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

Administering a System: Booting and Shutdown
Setting Initial System Information
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Setting Initial System Information
The first time your system boots following the installation of HP-UX, a
special set-up script (called /sbin/set_parms) runs to prompt you for
values of certain parameters that your system needs to know about in
order to define its place in the world. Most of these values relate to
networking. For example:
• The system’s host name
• The system’s Internet Protocol (IP) Address
• The subnet mask for the computer
Non-networking system values that are needed include:
• The timezone value for the system
• Font information
• Whether or not the system has a graphics console
The system values that are set by set_parms represent things that do
not often change (if ever). Therefore, once set_parms has automatically
run once, it will not automatically run again. If you should happen to
need to move the system, or do something that requires you to change
the values for the system parameters:
Step 1. Log in to the system as a superuser.
Step 2. Run the script:
/sbin/set_parms option
where option is one of the following:
Table 5-4 System Parameters
option Description
hostname Your unique system name. This host name must be
eight or fewer characters long, contain only
alphabetic characters, numbers, underscores, or
dashes, and must start with an alphabetic character.