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Page 1: ...FINAL TRIM SIZE 7 0 in x 8 5 in HP 9000 Model 742i Owner s Guide for HP UX Users HP 9000 Series 700i Industrial Workstations ABCDE HP Part No A2260 90014 Printed in USA February 1993 Edition 1 E0293 ...

Page 2: ...ons of the License Agreement Operating the product indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions If you do not agree to the License Agreement you may return the unused product for a full refund A copy of the speci c warranty terms applicable to your Hewlett Packard product and replacement parts can be obtained from your local Sales and Service O ce Copyright c 1993 Hewlett Packard Compan...

Page 3: ...ware Distribution under license from the Regents of the University of California Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government Department of Defense is subject to restrictions as set forth in paragraph b 3 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Software clause in FAR 52 227 7013 ...

Page 4: ...manual part number will change when extensive changes occur Manual updates may be issued between editions to correct errors or document product changes To ensure that you receive these updates or new editions you should subscribe to the appropriate product support service See your Hewlett Packard Sales Representative for details February 1993 Edition 1 Hewlett Packard Company OSSD Learning Product...

Page 5: ...ly The Federal Communications Commission in Subpart J of Part 15 Docket 20780 has speci ed that the following notice be brought to the attention of the users of this product Warning This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions manual may cause interference to radio communications It has been tested and found ...

Page 6: ...er at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Turvallisuusyhteenveto Finland Only Laserturvallisuus Luokan 1 Laserlaite Klass 1 Laser Apparat HP 9000 Model 742i tietokoneeseen voidaan asentaa muistilaitteeksi laitteensis ainen CD ROM levyasema joka on laserlaite T all oin my os p a alaitteena toimiva tietokone katsotaan laserlaitteeksi...

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Page 8: ... italic text Variable text supplied by you For example le name means that you type a le name of your choice Italic text is also used for text emphasis and for document titles 4Key5 Type the corresponding key on the keyboard For example 4CTRL5 4D5 means you hold down the 4CTRL5 key and press the 4D5 key NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Displayed NNNNNNNNNNNNN Item Select an on screen item or a correspond...

Page 9: ...ion 2 3 3 Logging In and Getting Started Chapter Contents 3 1 Before Logging In the First Time 3 2 Turning On Your System 3 3 Displaying Graphics on a Remote X Host 3 4 For More Information 3 4 Interpreting the LED Indicators 3 6 Logging In and Out 3 7 Logging In with HP UX 3 7 Logging Out with HP UX 3 7 Creating a New User Account 3 8 Setting or Changing a Password 3 10 Selecting a New Password 3...

Page 10: ...Files from a Flexible Disk 4 14 Mounting a New Flexible Disk 4 15 Removing and Inserting a File System Flexible Disk 4 16 Con guring for a CD ROM Drive 4 17 Installing the CD ROM Drive with SAM 4 18 Testing Your Installation 4 20 Mounting the New CD ROM Drive 4 20 Removing and Inserting a Disc 4 21 For More Information 4 22 Con guring for a DDS Tape Drive 4 23 Con guring the Drive on HP UX 4 24 Te...

Page 11: ...Step 1 Note the Panic Message 6 11 Step 2 Categorize the Panic Message 6 11 Step 3a Recovery from Hardware Failure 6 11 Step 3b Recovering from a File System Problem 6 12 Step 3c Recovering from a LAN Communication Problem 6 12 Step 3d Recovering from Other Situations 6 12 Step 4 Rebooting Your System 6 13 Step 5 Monitor the system closely 6 14 For Further Information 6 14 Dealing with Network Fai...

Page 12: ...Help for the Boot Console User Interface Commands B 5 Booting the Model 742i B 5 Searching for Bootable Media B 7 Redisplaying the Results of a Search B 8 Displaying and Setting Paths B 9 Resetting the Model 742i B 11 Displaying and Setting the Real Time Clock B 11 Displaying and Setting the Autoselect Flag B 12 Displaying and Setting the Secure Boot Mode B 12 Displaying and Setting the Fastboot M...

Page 13: ...uages for the Model 742i 1 4 3 1 LED Diagnostic Display During Normal HP UX Operation 3 6 4 1 DDS Tape Drive LED State Codes 4 28 6 1 Hardware Error LED Indications 6 2 6 2 Operating System Error LED Indications 6 4 6 3 Problems with the Network 6 15 B 1 System Paths B 9 B 2 Mnemonic Style Notation B 9 Contents 5 ...

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Page 15: ...iption Chapter Contents The HP 9000 Model 742i is an exceptionally exible high performance Precision Architecture system based on the Hewlett Packard PA RISC 7100 technology Some features are outlined in the following sections Product Description 1 1 ...

Page 16: ...n gurable with 8 to 64 MB main memory see Memory Upgrades For an HP UX system at least 16 MB of main memory is required ECC RAM correction 2 memory module slots External Cache 64 KB instruction cache and 64 KB data cache Input Output RS 232 C 2 AUI SCSI II SE Memory Upgrades Upgrades or factory integrated RAM provide 16 MB 32 MB and 64 MB memory con gurations See Appendix A 1 2 Product Description...

Page 17: ...N 2 Asynchronous RS 232 Interfaces 9 pin male DTE PC standard SCSI II Interface 50 pin high density single ended 8 bit up to 5 MB sec synchronous The I O for the Model 742i is on the front panel shown on the opposite page Physical Dimensions and Power Requirements Height 40 6 mm 2 VMEbus slots Width 233 3 mm 9 2 in Depth 160 mm 6 3 in Weight 91 kg 2 0 lb Power 35 watts 5 vdc 0 12 watts 12 vdc 0 12...

Page 18: ... Languages for the Model 742i Operating system HP UX 9 01 or later HP UX complies with XOpen and POSIX speci cations Languages HP PA Assembly ANSI C C Pascal HP UX FORTRAN 9000 User interface Terminal Interface via RS232 only By using LAN the X Window System 11R5 OSF Motif 1 2 and HP VUE 3 0 can be used on a suitable X Terminal display Network Features IEEE 802 3 Ethernet Local Area Network S 25 S...

Page 19: ...Model 742i uses the standard HP UX 9 01 operating system a highly versatile system for multitasking running your application programs and performing a variety of other tasks Chapter Contents Installing Your Model 742i Online Sources of Information Finding Information About Your System 2 1 ...

Page 20: ...N using HP VUE with an X Window System display HP VUE is the default interface for HP UX As a simpler window alternative you can also use the X Window System Both are included in HP UX For further information see the manual Using the X Window System Using HP UX or HP VUE User s Guide The following manuals will also be useful If you have not yet installed your HP UX system see Installing and Updati...

Page 21: ...tain version speci c information which will be useful in administering and con guring cards and devices for your version of HP UX Among these are the following Release Notes This is the online version of the Release Notes which came with your system It contains all the late information undocumented changes and bug xes for your release of HP UX Release Notes is found in the etc newconfig directory ...

Page 22: ... customized localized on your system The contents of this directory will vary depending on which products you have loaded on your system In most cases old versions of these les in their regular locations in the le system are not overwritten by the update process See the README le in etc newconfig for information on the contents of this directory 2 4 Finding Information About Your System ...

Page 23: ...arted Chapter Contents Before Logging In the First Time Turning On Your System Interpreting the LED Indicators Logging In and Out Creating a New User Account Setting or Changing a Password Getting Help Shutting Down Your System Logging In and Getting Started 3 1 ...

Page 24: ... 4Return5 after the questions and you can supply this information later The time zone where your system is located The host name for your system any alphanumeric single word name with eight or fewer characters The network address number also called an IP number for your system This consists of four address elds separated by periods for example 255 32 3 10 You may need to consult with your system a...

Page 25: ...pter for the speci cs of setting this up 2 Check SCSI connections and turn on the power to any peripheral devices 3 Turn your Model 742i system on The LEDs on the front panel will light showing that the power is on 4 You should see a sequence of boot messages Allow the boot to continue 5 During the boot process messages will prompt you for the host name IP number and time zone If you have this inf...

Page 26: ...mple if the Model 742i is called server system your remote system is xhost system and the program running on the Model 742i is called xwijit enter the following on your remote X host system to get it to display the Model 742i bits xhost server system This enables the Model 742i to recognize the remote X host rlogin server system Log in on the Model 742i DISPLAY xhost system 0 0 On the Model 742i s...

Page 27: ...data on your disk Always execute the shut down process to completion rst If you are running your system as a node in a cluster without a le system disk you can in any case shut down your system by turning o the power after you have properly closed les and terminated processes If you have a mounted le system disk you must become root and perform the procedure in Shutting Down Your System or have yo...

Page 28: ...r on The normal running indications for HP UX are shown in Table 3 1 The right four of the eight diagnostic LEDs will blink to re ect activity during normal operation For LED indications of error conditions during boot see Table 6 1 Table 3 1 LED Diagnostic Display During Normal HP UX Operation LED Display Meaning Operating system running Disk access in progress Network receive in progress Network...

Page 29: ... Type your login name or root 2 Press 4Return5 If you haven t yet set a password you will get a a system prompt for root or for user and you can begin using the system 3 Otherwise type your password when the system gives the following prompt Password 4 Press 4Return5 The system prompt or appears and you can use the system Logging Out with HP UX If you are not using HP VUE you can use the lock comm...

Page 30: ...ng unlimited permissions on your system This means that you need to take actions more carefully when you are root The root account is only used to do system administration tasks and for security reasons it should use a password which is di erent from your everyday user password Using HP UX and System Administration Tasks give you more details on using SAM You can navigate around a SAM screen on a ...

Page 31: ...s point you can select X Windows as your login default environment if you so desire 6 Choose NNNNNNNN OK when you are nished 7 You will be asked to select a password See Selecting a New Password for password requirements If you wish you can select a temporary password and reset it later Type the password and choose NNNNNNNN OK or press 4Return5 Re enter the password as requested and choose NNNNNNN...

Page 32: ... set di erent passwords for your user account and for root However you will also want to change your password from time to time as a matter of good security practice The following gives the general requirements of setting passwords A password must meet four criteria to be valid Contain at least six characters At least two characters must be alphabetic At least one character must be a number 0 9 or...

Page 33: ...tion rst 1 As root enter the following command shutdown h This will give you and any other users on your system a one minute grace period to save les and terminate processes before the system goes down to the halted state 2 You will see a message Waiting a grace period of 60 seconds for users to logout Do not turn off the power or press reset during this time You can specify this message and you c...

Page 34: ... you happen to be using SAM you might also want to use it to shut down your system Caution Do not turn o power to your system without rst shutting down the operating system software according to the following procedure Turning o the power for your system without rst doing the shutdown procedure may result in damage to data on your disk Always execute the shutdown process to completion rst You can ...

Page 35: ...NNNNNNNNNNN Reboot Restart the System The system is shut down and rebooted automatically c NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Go to Single User State The system is put in single user mode for administrative purposes such as backup or le system consistency checks 5 Exit SAM using the appropriate function key Using the Command Line For guidance on entering comman...

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Page 37: ...tents Preparing for Installation Con guring HP UX for a Printer Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses Con guring for a Hard Disk Drive Con guring for a Flexible Disk Drive Con guring for a CD ROM Drive Con guring for a DDS Tape Drive Configuring HP UX for Printers and Drives 4 1 ...

Page 38: ...mmunicates through the SCSI protocol has a unique bus address You can use etc ioscan see Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses to determine this or you can use SAM System Administration Manager The factory set SCSI addresses for the devices in this chapter are as follows Hard Disk Drive 6 Flexible Disk Drive 0 CD ROM Drive 2 DDS Drive 3 This chapter shows you how to use essential SAM S...

Page 39: ...l on the back of the printer Procedure To install your printer 1 Log in as root 2 Run SAM by typing usr bin sam To get help in SAM pressing the 4f15 key gives you context sensitive information for the object at the location of the cursor Use the arrow keys and 4Tab5 to move the highlighted areas around the screen Press 4Return5 to choose an item when illuminated such as NNNNNNNN OK 3 At the SAM op...

Page 40: ...NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Add Local Printer Plotter 10 Choose the box labeled NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Printer Name and enter your printername for the new printer entered in the blank earlier 11 Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Printer Model Interface 12 Scroll down the next screen using th...

Page 41: ...NNNNNNNNN Exit SAM function key 21 Type exit 4Return5 to exit root and return to user status Refer to System Administration Tasks for additional SAM information Testing the Printer Installation If you made your printer the default system printer type the following commands to test it cd 4Return5 lp profile 4Return5 If your printer called printername isn t the default system printer enter the follo...

Page 42: ... plugged in The printer is turned on The printer selection switches are set for online Paper is loaded into the printer and it isn t jammed The correct interface has been set up The printer cable is connected to the correct interface port on your printer The cable is connected to the correct port on your system 4 6 Configuring HP UX for Printers and Drives ...

Page 43: ...information such as the following Class H W Path Driver H W Status S W Status Description disk 2 0 1 2 0 scsi ok 0x5800101 ok TOSHIBA CD ROM tape_drive 2 0 1 3 0 scsitape ok 0x1800202 ok HP HP35450A disk 2 0 1 6 0 scsi ok 0x101 ok MICROP 1528 For example the SCSI bus address for the MICROP disk device is in the fourth column of its hardware address as 6 2 0 1 6 0 If you were installing another dis...

Page 44: ...s SCSI address assumes usage of the disk as root Although the con guration jumpers in the back of the drive are factory installed and should not require recon guring it is possible that the SCSI bus address jumpers for the disk may be shipped with di erent settings Therefore please see the Installation Guide for the drive for the procedure for resetting jumpers should it be necessary The following...

Page 45: ...NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Disks and File Systems highlight the selection and press 4Return5 3 Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN CD ROM Floppy and Hard Disks 4 Choose the line identifying the type of new disk you have connected In the Use column it will be designated as unused 5 In the next screen choose the line identi...

Page 46: ...NN Set Disk Usage and Options c NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Modify Defaults This task is optional Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Set Disk Usage and Options 7 On the form which appears select how you want to use the disk File System or other usage 8 Choose NNNNNNNN OK when you have nished with this form 9 A Messag...

Page 47: ... type direct access size 200000 Kbytes bytes per sector 512 After mounting a new disk on a directory an ll listing of the directory should give you at least one le or directory entry For example total 1024 drwxr xr x 2 root root 8192 Aug 31 15 24 lost found Configuring HP UX for Printers and Drives 4 11 ...

Page 48: ... sam To get help in SAM pressing the 4f15 key gives you context sensitive information for the object at the location of the cursor 3 Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Disks and File Systems highlight and choose 4OK5 or press 4Return5 4 Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN CD ROM Floppy and Hard...

Page 49: ...to turn it o if you do not wish to initialize a disk or if the disk is preformatted 8 Choose NNNNNNNN OK when you have nished with this form 9 A Messages Box appears reporting the progress of the task When the task is nished choose 4OK5 10 Exit SAM SAM copies your original etc checklist to etc checklist old Testing Your Installation A simple test to make certain that everything has been installed ...

Page 50: ... Reference references dosif 4 and lif 4 for detailed descriptions of the le systems For information on tar and cpio see tar 1 and cpio To save les archivally to a exible disk using tar use a formatted disk and enter the following command line where pathname is the directory where the les reside tar cvf dev rfloppy c201d0s0 pathname Retrieving Files from a Flexible Disk To list les stored in a tar ...

Page 51: ...xible Disk If you want HP UX to be able to address a newly inserted exible disk as a small le system you will need to mount it Execute the following to mount the new disk For example using flex as the mount directory mount dev floppy c201d0s0 flex See the next section for information on mounting and unmounting a disk used as a le system Configuring HP UX for Printers and Drives 4 15 ...

Page 52: ...ce le dev floppy c201d0s0 umount dev floppy c201d0s0 2 Remove the disk After you insert a disk 1 Mount the disk le system so that HP UX will recognize it If for example you are mounting the disk in a drive designated by the device le dev floppy c201d0s0 under a pre existing directory flex execute the following mount dev floppy c201d0s0 flex Note that the directory flex in the example must be given...

Page 53: ... ROM with SAM Testing the installation Mounting the new CD ROM Removing and inserting a disc The factory set SCSI address for this device SCSI bus address 2 As it is possible that the CD ROM drive may be shipped with a di erent SCSI bus setting please see the Installation Guide for the device for guidance on resetting it if necessary Inserting the disc in your CD ROM drive Note that a rigid plasti...

Page 54: ...P UX 1 Log on as root 2 Run SAM by entering the following usr bin sam 3 Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Disks and File Systems 4 Choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN CD ROM Floppy and Hard Disks 5 From the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Actions menubar in the Disk and File System Manager scree...

Page 55: ...stalling Peripherals 8 From the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Actions menu select NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Add a Hard Disk Drive You will see a form giving three tasks a NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Select a Disk to Add Make sure the correct device is displayed and highlighted b If you need to add drivers to the kernel SAM will p...

Page 56: ...ve 2 Then type the following using the appropriate device le name as the argument For example diskinfo dev rdsk c201d2s0 If the disk is installed correctly diskinfo will display a listing of information about it such as the following c201d2s0 SCSI describe of dev rdsk c201d2s0 vendor TOSHIBA product id CD ROM DRIVE XM type CD ROM size nnnnnn Kbytes bytes per sector nnn Mounting the New CD ROM Driv...

Page 57: ...l listing of the directory should give you at least one le or directory entry For example total 1024 drwxr xr x 2 root root 8192 Aug 31 15 24 lename See the next section for information on unmounting the disc before you remove it Removing and Inserting a Disc You must mount a CD ROM disc every time you insert it into the drive and you must unmount the disc before the system will allow you to eject...

Page 58: ...xample must be given an absolute path name In this example the mount command announces to the system that a removable le system is to be attached at the directory cdrom This directory becomes the name of the root of the newly mounted le system 2 Now you can access the CD ROM as you would any other disk except that you cannot write to it 3 A ashing busy light indicates normal activity with the syst...

Page 59: ...itioning which is stressful to the tape DDS tapes are made rugged enough to stand this kind of treatment Audio tapes are not expected to perform this well and as a result fail very quickly in a data environment 2 DDS cassettes have a much tighter case dimension speci cation than DAT cassettes As a result DAT cassettes can get stuck in a DDS drive requiring the drive to be disassembled For this rea...

Page 60: ...or the new tape drive The factory set SCSI address for the DDS drive SCSI bus address 3 As it is possible that the SCSI bus address jumpers for a drive may be shipped with di erent settings please check the settings before installing the device See the Installation Guide for the device for information on resetting it should it be necessary Configuring the Drive on HP UX The SAM NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN...

Page 61: ...choose NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Add A message screen gives you the hardware steps for adding the tape drive Choose NNNNNNNN OK or press 4Return5 7 A con rmation screen indicates whether any related device drivers needed to be added to the kernel Choose NNNNNNNNNNN Yes or press 4Return5 8 If you needed to add a device driver you will also need to create a new kernel and eventually reboot the system Sel...

Page 62: ...te protect tab on the cassette allows you to protect data from being over written You will need to make sure that the tab is moved to the writable position in order for it to serve as a back up medium A simple test to make certain that everything has been installed satisfactorily is to load a tape in the drive wait for the busy light to stop blinking and execute the ioscan command etc ioscan The L...

Page 63: ...s Two LED indicators on the drive s front panel indicate several operational and test states The following tables show the LED combinations and explains what they indicate DDS Tape Drive LED Symbols Used in Table 4 1 Configuring HP UX for Printers and Drives 4 27 ...

Page 64: ... number of errors it has to correct when reading or writing a tape This information is presented to the user through the Caution Indicator see above chart A caution indication has two common meanings The tape heads need cleaning The tape itself is approaching the end of its useful life 4 28 Configuring HP UX for Printers and Drives ...

Page 65: ...se the backup software requires that certain areas of the tape are accessed frequently Under certain conditions the recommended number of backup operations needs to be reduced These conditions are as follows Sustained use at low humidity Backup software requiring certain areas of the tape being accessed frequently As a guideline HP recommends that the number of backup operations should be limited ...

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Page 67: ... Backing Up Restoring and Updating Your Software Chapter Contents Backing Up Your System and Software Restoring Individual Files Restoring Your Operating System Using the Recovery Tape Backing Up Restoring and Updating Your Software 5 1 ...

Page 68: ...s Magneto optical disk drives Other hard disk drives Back up your le system Restore your le system if needed Creating a Recovery System A recovery system is a special tape containing a subset of the HP UX operating system In the event of an operating system failure that prevents you from booting or logging into HP UX you can boot from the recovery system tape and use the tools on the tape to repai...

Page 69: ... in this directory before copying it to the recovery media This option generally saves a great deal of time due to reduced seeking on non random access recovery media cartridge tape and DDS format Note for DDS format tape recovery systems the q option is assumed When creating a DDS format recovery system for a small memory system 8Mb the s option should be used to specify that a smaller set of les...

Page 70: ...type cannot be determined and the m option is not used to specify the machine type Backing Up Your File Systems Preparation The following procedure sets up a scheduled backup 1 If your system is more than six months old you have non HP supported software or you have never done a backup before see System Administration Tasks or Installing and Updating HP UX 9 0 before proceeding Otherwise SAM will ...

Page 71: ...ny existing backup devices 2 Before initiating the backup verify that your tape is not write protected by checking that the write protect device is in writable position 3 Load a tape into the tape drive Depending on what tape drive you are using you may see activity lights ashing while the tape is loading You can proceed when one light remains on indicating that the drive is ready to accept data 4...

Page 72: ...r backups to cross NFS mount points b If you want the tape cartridge or autochanger rewound c If you want an index log to be created for each backup Results can be mailed to a speci ed user 6 After the minimum required forms are lled out SAM will then use your speci ed tape device to complete the backup according to your speci cations 5 6 Backing Up Restoring and Updating Your Software ...

Page 73: ...over can only restore those les having other user write permission The frecover command normally operates in user mode when crossing NFS mount points not root mode To ensure that frecover can restore the les exported from the NFS server login as root on the NFS le server and use the root option to the usr etc exportfs command to export the correct permissions Refer to exportfs 1M in the HP UX Refe...

Page 74: ...e full pathnames This le is not a graph le This le is used to create a graph le You can use the on line index le created by a previous backup but it must be edited to containing only the full pathnames of the les to be restored Or enter each le name in the Included and Excluded boxes and click on NNNNNNNNNNN Add If you make a mistake highlight the entry with the error and use NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ...

Page 75: ...h name or Place les in a non root directory Turn on the appropriate checkbox es To restore les relative to a particular directory ll in the directory Choose NNNNNNNN OK to set the additional parameters 9 Choose NNNNNNNN OK to start the restore process If con rmation messages appear read the message s and choose NNNNNNNN OK to proceed in each case SAM displays a screen containing the output of the ...

Page 76: ... check and repair le systems copy les back onto your system disk and various other tasks Caution Do not run fsck on a le system that is mounted and active This could introduce data corruption Run fsck in single user mode when checking the root le system For le systems other than the root le system unmount the le system run fsck and then remount the le system If your system disk including SYSBCKUP ...

Page 77: ...ome of the things that you might need to do are outlined in the following list Note If your inability to boot your system is caused by faulty hardware it will be necessary to have that hardware repaired before you can proceed with the items in this list a You might need to run the fsck program to repair your root le system Do so in single user mode only b The hp ux kernel le can be restored if it ...

Page 78: ...ystem has limited capabilities Your primary objective is to restore your disk based system to a bootable condition and then reboot your computer from your system disk From that point you can recover lost les from backup tapes or whatever else is necessary to restore your system to its normal operational condition For More Information For more information on backup and recovery see Installing and U...

Page 79: ...IM SIZE 7 0 in x 8 5 in 6 6 Dealing With Problems Chapter Contents Interpreting the LED Indicators Managing a Boot Failure Recovering from a System Panic Dealing with Network Failures Dealing With Problems 6 1 ...

Page 80: ... during boot including hardware failures before HP UX is running Table 6 1 Hardware Error LED Indications Self Test LED Error Display Hex Code Possible Assembly Replacement Priority 10 4F 1 System board 51 59 1 System board 5F 1 Boot ROM 2 System board 60 1 RAM in rear RAM slot 2 System board 61 1 RAM in front RAM slot 2 System board 70 7F 1 System board 2 RAM board 3 RAM con guration 4 RAM pair m...

Page 81: ...r server 3 If 0x0000 84 check A serial connection 4 If 0x0000 85 check B serial connection 5 Operating system 93 1 BPN Server 2 VME converter board 9F 1 System board AC 1 System board 2 VME converter board B1 1 EEPROM 2 System board B6 1 RAM board 2 System board B4 System board B7 System Board B9 1 EEPROM 2 System board E1 EC 1 System board 2 If 0x000D E2 set RTC clock or check battery 3 Operating...

Page 82: ...toboot aborted 03 No console found ISL will attempt autoboot 05 Directory of utilities is too big 2 Kbytes 06 Autoexecute le is inconsistent Autoboot aborted 08 Auto input error 09 CMD utility too long 12 Error reading autoexecute le 13 Error reading from console 14 Error writing to console 15 Not an ISL command or utility 16 Utility le header inconsistent Invalid system ID 17 Error reading utilit...

Page 83: ...stem console needed 1E Internal inconsistency Invalid boot device class 23 Internal inconsistency IODC ENTRY INIT 24 Internal inconsistency IODC ENTRY INIT console 25 Internal inconsistency IODC ENTRY INIT boot device 26 Utility le header inconsistent bad aux id 27 Bad utility le type 28 Bad fastsize 29 Batch le read 2A No batch le 2B Batch input error 2C Bad batch le 2D EST le read 2E No EST le 2...

Page 84: ... leave any external disks powered up and running Wait ve or ten seconds and turn the power to the system back on If the problem recurs record the symptoms the status of any indicators especially any LED displays on your processor and any messages that appear on your system console At this stage in the boot process most of the problems that occur require your hardware to be serviced by a person tra...

Page 85: ...u can terminate the search at any time by pressing 4ESC5 5 If two devices are set to the same SCSI bus address the search terminates when it nds the duplicate If this happens you must change the SCSI bus address of one of the devices Use the Installation Guide for the device to guide you in changing its jumper or switch settings 6 If you are running a disked system and no disk devices are found th...

Page 86: ... that device For example for a SCSI disk device listed as item P0 enter the following after Select from menu b P0 4Return5 Boot messages should begin to appear on the screen after several seconds For detailed help in troubleshooting the boot process see Solving HP UX Problems For additional detail about Boot ROM con guration see Booting the Model 742i in Appendix B in this manual 6 8 Dealing With ...

Page 87: ...at has been disconnected for too long Recovering from a system panic can be as simple as rebooting your system If you have an up to date set of le system backup or system recovery tapes the worst case scenario would involve reinstalling HP UX and restoring any les that were lost or corrupted If this situation was caused by a rare hardware failure such as a disk head crash you will of course have t...

Page 88: ...ve did not correct the problem the failure may be associated with the System Processing Unit In this case call your designated service representative File System Run the le system checker fsck to correct the problem Follow the instructions that fsck may give and use the n option with any subsequent reboots required by fsck See Chapter 6 File System Problems in Solving HP UX Problems for detailed i...

Page 89: ...ber Hardware Failure Step 3a File System Corrupted Step 3b LAN Communication Problem Step 3c Other Situations Step 3d Step 3a Recovery from Hardware Failure If the panic message indicated a hardware failure the text or context of the message should indicate what piece of hardware failed If the hardware failure appears to be associated with a peripheral check to be sure that its cables are tightly ...

Page 90: ...bsequent reboot Step 3c Recovering from a LAN Communication Problem If the panic messages indicates a problem with LAN communication such as when a diskless cluster client node is prevented from communication for too long check all LAN cable connections to be sure of the following All connectors are tightly fastened to the LAN cable and the media access units MAU s LAN is assembled correctly and d...

Page 91: ...to the directory tmp syscore If you feel you need to save these les for future analysis something that isn t usually required it is best to save them to tape and remove them from your le system in order to free up space If you know why your system panicked you can delete the core les it is unnecessary to keep them The core les are used in rare circumstances to diagnose hard to nd causes of system ...

Page 92: ...y are running properly and for a day or so monitor the system closely For a short while you might want to do backups more frequently until you are con dent that the system is functioning properly For Further Information Refer to Solving HP UX Problems and to System Administration Tasks for further information on operating system related problems To restore a corrupted operating system see the proc...

Page 93: ...el of your Model 742i Make sure that the cable is securely fastened to the connector Your system does not respond to etc ping from another system on the network Check to see if the networking software is still running on your system Use ps ef to do so If it is not running restart it by logging onto your system as root and running etc rc Some systems respond to etc ping but others do not Contact yo...

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Page 95: ... 8 5 in A A Installing Additional Memory Appendix Contents RAM Replacement Contents Tools Required Planning for Installation of the RAM Upgrade Installing the RAM Upgrade Verifying the Upgrade Installing Additional Memory A 1 ...

Page 96: ...boards that add a 32 MB block of memory HP A2827A two 32 MB RAM boards that add a 64 MB block of memory This Appendix is a general guide to RAM installation Also be sure to read the Installation Guide that comes with your upgrade before proceeding with any installation procedure Note Be sure to use the anti static grounding strap which is provided with the RAM upgrade A 2 Installing Additional Mem...

Page 97: ... Down Your System in Chapter 3 in this manual 2 When shutdown has completed turn o your host workstation or card cage Then turn it on 3 Note the amount of memory listed when the Boot ROM display shows the memory line such as the following example 16 MB of memory have been configured 4 Write down the current amount of memory on your system RAM Bytes RAM Board Installation Requirements Boards must b...

Page 98: ...thing subject to static charge buildup such as wool or synthetic materials Do not handle integrated circuits in carpeted areas Do not remove the device from its anti static bag until you are ready to install it Avoid touching circuit leads as much as possible 1 Before you start a Shut down the operating system b Turn o the host workstation or the card cage power 2 When you are facing the front pan...

Page 99: ... is notched at one end to t the keyed connector 2 Place the rst RAM board you will install in an empty slot with the labelled side up the notch to your left and the contacts facing you Avoid touching the RAM board contacts 3 Holding the board at the outer non contact edge with the label side up place it in one of the memory RAM slots at a 45 angle to the system board 4 Snap the RAM board in place ...

Page 100: ...our RAM upgrade for your Model 742i 1 Turn on the power to your host workstation or card cage 2 Note the amount of RAM in bytes listed in the power up display The amount of memory you upgraded to should be displayed If it is not check your memory installation A 6 Installing Additional Memory ...

Page 101: ...e Commands Booting the Model 742i Searching for Bootable Media Redisplaying the Results of a Search Displaying and Setting Paths Resetting the Model 742i Displaying and Setting the Real Time Clock Displaying and Setting the Autoselect Flag Displaying and Setting the Secure Boot Mode Displaying and Setting the Fastboot Mode Displaying the LAN Station Address Using the VME Backplane Networking Param...

Page 102: ... Boot your system from any speci ed hardware device Search for hardware devices that contain media from which your system can be booted Reset the system Information Displayed Here are some of the kinds of information that your system can display A list of the commands you may issue from the boot console user interface Real time clock time and date Settings of the Autoselect Status on or o of the s...

Page 103: ...tion process A short time later this message appears and devices that can boot HP UX are listed as they are found For example Searching for potential boot devices To terminate search press and hold the ESCAPE key Device Selection Device Path Device Type and Utilities P0 scsi 6 0 disk_drive_identi er P1 scsi 5 0 disk_drive_identi er P2 scsi 4 0 DDS format_tape_drive_identi er P3 scsi 3 0 CD_ROM_dri...

Page 104: ...administration mode If your system has been switched into service mode using the Service Normal switch it will automatically enter boot administration mode upon power up From within this mode you may enter any of the commands used in the task descriptions that follow To enter the boot administration mode type a 4Return5 and the following prompt is displayed BOOT_ADMIN Exiting the Boot Administrati...

Page 105: ...rompt help command name 4Return5 where command name is the name of one of the listed commands The displayed help information usually includes a description of the command its options and the format for parameters Booting the Model 742i Usually you start your Model 742i in Normal Mode by turning it on and waiting for HP UX to boot automatically However in some cases you may not want the usual seque...

Page 106: ...IN prompt boot scsi 1 0 4Return5 boot P2 4Return5 The operating system on the speci ed device is used to start your Model 742i If you wish to interact with the Initial System Loader ISL before booting your system type the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt boot device isl 4Return5 This causes the ISL to be loaded from the speci ed device After a short time the following prompt appears on your scre...

Page 107: ...ontain a bootable tape To check to see which devices actually contain bootable media type the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt search 4Return5 This causes your system to search exhaustively for bootable media It searches all types of I O devices in the following order 1 Built in SCSI 2 Built in LAN 3 VME backplane network The search may turn up more devices than there are lines on your display I...

Page 108: ...re device type is one of the following scsi is the built in SCSI bus lan is all connections to the built in LAN bpn is the VME backplane network You may also search for bootable media from the main menu of the Boot Console User Interface by using a command in one of the following forms s 4Return5 s device type 4Return5 where device type is the type of device scsi lan or bpn for which you wish to s...

Page 109: ...y Your system s primary ASCII input device To display the current settings for the system paths type the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt path 4Return5 The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation as shown in Table B 2 Table B 2 Mnemonic Style Notation I O Type Speci cation Format Built in SCSI scsi scsi address logical unit number Built in LAN lan server address init timeout io timeout RS...

Page 110: ... Table B 1 and path is the speci cation of the path in Mnemonic Style Notation as described in Table B 2 For example to set the console path to RS 232 Port A a baud rate of 4800 a word length of 7 and even parity type the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt path console rs232_a 4800 7 even 4Return5 For help in using the path command type one of the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt help path 4Retu...

Page 111: ...ike those controlled by the cron command But you may also set the clock from within the boot administration mode To display the current setting of the real time clock type the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt date 4Return5 Your system reports the information in this form Mon Jul 1 14 55 05 UTC 19 91 7 1 14 44 5 To set the real time clock type the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt date century y...

Page 112: ...n if you wish to have your system boot automatically from the rst device it nds in its search If you wish to have your system come up in the Boot Console User Interface set Autoselect to off Hewlett Packard does not recommend setting Autoselect to any other values Displaying and Setting the Secure Boot Mode In Normal Mode there may be circumstances in which you would not wish to allow anyone to at...

Page 113: ...le interface reappears You can then turn the secure boot mode o turn o your system reconnect the boot device and turn the system back on Displaying and Setting the Fastboot Mode When fastboot is enabled set to on your system does a quick check of the memory during its power on self tests This enables your system to complete its boot process quicker When fastboot is disabled set to off more extensi...

Page 114: ...to the cluster To display your system s LAN station address type the following at the BOOT_ADMIN prompt lan_addr 4Return5 The LAN station address is displayed as a thirteen digit number in hexadecimal notation like the following LAN Station Address 123456 789abc Using the VME Backplane Networking Parameters You may sometimes want to display or set the VME con guration information for the Model 742...

Page 115: ...e without restarting the boot sequence or exiting the Boot Admin mode Then enter the numbers to be changed after the bpn_config command in the following order 1 CPU number 2 Anchor number 3 AM code For example in case you are running more than one Model 742i and want to change the CPU number of the second one to 2 enter the following in Service Mode bpn_config 2 Using the Boot ROM B 15 ...

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Page 117: ...ead write and execute which determine whether a process can perform a requested operation on the le such as opening a le for writing Access permissions can be changed by a chmod 1 command application A program used to perform a particular task usually interactively such as computer aided design text editing or accounting argument The part of a command line which identi es what le directory etc is ...

Page 118: ...termined by a switch setting on a peripheral device which allows the computer to distinguish between two devices connected to the same interface button A graphic element in a display that functionally represents an actual push button It is usually accessible by mouse pointer and is used to start an action C A standardized and highly portable computer language Also the name of the NLS default langu...

Page 119: ...e system Its le system resides on the cluster server However for HP UX 8 0 cluster clients can have locally mounted disks for local data storage A client can also refer to any process run by a server cluster node Any workstation networked into an HP UX cluster Also called cnode cluster server The cluster node which acts as a le system server and operating system server for all the cluster nodes in...

Page 120: ...rovide an organizational and logical identity for a given group of les and directories environment The set of de ned shell variables some of which are PATH TERM SHELL HOME that de ne the conditions under which your commands run These conditions can include your terminal characteristics home directory and default search path le access permissions File name characteristics including read write and e...

Page 121: ...us cluster An HP UX cluster containing only Series 300 or only Series 800 cluster nodes host name Refers to a string which uniquely identi es a system in a network There are generally di erent host name domains associated with di erent networks HP HIL Hewlett Packard Human Interface Link HP IB Hewlett Packard Interface Bus IEEE 488 standard HP UX cluster A group of workstations connected via a LAN...

Page 122: ...odes in the cluster login Your login name the name by which you are known to the workstation This may be any group of characters so long as it meets system rules mount To add an auxiliary removable le system to an active existing le system mount directory The directory in an existing le system that is the root directory of a mounted auxiliary le system multiuser state The condition of the HP UX op...

Page 123: ... a le is usually the creator of that le However the ownership of a le can be changed by the superuser or the current owner with the chown 1 command or the chown 2 system call parent process ID A parent process identi cation Also see PID password An encrypted sequence of characters used by HP UX to identify an authorized user and to permit authorized login on a system path name A sequence of direct...

Page 124: ...es leading to that le in relation to the current working directory ROM read only memory root directory The highest level directory of the hierarchical le system from which all other les branch In HP UX the slash character refers to the root directory The root directory is the only directory in the le system that is its own parent directory root le system The le system mounted on the cluster server...

Page 125: ... interpreter Bourne Korn Key Posix or C providing a working environment interface for the user The shell takes command input from the keyboard and interprets it for the operating system See Using HP UX or Shells User s Guide for information on the characteristics of the various shells available with HP UX shell script A le that contains commands that a shell can interpret and run Also shell progra...

Page 126: ...ry command invoked standard output The destination of output data from a program The standard output le is often called stdout and is automatically opened by the shell for writing on le descriptor 1 for every command invoked Standard output appears on the display unless it is redirected otherwise SU Super User See root user system name The eight character or less string which uniquely identi es a ...

Page 127: ...rface The graphical objects of HP VUE are another type of interface user ID An integer which identi es each system user working directory This is the directory in which relative path name searches begin It is also called the current directory or the current working directory workstation A exible graphics oriented computer generally high speed and high capacity designed for use in a variety of indu...

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Page 129: ...booting B 5 getting help B 5 real time clock B 11 resetting the Model 742i hardware B 11 resetting the Model 742i software B 11 setting boot mode B 12 setting fastboot mode B 13 tasks B 2 using B 3 booting the system 3 3 boot problems 6 6 boot program 6 6 boot ROM B 2 15 boot ROM console B 2 boot ROM interface LAN addresses B 14 bus IDs determining active SCSI 4 7 C CD ROM 4 17 22 as system backup...

Page 130: ...EDs 4 27 DDS Format tape recovery systems 5 2 DDS tape cautions 4 29 maximum usage 4 29 de nitions terms Glossary 1 11 determining active bus IDs 4 7 diagnostic indicators 6 2 disc caddies 4 18 opening 4 18 disk drive installation 4 8 11 diskinfo 4 10 4 13 4 20 DISPLAY environment variable 3 4 displaying windows remotely 3 4 drives installing 4 8 29 E entering system information 3 2 environment va...

Page 131: ... ROM 4 17 22 DDS drive 4 23 26 exible disk drive 4 12 16 hard disk drive 4 8 information 2 2 preparing for 4 2 installing a exible disk drive 4 12 instant ignition 3 2 interfaces 1 3 interpreting indicators 3 6 ioscan 4 13 IP address 3 2 J jumper connections hard disk factory 4 8 L LAN problems with 6 12 system panic 6 12 language features 1 4 LED indicators 3 6 hardware 6 2 hardware diagnostic 6 ...

Page 132: ...ware 6 11 product description 1 1 programming languages 1 4 R recovery systems 5 2 Release Notes nding 2 3 removing a CD ROM 4 21 removing a disk 4 16 restoring 5 2 restoring le system 5 10 12 restoring individual les 5 7 9 restoring operating system 5 10 12 retrieving les 4 14 S SAM backing up with 5 2 5 4 creating user account 3 8 entering and exiting 3 8 setting password 3 8 shutting down with ...

Page 133: ...ble disk 4 13 testing installation hard disk 4 10 time zone 3 2 troubleshooting system panic 6 9 14 turning on 3 3 3 7 U umount 4 16 unmounting a CD ROM 4 21 unmounting a disk 4 16 unused SCSI bus address nding 4 7 upgrades memory 1 2 upgrading memory A 2 user account creating 3 8 creating with SAM 3 8 using boot ROM B 2 15 using DDS drive 4 27 V VME backplane parameters B 14 VME backplane network...

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