Front cover AIX Reference for Sun Solaris Administrators Learn the differences and similarities between AIX 5L and Solaris 8 Provides a quick reference for each topic Helps Sun Solaris system administrators understand AIX in a quick and easy way Arkadiusz Rybakowski Juan Murguia Sivaramakrishna Perubotla Terje Tonnessen KyeongWon Jeong ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization AIX Reference for Sun Solaris Administrators September 2002 SG24-6584-00 Take Note! Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in “Notices” on page xv. First Edition (September 2002) This edition applies to IBM ^ pSeries and RS/6000 Systems for use with the AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.1 Operating System, Program Number 5765-E61, and is based on information available in May, 2002. Comments may be addressed to: IBM Corporation, International Technical Support Organization Dept. JN9B Building 003 Internal Zip 2834 11400 Burnet Road Austin, Texas 78758-3493 When you send information to IBM, you grant IBM a non-exclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2002. All rights reserved. Note to U.S Government Users – Documentation related to restricted rights – Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Figures . .xi Tables . xiii Notices . xv Trademarks . xvi Preface . xvii The team that wrote this redbook. xviii Comments welcome. xix Chapter 1. Overview . 1 1.1 Solaris and AIX: A quick feature summary . 2 1.1.1 Overview of features for Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 . 2 1.1.2 Overview of features of AIX Version 4.3 and AIX 5L Version 5.1 . 3 1.2 Systems administration overview . 5 1.2.1 System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) . 5 1.2.2 Web-based System Manager . 10 1.3 Introduction to pSeries (and RS/6000) architectures . 12 1.3.1 POWER2 Super Chip . 13 1.3.2 POWER3. 14 1.3.3 POWER3 II chip . 14 1.3.4 PowerPC . 14 1.3.5 RS64 processor family . 15 1.3.6 POWER4. 15 Chapter 2. Software packaging . 17 2.1 Overview . 18 2.2 Software packaging in Solaris 8 . 18 2.3 Software packaging in AIX 5L . 19 Chapter 3. Installing and upgrading tasks . 25 3.1 Hardware requirements. 26 3.1.1 Supported platforms for Solaris 8 . 26 3.1.2 Supported platforms for AIX 5L Version 5.1 . 26 3.2 Software terminology in AIX 5L . 27 3.3 Installation methods . 32 3.4 AIX installation process from product CD-ROM . 34 3.5 Option 1 of the Installation and Maintenance menu . 38 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2002 iii 3.5.1 Installation disks . 39 3.6 Option 2 of the Installation and Maintenance menu . 40 3.7 Option 3 of the Installation and Maintenance menu . 41 3.8 Begin installation . 42 3.9 Installation flow chart. 43 3.10 Configuration Assistant menu . 44 3.11 Verifying correct installation . 46 3.12 Maintenance updates and patching . 46 3.12.1 Obtaining maintenance levels . 47 3.12.2 Installing maintenance levels and fixes. 48 3.12.3 Removing a fix . 49 3.13 Installing and removing additional software . 50 3.13.1 Installing software under Solaris 8 . 50 3.13.2 Removing software under Solaris 8 . 51 3.13.3 Software states under AIX 5L . 51 3.13.4 Installing software under AIX 5L . 52 3.13.5 Listing installed software . 55 3.13.6 Software maintenance . 56 3.14 Install OS on another disk . 57 3.14.1 Benefits of alternate disk installation. 58 3.14.2 System requirements . 58 3.14.3 Alternate disk rootvg cloning . 59 3.14.4 Alternate mksysb install . 62 3.15 JumpStart . 63 3.15.1 Installing the boot server . 64 3.15.2 Install server on same subnet as client . 64 3.15.3 Install server on different subnet than client . 65 3.15.4 Boot install clients . 65 3.16 Network Installation Management (NIM) . 65 3.16.1 NIM environments . 66 3.16.2 NIM setup . 67 3.16.3 Booting a machine over the network. 69 3.17 Quick reference . 74 Chapter 4. System startup and shutdown . 77 4.1 The system startup process . 78 4.1.1 Useful commands . 83 4.2 The /etc/inittab file . 85 4.3 System shutdown . 88 4.4 Manage the system environment . 92 4.5 Quick reference . 94 Chapter 5. Device management . 99 iv AIX Reference for Sun Solaris Administrators 5.1 Overview . 100 5.2 Device management in Solaris 8. 100 5.2.1 Listing device configuration. 100 5.2.2 Managing device drivers . 102 5.2.3 Configuring a device . 102 5.2.4 Adding a new device to a SCSI bus . 104 5.2.5 Remove a SCSI device . 104 5.3 Device management in AIX 5L Version 5.1. 105 5.3.1 Listing devices. 106 5.3.2 Adding devices . 110 5.3.3 Removing a device . 112 5.3.4 Changing a device . ..