HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

Figure 10-1 Sample Kernel Configuration Web Page
Other Kernel Configuration Operations
Other sections below describe some special kernel configuration operations and special
uses of the kernel configuration commands.
The usage of some kernel resources can be monitored, with alarms delivered when
usage rises above a set threshold. These alarms can be configured and reviewed using
the kcalarm command or the HP SMH tool. The resource usages can be reviewed
using the kcusage command or HP SMH. For more information, see “Monitoring
Kernel Resource Usage” (page 180).
Administrators of older versions of HP-UX may be accustomed to using text files
(“system files” or “dfiles”) to specify kernel configurations and make changes to them.
The format of these files has been enhanced to accommodate new kernel configuration
innovations, while retaining the usefulness of a text file for configuration operations.
They are particularly useful when using the same configuration on multiple systems,
since they can be easily moved between systems. The use of system files is described
in “Managing Configurations with System Files” (page 192). The system file formats
from previous releases of HP-UX are still accepted.
156 Configuring the Kernel