Silicon Graphics TP9100, Installation Instructions And User Manual

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2: Installing, Configuring, and Running TPM on IRIX, Linux, and Windows
Invoking TPM
This section explains how to invoke TPM after installing it.
Setting the Environment Variable for IRIX and Linux:
To set the environment variable, follow these steps:
1. Log on as root (or have root access).
2. For csh, or tcsh SHELL, type:
setenv DAM_HOME /opt/dam
3. For sh, bash, or ksh SHELL, type:
DAM_HOME=/opt/dam
export DAM_HOME
Starting SGI TP9100 Array Manager for IRIX and Linux
Note: Only users with root permissions are allowed to run TPM.
To start TPM, enter the following command:
/opt/dam/tpm [-D][-W port_number]
where
port_number
is the IP socket/port number required to access the program. This
not only hides
TPM
from standard Web surfers, but also prevents it from interfering with
a system that happens to function as a Web server. Because normal Web traffic uses
TCP/IP port number 80, the TPM server is invisible to client browsers unless the
browsers are instructed to use a specific port.
By default, TPM interacts with port number 2002. If that port is busy, the program just
initializes the service at the next available port number. It is also recommend that you run
the service routine in the background to avoid tying up a terminal session. To do this,
enter the following command:
# /opt/dam/tpm &