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Course number U5523S
Length 4 days RAIL
3 days OST
Delivery method Remotely assisted instructional learning (RAIL)
Onsite dedicated training (OST)
Price USD $2,400
CAD $2,880

Course overview

This intensive hands-on course for experienced HP-UX administrators introduces the major new features of HP-UX 11i v2 and HP’s new Integrity servers. Create a backup boot disk with HP’s new Dynamic Root Disk product. Learn how to monitor kernel resources and set kernel resource alarms using the new kernel configuration toolkit. Explore the new Integrity EFI boot manager and shell. Learn how to secure your system with Standard Mode Security Extensions. Get ready to make the move to HP-UX 11i v2!


Prerequisites

  • HP-UX System and Network Administration I & II (H3064S & H3065S) or
  • HP-UX System and Network Administration for Experienced UNIX System Administrators (H5875S) or
  • Equivalent HP-UX 11i v1 administration experience

Audience

  • Experienced HP-UX 11i v1 system administrators responsible for installing, updating, and configuring HP-UX 11i v2 on HP Integrity or PA-RISC platforms
  • Experienced HP-UX administrators moving from PA-RISC servers to HP Integrity servers

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Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

  • Describe the major features and components of HP's current server line-up
  • View, add, and replace interface cards using pdweb, ioscan, and olrad
  • Manage the Integrity boot process via the EFI interface
  • Mirror and recover Integrity LVM boot disks
  • Cold install or update HP-UX 11i v2 via Ignite-UX or update-ux
  • Configure and manage the System Management Homepage
  • Configure and use Dynamic Root Disks
  • Configure and manage the 11i v2 kernel
  • Configure SMSE user security
  • Configure SMSE auditing
  • Configure Role-Base Access Control (RBAC)

Benefits to you

This course teaches experienced HP-UX system administrators how to manage HP-UX v2 servers


Course outline

Hardware overview

  • HP processor types
  • HP system types
  • Entry class server overview
  • zx1, zx2 chipset overview
  • Blade server overview
  • BL60P and BL860C servers
  • Mid-range and high-end server overview
  • nPar overview
  • vPar, VM, and Secure Resource Partition overview
  • sx1000, sx2000 chipset overview
  • rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, rx8640 Superdome servers
  • Viewing your model string via model
  • Viewing CPU, memory, cache, and firmware information via machinfo
  • Viewing your hardware components via ioscan

Device addressing and management

  • HP-UX hardware addressing
  • Slot addressing
  • EFI hardware addressing
  • Device file addressing
  • Correlating hardware addresses
  • OL* concepts
  • OL* compatibility
  • OL* critical resource analysis concepts
  • OL* impacts
  • OL* interfaces
  • Using the olrad CLI interface
  • Using the pdweb TUI interface
  • Using the pdweb web interface
  • Viewing interface cards with pdweb
  • Managing interface cards with pdweb
  • Installing interface cards with pdweb
  • Viewing the pdweb I/O tree
  • Managing devices with pdweb
  • Installing devices with pdweb

Booting Integrity Servers via the EFI

  • Integrity Firmware Architecture Overview
  • Processor Abstraction Layer Overview
  • System Abstraction Layer Overview
  • Extensible Firmware Interface Overview
  • EFI OS Loader Overview Integrity Boot Disk Structure
  • Integrity Boot Disk System Partition Structure
  • Integrity Boot Disk OS Partition Structure
  • Integrity Boot Disk HP Service Partition Structure
  • PARISC / EFI Boot Process Comparison
  • Interacting with the EFI Boot Manager
  • Initiating an Integrity System Boot
  • Choosing a Boot Device
  • Choosing an Arbitrary Boot Device
  • Choosing an Alternate Kernel/Mode
  • Choosing a Console Device
  • Interacting with the EFI Shell
  • Accessing and Leaving the EFI Shell
  • EFI Shell Command Overview
  • Executing EFI Commands
  • Viewing System Information via the EFI
  • Viewing EFI Devices via the EFI
  • Viewing EFI Devices via HP-UX
  • Managing the EFI Boot Menu via the EFI
  • Managing the EFI Boot Menu via HP-UX
  • Managing EFI File Systems via the EFI
  • Managing EFI File Systems via HP-UX
  • Managing the ACPI Configuration via the EFI
  • Choosing a Boot Source via the EFI Shell
  • Booting from an Alternate Disk via the EFI
  • Booting Alternatives from the HP-UX Boot Loader
  • Booting from the Install DVD
  • Booting from an Ignite-UX Server
  • Booting from a make_tape_recovery Tape
  • Booting from the HPSP or Diagnostics CD

Mirroring integrity LVM boot disks

  • Integrity LVM boot disk structure
  • Mirroring an Integrity LVM boot disk
  • Replacing a failed Integrity boot disk mirror

Installing and Updating HP-UX 11i v2

  • Preparing for and initiating an install or update
  • Checking hardware and file system requirements
  • Choosing network parameters, an operating environment, and an install-time security bundle
  • Backing up the system
  • Initiating an Integrity or PA-RISC install or update
  • Navigating the Ignite-UX menus
  • Cleaning up after an install or update
  • Performing post-install/update configuration
  • Verifying and automating installs and updates
  • Creating an SD-UX update or Ignite-UX install server

Minimizing downtime with Dynamic Root Disks

  • DRD concepts
  • DRD benefit: minimizing unplanned downtime
  • DRD benefit: minimizing planned downtime
  • Installing DRD
  • Using the drd command
  • Creating and updating a clone
  • Accessing inactive images via DRD-safe commands
  • Accessing inactive images via other commands
  • Activating an inactive image

Configuring and using the System Management Homepage

  • SMH overview
  • Accessing the SMH via autostart
  • Accessing the SMH via start-on-boot
  • Verifying the SMH certificate
  • Logging into the SMH
  • Viewing SMH system status information
  • Viewing SMH operating system information
  • Launching SMH tools
  • Configuring SMH settings
  • Launching SMH tasks
  • Viewing SMH logs
  • Configuring SMH group access control
  • Configuring SMH authentication
  • SMH and SIM integration possibilities

Configuring the HP-UX 11i v2 Kernel

  • Using the kc* CLI
  • Using the kcweb TUI and SMH/GUI interfaces
  • Kernel configuration concepts
  • Special kernel configurations
  • Example: modifying the current configuration
  • Example: creating a new named configuration
  • Example: copying a configuration to another host
  • Example: loading a configuration
  • Kernel module concepts
  • Kernel module states
  • Kernel module state changes
  • Viewing and managing module states with kcmodule
  • Kernel module tunable parameter concepts
  • Types of tunables
  • Viewing and managing tunables with kctune
  • Kernel resource monitoring concepts
  • Viewing resource usage via kcusage
  • Kernel resource alarm concepts
  • Viewing and setting kernel resource alarms with kcalarm
  • Troubleshooting kernel problems
  • Kernel troubleshooting overview
  • Viewing the kernel change log
  • Booting from an alternate kernel
  • Booting to tunable maintenance mode
  • Kernel recovery roadmap

Configuring SMSE user security

  • Understanding Standard Mode Security Enhancements Benefits
  • Understanding SMSE Attributes
  • Configuring /etc/security.dsc
  • Configuring /etc/default/security
  • Configuring /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
  • Configuring /var/adm/userdb/
  • Managing attributes with the secweb GUI
  • Managing attributes with the secweb TUI
  • Enforcing security policies

Configuring SMSE auditing

  • Comparing trusted system vs. SMSE auditing
  • Installing SMSE auditing
  • Enabling & disabling SMSE auditing
  • Auditing system calls and events
  • Auditing users
  • Viewing audit logs
  • Managing audit logs
  • Managing the audit monitoring daemon
  • Understanding audomon log messages

Configuring Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

  • Understanding RBAC’s features and benefits
  • Installing RBAC
  • Configuring & assigning RBAC roles
  • Configuring & assigning RBAC authorizations
  • Configuring RBAC commands & privileges
  • Verifying the RBAC database
  • Configuring RBAC auditing
  • Running commands with privrun
  • Editing files with privedit
  • Fine Grained Privileges overview
  • Security Compartments overview

Appendix: Mirroring Integrity VxVM boot disks



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