Navigating SAM and the SMH * SAM and SMH overview * Launching the SAM GUI and TUI * Using SAM object menus and actions * Launching the SMH GUI and TUI * Verifying SMH certificates * Logging into the SMH * Navigating the SMH interface * Launching SMH tools * Launching SMH tasks * Viewing SMH logs * Managing SMH access control * Managing SMH authentication * SMH and SIM integration concepts Managing users and groups * User and group concepts * /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group concepts * Creating, modifying, deactivating, and removing user accounts * Configuring password aging and password security policies * Managing groups * Managing /etc/skel Navigating the HP-UX file system * Static and dynamic files and directory concepts * OS and application directory concepts * Top level directory concepts and contents * Searching for files and executables using the find, whereis, which, and file commands Configuring hardware * Hardware component overview * CPU, cell, crossbar, and MIO overview * SBA, LBA, and PCI overview * MP, core I/O, and device adapter card overview * Internal disks, tapes, and DVD overview * Disk array, LUN, SAN and multipathing overview * Partitioning overview * nPar, vPar, VM, and Secure Resource partition overview * System type overview * Entry-class server overview * Blade system overview * Mid-range server overview * High-end server overview * Viewing system configuration * Viewing nPar, vPar and VM hardware * Hardware address concepts * Legacy HBA, SCSI, and FC hardware address concepts * Agile View HBA, SCSI, and FC hardware address concepts * Viewing legacy hardware addresses * Viewing LUNs via Agile View * Viewing a LUN's lunpaths via Agile View * Viewing an HBA's lunpaths via Agile View * Viewing LUN health via Agile View * Viewing LUN attributes via Agile View * Enabling and disabling lunpaths * Slot address concepts * Slot address components * Viewing slot addresses * EFI address overview * SCSI EFI hardware address overview * FC EFI hardware address overview * Viewing EFI hardware addresses * Installing interface cards with and without OL* * Installing new devices Configuring device special files * DSF attribute concepts * DSF directories * Legacy DSF names * Persistent DSF names * LUN, disk, and DVD DSF names * Boot disk DSFs * Tape drive DSFs * Tape autochanger DSFs * Terminal, modem, and printer DSFs * Listing legacy DSFs * Listing persistent DSFs * Correlating persistent and legacy DSFs * Correlating persistent DSFs with lunpaths and WWIDs * Decoding legacy and persistent DSF attributes * Creating DSFs via insf, mksf, and mknod * Removing DSFs via rmsf * Disabling and enabling legacy mode DSFs Managing disk devices * Disk partitioning concepts * Whole disk partitioning concepts * LVM disk partitioning concepts * LVM physical volume concepts * LVM volume group concepts * LVM logical volume concepts * LVM extent concepts * LVM extent size concepts * LVM versions and limits * LVM DSF directories * LVMv1 device files * LVMv2 device files * Creating physical volumes * Creating LVMv1 volume groups * Creating LVMv2 volume groups * Creating logical volumes * Verifying the LVM configuration * Comparing disk space management tools Managing file systems * File system concepts * File system types * Superblock, inode, directory, block, extent, and intent log concepts * Hard and symbolic link concepts * HFS and VxFS comparison * Creating file systems * Mounting file systems * Unmounting file systems * Automatically mounting file systems * Mounting CDFS file systems * Mounting LOFS file systems * Mounting MemFS file systems Managing swap space * HP-UX memory concepts * HP-UX swap concepts * HP-UX swap types * HP-UX pseudoswap * Enabling swap via the CLI * Enabling swap via /etc/fstab * Monitoring swap space * Disabling swap * Guidelines for configuring swap space Maintaining disks and file systems * Defragmenting file systems * Repairing corrupted file systems * Monitoring free space * Reclaiming wasted file system space * Extending, reducing, and removing volume groups * Extending, reducing, and removing logical volumes * Extending and reducing file systems Preparing for disasters with DRD and make*recovery tools * Disaster Recovery, Mirroring and DRD concepts * Using DRD to minimize planned downtime * Using DRD to minimize unplanned downtime * Installing DRD * Using the drd command * Creating and updating a DRD clone * Verifying a DRD clone’s status * Accessing inactive images via DRD-safe commands * Managing Software via DRD-Safe Commands * Managing Kernel Tunables via DRD-Safe Commands * Accessing inactive images via other commands * Activating and deactivating an inactive image * Customizing the make_*_recovery Archive Contents * Backing up the boot disk via make_tape_recovery * Backing up the boot disk via make_net_recovery * Using a make_*_recovery archive * Interacting with the Recovery Process Accessing the system console * Management processor concepts * Viewing MP/console ports * Connecting MP serial and LAN ports * Accessing the MP * Navigating the MP menu and web interfaces * Accessing nPar, vPar, and VM consoles * Accessing the VFP, console log, and system event log * Accessing the MP help menus * Accessing the MP command menu * Configuring the MP LAN interface * Enabling MP remote access * Managing MP user accounts and access levels * Managing MP login sessions * Rebooting via the MP Booting PA-RISC systems * HP-UX shutdown and reboot concepts * PA-RISC boot process major players * PA-RISC boot disk structures * PA-RISC boot process overview * Autoboot and manual boot concepts * Interacting with the BCH and ISL/IPL Booting Integrity systems * HP-UX shutdown and reboot concepts * Integrity boot process major players * Integrity boot disk structures * Integrity boot disk system, OS, and service partition structures * Integrity and PA-RISC boot process comparison * Autoboot and manual boot concepts * Booting from primary, alternate, and arbitrary boot devices * Booting from Ignite-UX servers and recovery archives * Managing boot menu settings * Managing console settings * Interacting with the EFI shell * Interacting with the hpux.efi kernel loader Configuring the kernel * 11i v1 kernel configuration features * Configuring 11i v1 kernel drivers and subsystems * Configuring 11i v1 tunable parameters * Processing and applying the 11i v1 kernel * 11i v2 and v3 kernel configuration features * Choosing a kernel configuration interface * Using the kc* CLI, TUI, and GUI interfaces * Kernel configuration concepts * Special kernel configurations * Kernel configuration commands * Modifying the current kernel configuration * Creating a named configuration * Copying a configuration * Loading a configuration * Kernel module concepts, states, and state changes * Viewing and managing module states * Kernel tunable concepts and types * Viewing, managing, and monitoring kernel tunables * Viewing the kernel change log * Booting from an alternate kernel * Booting via override parameters * Booting to tunable maintenance mode Managing software with SD-UX * SD-UX software structure concepts * SD-UX software depot concepts * SD-UX IPD concepts * SD-UX daemon and agent concepts * Listing software * Installing and updating software * Removing software Managing patches with SD-UX * Patch concepts * Patch naming convention concepts * Patch supersession concepts * Patch rating concepts * Patch source concepts * Patch tool concepts * Downloading and installing patches from the ITRC * Installing patches from DVD, tape, and directory depots * Listing patches * Removing patches Installing the OS with Ignite-UX * Install source concepts * Planning an install * Choosing an operating environment * Choosing an install-time security bundle * Locating the source media * Initiating a PA-RISC install * Initiating an Integrity install * Navigating the Ignite-UX menus * Verifying an installation * Completing post-install configuration tasks