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

Systems and Workgroups
Types of Workgroup
Chapter 152
Types of Workgroup
For the purposes of this document, a workgroup is group of
interdependent, predominantly HP-UX systems, but may also include
some Windows NT systems,
The HP-UX systems may or may not have their own root file systems.
See “NFS Diskless” on page 52, “Multiuser” on page 52 and
“Client-Server” on page 53.
NFS Diskless
Refers to workgroups, or portions of workgroups, that get the root of
their HP-UX file system from a remote server.
NOTE NFS Diskless is supported on HP-UX 10.20. It is not supported on
HP-UX 10.30 or later.
While not ignoring such arrangements, this release of Managing Systems
and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators pays more
attention to systems capable of booting from their own local disks (see
“Client-Server” on page 53).
For more information see:
• “NFS Diskless Model” on page 57
• “Setting Up and Administering an HP-UX NFS Diskless Cluster” on
page 897
Multiuser
A large (e.g., HP-UX V Class) system to which users log in via terminals
or terminal-emulators. These days, such systems often form part of a
workgroup in which at least some users have their own desktop
computers.
For more information see:
• “Multiuser Model” on page 56