HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2008 (Update 3 Release)

The install process describes all options in detail, so you can defer making decisions
about items that are unfamiliar to you until you reach that point in the install.
Table 5-1 Miscellaneous Data
Your Specific DataType of Data
Root Disk Path
NOTE: Your root disk will typically display a legacy style
Path name. However, HP-UX 11i v3 contains a new naming
scheme for Root Disks. Please refer to the white paper called,
The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack: HP-UX 11i v3 for
information on how to identify your legacy root disk device
name in the agile HP-UX 11i v3 naming scheme. You can
display the legacy hardware path using the More Info screen
to show details on a specific lunpath hardware path.
Root Swap Space
Filesystem Type: LVM with VxFS (4.1 or 5.0), VxVM 5.0 with
VxFS 5.0, or Whole disk with VxFS (4.1 or 5.0)
Root Disk Volume Group Disks (How many disks you want
placed into the root disk volume group and whether or not
you want the disks to be striped or mirrored?)
Select additional software
Pre-Installed Disk Information (Is overwritten during the
install disk; see Root Disk Path)
Network Data Collection Table
Table 5-2 provides HP-UX commands that you can use after the install to confirm
specific information.
Table 5-2 Network Data
HP-UX Command to Confirm Data After
System is Up and Running
Your Specific DataType of Data
uname -n/hostname
Host Name
nslookup hostname
Host IP Address
grep SUBNET_MASK
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf
Subnet Mask
grep ROUTE_GATEWAY
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf
Default Gateway IP Address
cat /etc/resolv.conf
Domain Name
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