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Setting Up Your Operating System Your system comes from the factory with the fundamental operating software (FOS) and your software applications already installed onto the internal system disk. In addition, a tape containing a copy of the software has also been supplied with your system. This tape, called the factory preload tape (FPT), is not to be used during the standard installation procedures described in this manual. The FPT provides you with a complete system backup prior to beginning the installation process and should be used only by HP support personnel for recovery purposes. This tape has been customized to your order and contains the system files, store files, and default configuration files that have been loaded onto your system.
CAUTION If you are not able to complete all of the procedures described in this chapter, call your service representative. It may be necessary to perform a recovery of your system software. Only a trained system manager should perform a recovery.
To collect configuration information [REV BEG] In this section, you will create worksheet that will be used in the following procedures for recording your configuration and account structure. [REV END] 1. Find the Configuration Worksheet at the end of this chapter, and remove it from the manual. 2. On the worksheet, record the number of external disk drives in your system. One internal disk is contained in the main computer box, so you cannot see it from the outside. This disk is already counted on your worksheet. Do not include this disk in your count of external disk drives. If you have purchased external disk drives, you should have a drive cabinet connected to your system. This cabinet can hold one, two, or three external disk drives. The drives are usually installed from the bottom of the cabinet to the top. Your system could have other equipment, such as tape drives, installed in this cabinet. You need to count only the external disk drives. Do not include other types of devices in this count. 3. On the worksheet, record the DTC station addresses (also called the LAN address). On the back of each DTC, there is a label identifying its 12-character station address. Copy each station address onto the worksheet, separating each pair of characters with a hyphen. For example, the station address 020406080A0B would be recorded on the worksheet as 02-04-06-08-0A-0B. 4. Compare these addresses to the DTC labels again to ensure that they are correct. It is very important that these station addresses are recorded accurately. 5. On the worksheet, specify two passwords: one for system accounts and users that need to be protected and one for the system manager's logon. You can use the same password for both, if you wish. Follow the standard guidelines for passwords: a. Passwords can be from one to eight characters. b. The first character must be a letter (alphabetic character). c. All other characters can be letters or numbers (alphanumeric characters). d. Special characters, like periods, underbars, question marks, and so on, cannot be used in a password. To begin the initial system load process Your system should be waiting for your response to the ISL> prompt. The following procedure creates the proper configuration for your system based on the number of disk drives and DTC station addresses that you recorded on the worksheet. 1. Respond to the ISL> prompt with one of the following commands, depending on how many disk drives your system has. Refer to your worksheet for the TOTAL number of disk drives on your system. Table 4-1. START with 2, 3, or 4 Disk Drives --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | TOTAL Disk Drives | Use the Appropriate Command | | (from Worksheet) | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | 1 | START Return | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | 2 | START GROUP=CONF9X72 NORECOVERY Return | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | 3 | START GROUP=CONF9X73 NORECOVERY Return | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | 4 | START GROUP=CONF9X74 NORECOVERY Return | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For example, an HP 3000 Series 937LX model with a total of two disk drives (1 internal disk drive and 1 external disk drive) would use the following command: ISL> START GROUP=CONF9X72 NORECOVERY Return Be certain to enter the letter X between 9 and 7. 2. After a few minutes, you are prompted to confirm the date and time as shown below. If you do not respond within 15 seconds, the system accepts the displayed date and time by default and continues with the startup process. a. If the date and time displayed are accurate, type Y and press Return. b. If they are not, type N and press Return. Enter the correct date and time when prompted. Time must be entered in 24-hour format (for example, 5:00 pm is entered as 17:00). Seconds default to 00 if not specified. ________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | MPE/iX launch facility | | | | | | Initialize_genesis - Version : <<870204.1552>> | | TUE, AUG 11, 1991, 10:20:03 AM (y/n)? Y | | | | [TMUX_DAM] n n n n | | Initialize genesis completed. | | | ________________________________________________________________________ [REV BEG]
NOTE Do not be alarmed if you inadvertently miss the system's time-out to change the date and time. You will be given another opportunity to change the date and time when you reboot the system.
[REV END] At this point in the process, the fundamental operating software is starting. [REV BEG] Warning messages will be displayed on your console telling you that unconfigured devices are attached to your system.[REV END] Do not be concerned. These messages are normal during your first boot up. They appear during the first boot up because you have not completed your final configuration. [REV BEG]If you wish to view messages that have scrolled off the screen, wait until the screen messages stop scrolling. Then use your terminal's Scroll Up and Scroll Down keys to view all messages. Among the messages that you may see are these: ________________________________________________________________________ | | | DCC warning 103-5, Add ldev to class failure (HLIO status | | FF6A00BD,. | | | | DCC warning 103-5, Add ldev to class failure (HLIO status | | FF6A00BD,. | | | | DCC STARTUP - ERROR | | | ________________________________________________________________________ Your system is making many internal checks and is simply reporting that your configuration is not complete. You will complete your configuration by following the steps in this chapter. When this checking process is complete--when the system is ready for you to proceed--a welcome message is displayed on your screen. You are automatically logged on to the system as OPERATOR.SYS. The typical prompt at this point is the colon (:). At any time, if the colon prompt (:) does not appear on the screen, press Return. When you have the prompt, you may proceed.[REV END] To set up your configuration The next steps require the capabilities of the system manager; therefore, you must log on as MANAGER.SYS. 1. At the system prompt (:), type : :HELLO MANAGER.SYS;HIPRI Return 2. Enter the following command to start the procedure to define your configuration: EZCONFIG.MPEXL Return This is an interactive command file that prompts you for details relating to your system. 3. Use the information that you recorded on your worksheet to respond to the EZCONFIG prompts as they appear on the screen. The following information is needed in this routine: a. The total number of disk drives on your system. b. The DTC station addresses. If you have only one DTC, enter its address accordingly. If you have more than one DTC, make a note on your worksheet which DTC station address you entered as number 1, which as number 2, and which as number 3. You can even attach these numbers to the proper DTC to identify which is which. c. Two passwords--one for special accounts and users, and one for the system manager. Notes on using EZCONFIG [REV BEG] If you have any problems while using EZCONFIG, you may start over again by re-running it; however, the design of EZCONFIG imposes some limitations on its use: * EZCONFIG is designed exclusively for use when you are first setting up your system. To do this, EZCONFIG makes certain assumptions about your system that are valid when you set up your system for the first time (after its delivery to your site). These assumptions may not be--and probably will not be--valid after you have configured your system. * If your first-time setup and use of EZCONFIG is unsatisfactory, you may run EZCONFIG as many times as you need to achieve satisfactory results. * EZCONFIG will ask you whether you want to add passwords to special accounts that are created on your system. Enter your password: By entering a password and pressing Return, you begin the process of adding passwords to these accounts. You are not required to add passwords to these accounts. But these accounts are vital to the operation of your system. Leaving them without password protection compromises the security of your system. If you still wish to leave these accounts unprotected, enter Return instead of a password: Enter your password:Return You will see a message asking you to confirm your decision: You did not enter a password. Do you wish to continue the process of adding a password (Yes, EXIT)? Answering YesReturn gives you another opportunity to add passwords. Answering ExitReturn or EReturn causes EZCONFIG to halt its operation with these messages: ** Execution of the SETPASS command file has been stopped at your request ** ** Execution of the EZCONFIG command file has been stopped at your request ** You have not done anything wrong. EZCONFIG has changed your system configuration as you instructed it to do. But it has not added passwords to those special accounts. If you later decided to add passwords to those special accounts, you will have to use the ALTACCT command with its ;PASS= option. You must be logged on as MANAGER.SYS to make these changes. * If you use EZCONFIG more than once during your initial setup, BE CERTAIN to enter the same number of disks when you use ISL> START... and when you use EZCONFIG (see "To begin the initial system load process" ). If you use START GROUP=CONF9X72 NORECOVERY Return, be certain to enter the number 2 when EZCONFIG asks for the number of disks on your system. * Do not use EZCONFIG after you or your users have created and saved any files on your system. EZCONFIG initializes disks, which means that it removes any files that it finds from any disk that it initializes. * If you must reconfigure your system later, follow the instructions provided in chapter 10, "Performing Manual Tasks for Getting Your System Ready for Use." [REV END] To reboot the system Reboot the system after you sucessfully run EZCONFIG.
NOTE Unlike a personal computer, your system allows more than one user to be working on the system at the same time. Performing a reboot of the system disrupts all other users. Rebooting is a process that is seldom used to end a process or restart a program. Other commands to abort jobs or sessions allow the problem process or session to be ended, without disrupting to other users. Refer to the manual Using Your System for procedures related to ending a job or process.
The following reboot instructions are reserved for situations where changes have been made to system configurations. To allow configuration changes to take effect, you must stop the system and reboot using the new configuration. This procedure is needed to bring new equipment into the system's configuration file. 1. Press Ctrl and A simultaneously. :CtrlA 2. Wait for the prompt (=) to appear, and then type the following command: = SHUTDOWN Return Be patient. The shutdown process could take up to 10 minutes, depending on what processes were running at the time. Several shutdown messages flash on the screen during this rebooting process. Some contain the phrase SHUT nn. The numbers at the end of the phrase do not appear in sequence, but vary with each shutdown. [REV BEG] During this process the system goes through what seems to be several minutes of inactivity, for example the status activity lights go out. Again, be patient; this is normal during the shutdown process.[REV END] 3. Wait until you see the phrase SHUT 6, signifying that the shutdown process has completed. 4. Press Ctrl and B simultaneously. CtrlB 5. At the CM> prompt, type RS for restart: CM>RS Return 6. Type Y Return, confirming your intention to perform a restart. 7. Type Y Return to respond to the primary boot path prompt. Boot from primary path (Y or N)?> Y Return 8. Type Y Return to interact with IPL. Interact with IPL (Y or N)?> Y Return Once the system reboots, you see the ISL prompt (ISL>). 9. Type the following command at the prompt: ISL> START NORECOVERY [REV BEG] If you need to correct the system date and time, do so now. You will be given 15 seconds to do so. If the date and time displayed are accurate, type Y and press Return, and continue with step 10.[REV END] a. If the date and time are not correct, type N and press Return. Enter the correct date and time when prompted. Time must be entered in 24-hour format (for example, 5:00 pm is entered as 17:00). Seconds default to 00 if not specified. 10. Wait for the colon prompt (:) to appear on your console screen. 11. If your DTC(s) are currently on, turn each one off by pressing the power switch located in the lower left corner of the DTC front panel. Wait several seconds. Then press the power switch again to turn each DTC back on. If your DTC(s) are currently off, press the power switch to turn each of them on. The green light on your DTC should begin flashing. When the green light on the DTC front panel has stopped flashing, you are ready to use the system. 12. If the green light on the DTC continues flashing after five minutes, try each of the following suggestions: a. Turn each of the DTCs off, wait a few seconds, and turn them on again. b. Check to make sure that the cabling is properly connected. c. Refer to chapter 6, "Customizing your Terminal and Printer Configuration," to verify that the station addresses are correct. 13. If you want to change the default terminal and printer configuration, refer to the chapter "Customizing Your Terminal and Printer Configuration." [REV DEL] Verifying the setup The following steps allow you to verify that your terminals, printers, and disk drives have been installed correctly. 1. Test all of the terminals connected to your system. a. Turn on each terminal. b. After the screen has warmed up, press Return once or twice. The logon prompt (MPE XL:) should appear on the screen. This prompt indicates that the terminal is ready for a user logon (the HELLO command). If the prompt is not displayed on all of the terminals, refer to the troubleshooting section of this manual. 2. Test your printer: a. Turn on your printer, and return to the system console. b. From the console, enter the following commands. :FILE LP;DEV=113 Return :PRINT SYSSTART,*LP Return Your printers should print the contents of the SYSSTART file as shown in the following example: STARTUP SPOOLER LP;START STREAMS 10 OUTFENCE 7 If your printers did not print, refer to the troubleshooting section of this manual. 3. To test your external disk drives, enter the following command. :DSTAT ALL Return The volume names of each of your disk drives should be displayed on the screen.