Installation and Upgrade Guide

1. At least one system in the LAN must be designated as the InfoServer server. This is the
system that hosts the DVD drive from which network booting is performed. It must be
running OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.3 or later, or OpenVMS I64 Version 8.2–1 or later.
Perform these basic steps to set up the InfoServer server:
a. Copy the SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.TEMPLATE file to the
SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT file. If any changes are necessary for your
environment (typically none are required), modify the
SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT file.
b. Copy the SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.TEMPLATE file to the
SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.DAT file. Modify the
SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.DAT file as follows, along with any other changes
necessary for your environment:
1. Remove the comment (!) character from the line that has the following text: DEVICE
= (). Within the parentheses, specify the device name. For example: DEVICE = (EIA).
2. Comment out the line that specifies ALL_CONTROLLERS = ON (comment out a
line by inserting an exclamation point (!) at the beginning of the line).
c. Optionally, add the following two lines to the SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM
system startup file:
@SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.COM
@SYS$STARTUP:LD$STARTUP
2. Set up the BOOTP server and TFTP server on the InfoServer server system:
IMPORTANT: For HP SIM provisioning, the BOOTP and TFTP server must be set up on
the same system as the InfoServer. TFTP is required on the boot server for supplying the
boot files to the client systems.
a. Make sure TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS is installed and that:
• At least one IP interface is defined.
• The BOOTP server and TFTP server are configured and started.
• Optionally, make sure TELNET and FTP are configured and started.
To display IP interface information, use the TCPIP SHOW INTERFACE command.
NOTE: If you are currently using the DHCP service, you must disable it. The BOOTP
service must be enabled instead. For information about disabling or enabling services,
see the HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management manual.
b. Set up a location for the OpenVMS I64 Version 8.3-1H1 boot files by creating the directory
accessible by TFTP, as in the following example. (HP recommends that you create a
separate boot file directory for each version of the operating system.)
$ CREATE/DIRECTORY TCPIP$TFTP_ROOT:[V831H1]
IMPORTANT: For each subsequent upgrade of OpenVMS, you must create a separate
directory for the boot files specific to the OpenVMS version and, where appropriate,
modify the path specified for each client’s boot files. To make subsequent upgrades
easier, you can use systemwide or clusterwide logical names.
c. Copy the following two files from the DVD to the TCPIP$TFTP_ROOT:[V831H1]
directory:
• [SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE]VMS_LOADER.EFI
• [SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE]IPB.EXE
d. Gather data for each boot client (each node that is going to be provisioned, hereafter
referred to as a provisioning/boot client), including the IP address of the network device
(the Integrity server core I/O card).
e. Define each provisioning/boot client’s host name in the TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
local host database using the TCPIP SET HOST command. In the following example,
206 Using HP SIM and vMedia to Install and Upgrade OpenVMS