HP-UX SNAplus2 Installation Guide (August 2003)

Installation Requirements

Proﬁle of System Administrator Installing SNAplus2

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• be able to conﬁgure a modem (for X.25 and SDLC), Token Ring (for

Token Ring), and FDDI

• know peripheral hardware (like terminals) capabilities

• understand client/server topologies and subnets

• know what products will be on the client or server

• understand IBM protocols to conﬁgure the following:

— LAN IP addresses

— physical link level conﬁguration parameters (port number, MAC

addresses)

— link level communications

• know internode protocols (SDLC vs. Token Ring)

• know interface protocols (3270)

HP-UX System Administrator Experience

You must have a user-level knowledge of HP-UX commands, the HP-UX

ﬁle system, and be familiar with the following:

• running SAM (to add users and install SNAplus2)

• running LAN and PSI diagnostics on an HP-UX system