HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

Table 9-2 Choosing a Configuration Tool
For further informationUse tool or commandAssociated system and networking
tasks
See “Setting System and Network
Parameters” (page 41) or
set_parms(1M).
set_parms
You can configure the first or
“core” LAN even if the
configuration was postponed
until after startup.
If setting up first network access
on a system, you will need an IP
address, and a host name.
See “Assigning IP Addresses and
Subnet Masks to Additional Cards
Using Web-Based HP SMH”
(page 137).
To assign static IP addresses, use
HP SMH.
If adding multiple LAN cards:
See the HP-UX IP Address and
Client Management Administrator's
Guide or the Ignite-UX
Administration Guide.
To assign dynamic IP addresses,
use DHCP.
See the HP-UX IP Address and
Client Management Administrator's
Guide.
To resolve host names, use the
domain name service (DNS).
See the HP APA Support Guide.To aggregate ports for improved
load balancing and failover, use
HP Auto Port Aggregation
(APA).
See the Ignite-UX Administration
Guide.
Use Ignite-UX.If configuring multiple systems,
and installing multiple OE
images:
See Using Internet Services.Enable Internet Services governed
by inetd. Automatically done
by start-up script.
If setting up network services:
Further Ethernet Information
For further information on all the current 10 Gigabit, Gigabit, and Fast Ethernet, see
the I/O Cards and Networking Software section on the HP Technical Documentation
web site, http://docs.hp.com.
For maintenance and troubleshooting information about the current 10 Gigabit, Gigabit,
and Fast Ethernet drivers, see the Ethernet Support Guide
Configuring Non-HP Terminals
To set up a user with a non-HP terminal, do the following:
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