Installation using the Ignite-UX GUI

This section describes how to add clients to the Ignite-UX server using the GUI, and then how to use the GUI to manage Ignite-UX tasks. The Ignite-UX GUI only runs on an Ignite-UX server. Ignite uses a terminal user interface (TUI) with keyboard navigation when run remotely from a client or other system.

This section does not address configuring the Ignite-UX server for network boot. To do that, see Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.

Prepare the client for installation

Begin your installation process with “Preparing the client for installation ” (page 95).

Starting Ignite-UX

Launch Ignite-UX on the server as superuser:

ignite

The Ignite-UX GUI will be displayed, similar to Figure 41.

Figure 41 Ignite-UX Graphical User Interface

If this is the first time Ignite-UX has been run on this server, a message will be displayed first, informing you that there are no clients found (Figure 7). The Ignite-UX welcome dialog box will also be displayed unless you have previously checked the Do not show this screen again checkbox (Figure 8).

Adding clients

A client must already be running HP-UX in order to be added to the Ignite-UX server. If the client is not running, see “Booting PA-RISC clients from the console ” (page 99) or “Booting Itanium-based clients using the network” (page 100).

There are two ways to add a client:

1.Boot it from the Ignite-UX server by selecting Actions->Boot Client. For detailed information, see “Booting a client” (page 113).

2.Add it for the purpose of recovery archive creation by selecting Actions->Add New Client for Recovery. For detailed information, see “Adding clients for recovery ” (page 210).

112 Booting and installing HP-UX on clients using the server