3Com ENTERPRISE OS 11.3 Installing the Utilities on a UNIX System, Preparing for the Installation

14CHAPTER 2: INSTALLING THE UTILITIES ON A NETWORK MANAGEMENT STATION

4Run the setup program for Windows:

■To install all packages, including the utilities and package definitions for use with Transcend if required, use:

bcmsetup <drive>: all

Where <drive> is the drive you want to install the utilities on.

The packages install in the default directory \usr\3Com\bcm\, and the following paths are added to the autoexec.bat file:

<drive>:\usr\3com\bcm\bin\

<drive>:\usr\3com\common\bin\

5Reboot your system to use the path, which is required for all utility commands. Or, if you do not want to reboot, you can enter the path manually at the command prompt:

<drive>:\usr\3com\common\data\profile

6Use the bcmdiagnose utility to ensure that your installation is correct by entering:

bcmdiagnose

Installing the Utilities on a UNIX System

Preparing for the

Installation

You can install the utilities from a CD-ROM or from utilities that you have downloaded to your hard disk.

Before installing the utilities, verify the following items:

■Your NMS is running one of the supported operating systems.

Check the operating system you are running by entering:

uname -a

The version message may refer to Solaris 2.5 as SunOS 5.5.

■You need to upgrade utilities you have already installed. The utilities come bundled with Transcend. To check the version, enter:

bcmdiagnose

■Your root password on the NMS (UNIX only).

■Your NMS is running a TFTP/FTP server.

Procedure To install the utilities on a UNIX system, follow these steps:

1Log on as root.

2Change to the utilities directory. ■ If you are using the CD-ROM:

aMount the CD-ROM.

For more information on mounting instructions for each supported UNIX operating system, see Appendix C.

bChange to the appropriate directory on the CD-ROM for your operating system using:

cd /<cd-rom path>/<os>

Where <os> is the directory for your operating system: