HP-UX DCE Version 2.0 Release Notes

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Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
Chapter 1 19
Operating System Requirements
HP-UX 11i v3 is a prerequisite for installing HP-UX DCE 2.0.
Other Requirements
Following are the other requirements for installing HP-UX DCE 2.0:
•The HP-UX maxfiles kernel parameter must be increased to 256
and the maxuser parameter must be increased to 64 for all systems.
The maxdsize parameter may have to be increased for some systems.
Refer Planning and Configuring HP-UX DCE 2.0 (5991-7712) for
more information.
NOTE You can check and, if necessary, change the kernel parameters, the
swap space, or both using SMH (System Management Homepage).
• HP-UX DCE 2.0 must be installed on a long-name file system. If you
have a short- name file system, you must first run convertfs(1m) to
convert your file system to long names.
For more information about HP-UX DCE products and file sets, see
Planning and Configuring HP-UX DCE 2.0 (5991-7712).
Codeword
If your software media was shipped with a codeword certificate, you
must follow the instructions on the certificate to obtain a codeword
before you load the software into the depot. When you load software that
requires a codeword, you must enter a valid codeword and hardware id.
If a codeword was not shipped with your software, answer “no” to the
question:
Do you want to enter your authorized codeword to access the
protected software?
Overview of HP-UX DCE 2.0 Installation
Following is a brief overview of the installation process for HP-UX DCE
2.0, which runs on HP-UX 11i v3:
1. Verify that you meet the hardware and software prerequisites (see
“System Requirements” on page 18) for HP-UX DCE 2.0.