HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2011 (Edition 9.2)

Finding firmware
Make sure your system meets the minimum firmware requirements for the latest HP-UX 11i v3
(B.11.31) release. HP recommends that you update to the latest firmware available before installing
or updating to HP-UX 11i v3.
Verifying and downloading firmware
1. Go to http://www.hp.com.
2. Select the Support & Drivers tab, then Download drivers and software.
3. Enter your product name or number and click Go.
4. If necessary, select your specific product from the search results.
5. Choose the OS or Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.)
6. Click the bundle to see release notes and other information.
7. See the release notes or installation instructions to verify you have the latest firmware version.
8. If necessary, click Download to download the firmware bundle.
Receiving firmware alerts
1. Go to http://www.hp.com/go/myhpalerts.
2. Follow the instructions to register each of your products.
Identifying model, release, and installed software
Before you cold-install or update to HP-UX 11i v3, you need to identify the model of your system
and other information.
Identifying the model
To ensure you are using a supported system, check the model number. To determine the model
number of your system, enter:
model
To verify that HP-UX 11i v3 is supported on your system, see “Supported systems” (page 10).
For Itanium-based systems, you can identify the model by using the Extensible Firmware Interface
(EFI): interrupt the autoboot process in the boot manager, enter the EFI shell, and use the info sys
command:
Shell> info sys
Information about the model is displayed. For example:
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Product Name: server rx2600
Serial Number: sg20220034
UUID: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF
Identifying the release date and Operating Environment
To ensure you are following a supported update path, determine the release and Operating
Environment currently on your system.
Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. The uname(1)
command with the -r option returns the release identifier. Table 4 lists the releases available for
HP-UX 11i.
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