HP in UNIX

HP_UX Operating System NIS in HP_UX

Functionality of Hp-ux
Unix can communicate with many different types of computers Unix can secure sensitive data and keep unauthorized users off the network

Unix vs NT
Unix and NT operating systems meet the minimum requirements for os functioning in a NT environment. UNIX can do anything that NT can do and more. An NT user can only run special applications that have been written in two pieces, i.e. client/server applications An Unix user can run any application (provided the user is authorized to do so)

HP-UX 11.0

Solaris 2.6

Digital UNIX 4.0d

NTS 4.0/EE

Extension

IPSec RSVP
IP Multiplexing

Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

No Partial Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes

No No No Partial No Yes No

IP Multicast

Performance Optimizations
Telnet in kernel
OpenShortestP athFirst(OSPF) Parallelized TCP/IP

Reliability of Hp-Ux
a UNIX server is halted only in the following situations: 1.Due to a hardware failure, for instance, a hard drive fails; 2.A hardware upgrade needs to be performed; 3.A lengthy power outage has occurred and the backup power supply resources have been exhausted; 4.The kernel is being upgraded. 5.A beta kernel is being tested (not recommended for production environments).

RELIABILITY AND SCALABILITY

System Management
UNIX operating systems have a GUI as well (point-and-click graphical user interface) The multi-user design of UNIX supports remote access at multiple levels, including the ability to login with a character session, via telnet, to edit configuration files, running GUI tools over the network-enabled X Window System, and now through Java versions of system management tools.

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

INTERNET/INTRANET NETWORKING FEATURES

Is UNIX outdated, cryptic, command-line based operating system.

CDE (Common Desktop Environment) ships with most commercial UNIX operating systems: Sun's Solaris, IBM's AIX Hewlett Packard's HP-UX, DEC's Digital UNIX,

HP_UX Operating System

hp_ux 11i hp_ux 11.0 hp_ux 10.20 easy_setup hp_ux 11.0

Hp-ux 11i
comparable performance and feature sets of HP-UX 11 with additional operating environments offering industry leading availability, scalability and security

Hp-ux 11.0
get 5 to 30% better performance over HP-UX 10.20 with this 64-bit UNIX operating system supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit applications

Hp-ux 10.20
high performance 32-bit UNIX operating system supporting legacy UNIX systems

Easy-setup hp-ux 11.0

easy deployment and performance tuning of HP UNIX workstations into existing environments, including Solaris environments

NIS in HP_UX
Overview of NIS Server for NIS

Overview of NIS
In 1981, Sun introduced Network Information System (NIS), a simple network look-up service consisting of databases and processes This protocol was formerly known as Yellow Pages (yp). NIS consists of a set of maps or databases consisting of data from /etc files, and a set of computers among which these maps are shared. NIS is an Open Network Computing (ONC)- and Remote Procedure Call (RPC)-based protocol.

three types of hosts in NIS

NIS Master Server NIS Slave Server NIS Client

An NIS domain consists of clients and servers administrators use the shell script ypmake to update databases. Clients use various functions or rpc calls to interface to this network look-up service

Architecture of Server for NIS

Server for NIS

1. Use of Active Directory for Storing the

NIS Map 2. Integration of NIS Maps with Active Directory 3. Migrating NIS Domains to Active Directory 4. Yppasswd and Password Synchronization

 Adding and Removing NIS Servers

Server for NIS administration tools allow the adding and deleting of UNIX-based subordinate NIS servers in a domain.

Deployment Scenarios

Server for NIS is designed to support the following deployment objectives:

Easy migration from UNIX NIS servers Staged migration of UNIX NIS domains to Windows 2000-based NIS server Cause little disruption to UNIX-based domains or Windows 2000-based domains Consolidate NIS domains under one domain in Active Directory, and manage using Active Directory

Password Synchronization and Server for NIS

Server for NIS supports two aspects of password synchronization between UNIX and Windows. It allows passwords to be changed from a UNIX-based computer using yppasswd. It also provides Windows 2000 to UNIX password synchronization. By 'cryp'ting the Windows password and setting it as the UNIX password, Server for NIS achieves a common password for both systems. This is only possible when Server for NIS is used as the master server.

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Server for NIS is ideal for mixed environments where both UNIX-based and Windows 2000-based domains and computers interact. passwords set on a UNIX-based server can be synchronized with the passwords of those same users on a Windows 2000based server. The migration tool for Server for NIS simplifies migration of information.