HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Overview HP-UX 11i v3 (B3921-90011, September 2010)

Finding HP-UX Information
Table 1Outlines where to find general system administration information for HP-UX. This table
does not include information for specific products.
Table 1 Finding HP-UX Information
Located at . . .Refer to . . .If you need to. . .
• HP Instant Information (English only)
• HP Technical Documentation web site http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
The HP-UX 11i Release Notes
specific to your version of HP-UX.
Find out:
• What has changed in
HP-UX releases
• The content of the
Operating
Environments
• Firmware
requirements, and
supported systems for
a specific release
• Media Kit (supplied with the Operating
Environment)
• HP Instant Information (English only)
• HP Technical Documentation web site http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
• Read Before Installing or Updating
to HP-UX
• HP-UX 11i Installation and Update
Guide
Install or update HP-UX
• HP Instant Information (English only)
• HP Technical Documentation web site http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
For Releases Prior to HP-UX 11i
Version 3:
• Managing Systems and
Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX
System Administrators
For Releases beginning with HP-UX
11i Version 3:
• HP-UX System Administrator’s
Guide (a multivolume set)
Other sources of System
Administration Information:
• nPartition Administrator's Guide
Administer an HP-UX
system
HP-UX 11i Release Names and Operating System Version Identifiers
With HP-UX 11i, HP delivers a highly available, secure, and manageable operating system that
meets the demands of end-to-end Internet-critical computing. HP-UX 11i supports enterprise,
mission-critical, and technical computing environments. HP-UX 11i is available on both HP 9000
systems and Integrity systems.
Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. The uname
command with the -r option returns the release identifier. Table 2 shows the releases available
for HP-UX 11i.
Table 2 HP-UX 11i Releases
Supported Processor ArchitectureRelease NameOS Version Identifier
HP 9000HP-UX 11i Version 1B.11.11
IntegrityHP-UX 11i Version 2B.11.23
HP 9000 and IntegrityHP-UX 11i Version 2
September 2004 Update
B.11.23.0409
HP 9000 and IntegrityHP-UX 11i Version 3B.11.31
HP 9000 and IntegrityHP-UX 11i Version 3, September 2007 UpdateB.11.31.0709
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