HP-UX installation on Intel

[Kristian Koljatic]

Can HP-UX be installed, for testing purposes, on standard PC with Intel Itanium prcessor?

[Arunvijai_4]

This is the server support matrix for 11i

http://www.testdrive.hp.com/STKT/serversupport.html

I am not sure you can do it on a PC..

-Arun

[Alex Lavrov.]

Nope, HPUX can run on PA-RISC or Itanium processors only.


Alex.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Kristian,

No, you will need a RX server to install HPUX

http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/entry_level/index.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-hp-Integrity-Itanium-2-rx2600-Processor-A7231-900MHz_W0QQitemZ5818319775QQcategoryZ56094QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Kristian Koljatic]

Ok
How can I learn and practice on HP-UX without RX server? Is there any emulator or something?

[Alex Lavrov.]

You can try here:

http://www.testdrive.hp.com/


Alex.

[Arunvijai_4]

Sad news, you cant register now in testdrive as it says,


registration down

Registration is currently disabled while Test Drive moves to a new lab. We expect to have service restored on Monday November 7th, 2005. For more information, please see the announcement on our news page. If you have questions or comments, please send email to testdrive@hp.com and let us know.

[Muthukumar_5]

HPUX Emulator:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=230890

hth.

[Alex Lavrov.]

Muthukumar: practically it says that there is no such thing ;)

Alex.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

how about buying a used workstation

http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-Visualize-C3700-1GB-36GB-fx5-complete_W0QQitemZ5820471562QQcategoryZ11221QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-C3700-Visualize-Workstation-750MHz-18GB-512MB-A6057B_W0QQitemZ5820731158QQcategoryZ11221QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-9000-Visualize-C240-Workstation_W0QQitemZ5819433950QQcategoryZ11221QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Dave Unverhau_1]

Kristian,

Robert-Jan has provided the correct answer twice...seems like a "magic bunny" is in order...
(see this link: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33)

Older HP workstations (and servers) can be had for "cheap-to-free" depending upon who you ask. A lot of the stuff on eBay sells for less than the cost to ship it. Some of these old machines will actually run 11.11 in 32-bit mode (though it may not be supported), so they're a great way to learn.
Some information on older PA-risc machines and o/s support can be found here:
http://www.openpa.net/index.html

Best Regards,

Dave

[Andy Torres]

If you work for a larger shop long enough, you'll probably end up with a D box in your home at some point.

There's a 712 workstation on eBay right now for about US$150.00, and a J5600 for about US$600.00. You probably spent more for your PC, right? :-)

[Alex Lavrov.]

They make lotsa noise, so don't place it in your room ;)

Alex.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

don't you have one under your bed :-)))

[Denver Osborn]

I think a 712 (pizza box) would be a good choice for learning the OS (10.20, 11.0 or 11.11). You can usually pick them up pretty cheap and they're light enough that shipping shouldn't cost more than what you pay for the system.

-denver

[Hanwant Verma_1]

You can use the following emulator for HP-UX, we are using this for the last 15 years..

http://www.icetcp.com/products/ice-tcp-plus.html

Hanwant

[Ted Buis]

http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/bus/bus_BusDetailPage_IDX/1,1252,6045,00.html

HP had some developer workshops where you can get an rx1620 for $2000 with the workshop. You should check with HP to see what they plan for the future.

[Alzhy]

If your goal is to learn UNIX (which HP-UX is 90% is).. then why not get a Linux Distro instead? Nowadays you can run Linux on CD/DVD and even on a memory stick!

Most of the tools that are in use on the commercial UNICES are now available on Linux anyway.. Things like filesystems (jfs, VxFS, etc.) and Volume managers (LVM,VxVM) and enterprise Databases (Oracle, Sybase, etc..) are now prevalent on Linux and ARE MANAGED EXACTLY as their UNIX counterparts.