1 INTRODUCTION 9 1.1 PURPOSE 9 1.2 SCOPE 9 1.3 TESTED CONFIGURATIONS 9 1.4 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS 9 1.5 GLOSSARY 10 1.6 STYLISTIC CONVENTIONS 11 1.7 FEEDBACK 11 2 PREREQUISITES 13 2.1 PREREQUISITE HARDWARE 13 2.1.1 PREREQUISITE HARDWARE FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 13 2.1.2 PREREQUISITE HARDWARE FOR Solaris 2.6 13 2.2 PREREQUISITE COMPUTER MEDIA 14 2.2.1 PREREQUISITE COMPUTER MEDIA FOR HP-UX 10.20 14 2.2.2 PREREQUISITE COMPUTER MEDIA FOR HP-UX 11.00 14 2.2.3 PREREQUISITE COMPUTER MEDIA FOR Solaris 2.6 14 2.3 PREREQUISITE DOCUMENTATION 15 2.3.1 PREREQUISITE DOCUMENTATION FOR HP-UX 10.20 15 2.3.2 PREREQUISITE DOCUMENTATION FOR HP-UX 11.00 15 2.3.3 PREREQUISITE DOCUMENTATION FOR Solaris 2.6 15 2.4 PREREQUISITE INFORMATION 16 2.4.1 PREREQUISITE BASIC INFORMATION 16 2.4.2 PREREQUISITE BASIC INFORMATION HINTS FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 16 2.4.3 PREREQUISITE BASIC INFORMATION HINTS FOR Solaris 2.6 16 2.4.4 PREREQUISITE BASIC INFORMATION HINTS FOR GARCHING 17 2.4.5 PREREQUISITE NETWORK INFORMATION 17 2.4.6 PREREQUISITE NETWORK INFORMATION HINTS FOR GARCHING 17 2.4.7 DISK LAYOUT FOR HP-UX 10.20 19 2.4.8 DISK LAYOUT FOR HP-UX 11.00 21 2.4.9 DISK LAYOUT FOR Solaris 2.6 23 3 CONFIGURING THE HARDWARE 25 3.1 ATM 25 3.2 PERIPHERALS 25 3.3 CONSOLE 25 4 INSTALLING THE CORE OPERATING SYSTEM 27 4.1 BOOTING HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 27 4.2 BOOTING Solaris 2.6 27 4.3 INSTALL OPTIONS FOR HP-UX 10.20 28 4.4 INSTALL OPTIONS FOR HP-UX 11.00 29 4.5 INSTALL OPTIONS FOR Solaris 2.6 30 4.6 COMPLETING THE CORE OS INSTALLATION FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 32 4.7 COMPLETING THE CORE OS INSTALLATION FOR Solaris 2.6 33 5 OPERATING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 35 5.1 SUPER-USER HOME DIRECTORY 35 5.2 CONFIGURING A SECOND HARD DISK FOR HP-UX 10.20 36 5.3 CONFIGURING A SECOND HARD DISK FOR HP-UX 11.00 37 5.4 CONFIGURING A SECOND HARD DISK FOR Solaris 2.6 38 5.5 CONFIGURING THE CDROM FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 39 5.6 KERNEL CONFIGURATION FOR HP-UX 10.20 40 5.7 KERNEL CONFIGURATION FOR HP-UX 11.00 41 5.8 KERNEL CONFIGURATION FOR Solaris 2.6 42 5.9 KERNEL CONFIGURATION FOR CCSLite 42 6 INSTALLING APPLICATIONS AND PATCHES 43 6.1 INSTALLING UNLICENSED APPLICATIONS 43 6.1.1 ADDING THREAD SUPPORT FOR HP-UX 10.20 43 6.1.2 ADDING IGNITE-UX FOR HP-UX 10.20 43 6.1.3 ADDING IGNITE-UX FOR HP-UX 11.00 43 6.1.4 INSTALLING ATM APPLICATIONS FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 44 6.1.5 INSTALLING ATM APPLICATIONS FOR Solaris 2.6 45 6.2 INSTALLING LICENSED APPLICATIONS FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 46 6.2.1 HP-UX 10.20 CODEWORDS 47 6.2.2 HP-UX 11.00 CODEWORDS 47 6.3 INSTALLING LICENSED APPLICATIONS FOR Solaris 2.6 47 6.4 INSTALLING PATCHES 48 6.4.1 RECOMMENDED PATCH BUNDLES FOR HP-UX 10.20 48 6.4.2 RECOMMENDED PATCH BUNDLES FOR HP-UX 11.00 48 6.4.3 RECOMMENDED PATCH BUNDLES FOR Solaris 2.6 49 6.4.4 INDIVIDUAL PATCHES FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 50 6.4.5 INDIVIDUAL PATCHES FOR Solaris 2.6 51 6.5 APPLYING MANUAL PATCHES 52 6.5.1 HP NETSTATION SOFTWARE FIX FOR HP-UX 10.20 52 6.5.2 CONFIGURING ESO-PACKAGED PRODUCTS 52 6.5.3 /usr/local FIXES FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 52 6.5.4 ATM BOOT-TIME CONFIGURATION FIX FOR HP-UX 10.20 53 6.5.5 ATM BOOT-TIME CONFIGURATION FIX FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 53 6.6 PATCH ACTIVATING REBOOT 53 7 NETWORK CONFIGURATION 55 7.1 CONFIGURING NETWORK INTERFACES 55 7.1.1 CONFIGURING THE ETHERNET INTERFACE FOR Solaris 2.6 55 7.1.2 CONFIGURING ATM USING LAN EMULATION FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 56 7.1.3 CONFIGURING ATM USING LAN EMULATION AS THE ONLY NETWORK CONNECTION FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 56 7.1.4 CONFIGURING ATM USING CLASSICAL IP OVER ATM FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 57 7.1.5 CONFIGURING ATM USING `BACK TO BACK' CLASSICAL IP OVER ATM FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 58 7.1.6 CONFIGURING THE DEFAULT INTERFACE FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 62 7.1.7 CONFIGURING THE DEFAULT INTERFACE FOR Solaris 2.6 64 7.2 CONFIGURING HOST NAME LOOKUP SERVICES 65 7.2.1 /etc/hosts 65 7.2.2 /etc/nsswitch.conf FOR HP-UX 10.20 66 7.2.3 /etc/nsswitch.conf FOR HP-UX 11.00 66 7.2.4 /etc/nsswitch.conf FOR Solaris 2.6 67 7.2.5 CONFIGURING A CACHING-ONLY NAMESERVER FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 68 7.2.6 CONFIGURING A CACHING-ONLY NAMESERVER FOR Solaris 2.6 69 7.3 TESTING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY 70 7.3.1 TESTING THE DEFAULT NETWORK INTERFACE 70 7.3.2 TESTING THE ATM CONFIGURATION 70 7.4 CONFIGURING NETWORK SERVICES 71 7.4.1 CONFIGURING NFS ON HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 71 7.4.2 CONFIGURING NFS ON Solaris 2.6 73 7.4.3 NTP SERVERS FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 74 7.4.4 NTP SERVERS FOR Solaris 2.6 74 7.4.5 DISABLING SENDMAIL DAEMON ON HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 75 7.4.6 DISABLING SENDMAIL DAEMON FOR Solaris 2.6 75 7.4.7 MSQL TCP PORT CONFIGURATION ON HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 75 8 MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION 77 8.1 REMSH CONFIGURATION IN ESO/DEV AND ESO/VCM 77 8.2 SOFTWARE SERVER CONFIGURATION IN ESO/DEV 78 8.3 CONFIGURING USER ACCOUNTS, GROUPS AND AUTO_HOME ENTRIES IN ESO/DEV 79 8.4 CONFIGURING ROOT CRONTAB DISTRIBUTION IN ESO/DEV 80 8.5 CONFIGURING LOGINS FOR INTERGRATION LOOPS IN ESO/DEV 81 8.6 ROOT USER CONFIGURATION IN ESO/DEV 82 8.7 RWHOD CONFIGURATION ON ESO/DEV ON HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 83 8.7.1 RWHO CONFIGURATION FOR Solaris 2.6 83 8.8 ISSUE AND MOTD CONFIGURATION IN ESO/DEV 84 8.9 REBOOT TO ACTIVATE MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES 84 8.10 CONFIGURING PRINTERS IN ESO/DEV 85 8.11 SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION IN ESO/DEV 85 8.12 100 Mbit/Sec NETWORK CONFIGURATION FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 86 8.13 OPTIMISING PERFORMANCE FOR HEAVY NFS USE FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 ONLY 86 8.14 RAID DISK CONFIGURATION FOR SYSTEMS WITH MTI RAID ARRAYS 86 8.15 MONDSK CONFIGURATION IN ESO/DEV 86 8.16 KERNEL CONFIGURATION FOR te3 87 8.17 SHARED ACCOUNT CONFIGURATION FOR ESO/PARANAL AND ESO/VCM FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 87 8.18 ADDING A GRAPHICS CONSOLE FOR HP-UX 10.20 AND HP-UX 11.00 88 8.19 DOUBLE-SCREENING FOR HP-UX 10.20 88 8.20 DOUBLE-SCREENING FOR HP-UX 11.00 88 8.21 MANUAL PAGE FIXES 89 8.21.1 FADSCAN CONFIGURATION IN ESO/DEV 89 9 UPGRADING TO MAR2001 FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES 91 9.1 UPGRADING FROM NOV2000 TO MAR2001 91
