Disks and Other I/O |
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If a disk device is visible, it does not mean
it is supported for installation. It is important to verify that the
disk is supported by the system, the host bus adaptor (HBA), the firmware, the HP-UX release, and the volume
manager to be used.
Computer system hardware documentation should be consulted for
supported I/O configurations. See http://www.docs.hp.com for HP computer system hardware documentation.
VxVM support is provided for a specific set of devices.
The list of supported devices should be consulted – see http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#VxFS. Look for
the section Support Matrixes, and the document
entitled Device Support Information for Veritas Products
on HP-UX.
LVM supports all the devices HP-UX supports. See the HP-UX Supported
Mass Storage Devices Matrix for a table of I/O devices supported
for each version of HP-UX.
Firmware |
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At times you might need new firmware to support a new device
or HBA. Ensure that the client’s firmware supports the devices
and HBAs to be used for boot and root. For example, after the HP9000
rp8400 system was first released, firmware changes enabled the system
to boot from disks connected to Ultra 160 HBAs. Check the Installation and Update Guide for your HP-UX release,
available at http://www.docs.hp.com, for instructions on finding firmware information.
Additionally, firmware support for Fibre Channel,
tape devices, and LAN cards might vary. In some cases, devices are
supported for data use, but device boot is not supported.
Disk Arrays |
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You can install disk arrays using
HP-UX, but Ignite-UX does not directly support configuring an array.
The disk array must be configured first; see your array documentation
for configuration instructions. In some cases, system firmware may
be used to set up disk arrays. The Ignite-UX install environment contains tools that are also used to help configure disk arrays.
To use these tools in the install environment, you will need to use
the expert recovery functionality to start
an install environment shell. It might also be necessary to load files
that are not normally included in the install environment by using
the Ignite-UX loadfile command. When array configuration
is complete, it is necessary to reboot the system in order to use
the newly configured disk LUNs during install.
Client Terminals |
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The Ignite-UX client-side operating system installation
tools support VT100 and Wyse 60 terminals, compatible terminal emulators,
and all HP terminals. Additional information regarding how to navigate
within the Ignite-UX GUI with the keyboard is found in Appendix E.
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