non-nPartitionable systems. This is normal for

HP-UX installations.

For information on Partition Manager, see its online help as well as the

HP System Partitions Guide.

SCM Web-Based Interface

SCM is a system management tool that can manage one or more systems

simultaneously. Administrators with multiple HP systems running

HP-UX or Linux beneﬁt the most from using SCM.