HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.3 and HP OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers
SPD 82.35.13
Alpha systems running OpenVMS Version 8.3 that sup-
You can also use vMedia devices to boot, install, or up-
port a DVD drive. This support provides the additional
grade OpenVMS from over the network, as described in
advantage of allowing a network administrator to boot
the HP OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers
multiple OpenVMS systems on the network from a sin-
Upgrade and Installation Manual.
gle copy of the OpenVMS distribution CD or DVD.
OpenVMS supports vMedia in the following Integrity
Using the InfoServer software application on Integrity
server systems:
BL860c, rx2660, rx3600, rx6600,
servers for network booting requires several one-time-
rx7640, rx8640, and Superdomes with the sx2000
only configuration steps unique to OpenVMS Integrity
chipset.
servers. Likewise, using the InfoServer software ap-
plication on OpenVMS Alpha servers requires an addi-
Note: The rx7640, rx8640, and Superdome cell-based
tional, one-time-only software configuration step. Any
Integrity servers require an AD307A card to be installed
configuration procedures that might have been per-
in order for vMedia to function.
formed for network booting using an InfoServer hard-
ware system (traditionally used by Alpha systems) are
POLYCENTER Software Installation
not valid for the OpenVMS I64 or OpenVMS Alpha In-
foServer application. Booting from the InfoServer soft-
The PCSI utility simplifies the installation and manage-
ware application for OpenVMS on Integrity servers dif-
ment of OpenVMS products. It is used to install, update,
fers significantly from booting from the InfoServer hard-
and deinstall software products that have been prepared
ware system traditionally used by OpenVMS Alpha sys-
with the utility. In addition, the utility provides a database
tems or from the InfoServer software application on
to track the installation, reconfiguration, and deinstal-
OpenVMS Alpha systems.
lation of software.
For products installed with other
installation technologies, the utility provides a mecha-
To install or upgrade the operating system over the net-
nism for adding information about them into the product
work, OpenVMS Integrity server systems must use the
database. The utility also provides the ability to manage
InfoServer software application that is integrated with
dependencies between products during the installation
the OpenVMS operating system. The InfoServer hard-
process.
ware traditionally used by OpenVMS Alpha systems is
not equipped to handle DVD drives required for the
For software providers, the PCSI utility simplifies the
OpenVMS Integrity server distribution media.
Open-
task of packaging software by providing a simple,
VMS Alpha systems can use the OpenVMS InfoServer
declarative language for describing material for the in-
software application or the traditional InfoServer hard-
stallation kit and defining how it is installed. The utility
ware system that is independent of OpenVMS. Open-
handles the functions, while the developer instructs the
VMS Alpha systems can boot from the distribution CD
utility what to do. This significantly reduces the com-
on DVD drives (DVD drives support both DVDs and
plexity and time to develop installation procedures. The
CDs).
language allows the developer to easily specify depen-
dencies on other software, manage objects in the exe-
For additional information, please refer to the HP
cution environment (such as files and directories), and
OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 for Integrity Servers Up-
anticipate and resolve conflict before it occurs. The util-
grade and Installation Manual.
ity also significantly simplifies the packaging of multiple
software products into one logical product suite.
Virtual Connect
Virtual Connect is a set of interconnect modules and
For OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS for Integrity
embedded software for HP BladeSystem c-Class en-
servers, you use the PCSI utility to install the operating
closures; it simplifies the setup and administration of
system and to install layered products that are compliant
server connections. HP Virtual Connect includes the
with the POLYCENTER utility.
HP 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module for c-Class
Most of the software product kits included on the Open-
BladeSystem, the HP 4Gb Fibre Channel module, and
VMS Version 8.3-1H1 distribution media are signed us-
the HP Virtual Connect Manager.
ing Secure Delivery. A notable exception is the Open-
Virtual Media (vMedia)
VMS Operation System (the VMS product) because it is
shipped in bootable form, not as a single file kit that is
Virtual Media (vMedia) is the overall name for a num-
signed.
ber of different devices that can exist on a PC. These
devices appear as local USB disk devices to the host
For OpenVMS for Integrity servers, when you install or
system. vMedia is part of the iLO2-enhanced feature
upgrade the operating system by booting from the dis-
set. On some systems, the iLO2 license is bundled with
tribution media, layered products that have been signed
the hardware, while with others a separate iLO2 license
are validated by the PCSI utility with the aid of a digi-
must be purchased to enable the virtual media device.
tal signature file (called a manifest). Validation involves
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