At
different points during the installation, you must respond to prompts
asking you to supply specific information. This manual and the Help
text available during the installation procedure tell you how to
obtain most of this information and how to make decisions when responding
to specific prompts.
However, HP recommends that you review the following summary
before you begin the installation so that you have an understanding
beforehand of the types of information you will need to provide.
During the installation, the system will prompt you for the
following information:
The names of the source drive, target
drive, and local area network device (if you are booting from an InfoServer
system).
DECnet node name and address (or values for the
system parameters, SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID).
If you install the DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS software
but want to use addresses compatible with DECnet Phase IV software,
you still need to provide this information. These settings identify
your system by name and number in a DECnet or cluster environment.
Note that if you supply a DECnet Phase IV address, the system will automatically
calculate the SCSSYSTEMID value. If necessary, see the network or
system manager to obtain this information.
Information listed on Product Authorization Keys
(PAKs) for your OpenVMS licenses. To register your licenses, you
will need to enter the information listed on the PAK for each license.
Optional operating system components that you want
to install. You can install all components by default, or you can
select specific components from this list:
DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS (a graphical
user interface) If you install this product, you must also include the DECwindows
Server Support component.
OpenVMS Management Station
TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Either DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS or DECnet Phase IV
for OpenVMS (but not both) If you install either DECnet implementation, you must also
include the Support for DECnet component.
If you are not installing DECwindows as part of the
OpenVMS installation now, but you plan to install it later, you
should install the DECwindows Server Support component now.
If you are not installing DECnet-Plus or DECnet Phase IV now,
but you plan to install one of them later, you should install the
Support for the DECnet-Plus or DECnet Phase IV component now. (The
same support component applies to both implementations of DECnet.)
If you need to create a kit to install the PC component of
the OpenVMS Management Station software, then you must include the
OpenVMS Management Station Software -- PC files component. For a complete list of components included with the OpenVMS
Alpha operating system, see
List of Components Included with the Operating System.
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Installing the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System
