Linux on HP Integrity Servers: A System Administrator’s Guide

Marty Poniatowski0131400002, 9780131400009

The Expert Guide to Installing and Running Linux on HP Integrity ItaniumR SystemsCompanies are increasingly turning to Linux on HP Integrity systems for high-performance computing, large enterprise and database applications, and 64-bit application development. However, Linux administration in the HP Integrity’s ItaniumR 2-based environment is significantly different than on conventional IA-32 platforms. Now, there’s a comprehensive guide to administering HP Integrity systems running Linux. HP Solution Architect and Linux/Unix expert Marty Poniatowski walks you through every essential tool and technique, from installation and bootup, compiling kernels to building clusters. Coverage includes: * A primer on basic Linux system administration for those migrating from other environments * The HP Integrity boot process: EFI, POSSE, and the Management Processor * Using the HP Enablement Kit for Linux to install, configure, and recover Linux on HP Itanium 2 systems * Using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) and LILO * Working with the GNOME and KDE user interfaces * Adding and partitioning SCSI disks on HP Integrity Servers * Maintaining file systems with fsck, e2fsck, inodes, and Superblock * Compiling and tuning Linux kernels * Linux system startup and shutdown scripts for HP Integrity systems * Understanding, configuring, and using Linux networking * Working with netstat, route, ipconfig, iptables, nslookup, and other key commands * Managing users, groups, processes, backup/restore, and other basic system administration tasks * Running Samba to deliver Windows fileand print services * Running Linux, HP-UX and Windows Server 2003 concurrently on the same HP Integrity system * Shell programming with the Linux bash shellHP co-developed the Itanium architecture, and HP Labs scientists maintain the Itanium Linux kernel. This is the only book to leverage HP’s unique knowledge about administering Linux on Itanium platforms. It will be indispensable for every sysadmin running Linux on HP Integrity or other Itanium systems – regardless of their experience with Linux, HP-UX, or other UNIX systems.