Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Introduction to Software Distributor
SD-UX Overview
Chapter 122
SD-UX Overview
Software Distributor for HP-UX (SD-UX) provides you with a powerful
set of tools for centralized HP-UX software management. When
connected by a LAN or WAN, each computer running SD-UX can act as a
server, allowing its resources to be managed or accessed by other
machines, or as a client, managing or using the resources of other
machines.
Software Distributor commands are included with the HP-UX operating
system and, by default, manage software on a local host only. You can
also enable remote operations, which let you install and manage software
simultaneously on multiple remote hosts connected to a central
controller.
Note that SD-UX running under HP-UX 11.00 and higher versions does
not support NFS diskless clusters.
Network Requirements
• Networked systems must support TCP/IP.
• Because Software Distributor is based on distributed, client/server
technology, it requires some networking functionality on the host
system for proper execution. These networking services are only
available in UNIX Run Level 2 (Multi-User mode) and above.
Software Distributor cannot run in Single-User mode.