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Adding HP X Stations to Your Network

If you have not already installed the ENWARE software on your file server, follow the instructions that came with your CD-ROM or tape media. When you have finished installing the software, follow the steps in this chapter to add your X station to the network.

Topics in this chapter include:

Introducing X Station Administration

This section introduces the X station administration scripts. It includes the following topics:

Information that You Need

Before you run the X station administration scripts, you need to know the following information:

Running the X Station Administration Scripts

Note: To perform X station administration, you must be superuser.

On HP-UX 9.x systems, you can invoke the administration scripts in two ways:

On HP-UX 10.x systems, you can invoke the administration scripts in two ways:

  1. As superuser, type: sam
  2. Double-click on: [X Station Administration].

On SCO systems, you can invoke the administration scripts in two ways:

On Sun systems, invoke the administration scripts as follows:

On IBM systems, use smit as follows:

  1. Type: smit
  2. Choose: Devices
  3. Choose: HP X Station Configuration

The X station administration menu is similar to the following. 

   HP X STATION ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS
             MAIN MENU
       1) Add an X station
       2) Remove an X station
       3) Printers, plotters
       4) Installation testing
       5) XDM Administration
       6) Manage software versions
          ?) Help         x) exit
   Please enter selection (default=1):
For information about the various options on this menu, type ? to access the online help.

Before You Add Your First X Station

If you are new to X stations, you may be surprised at the number of parameters that you can configure. In general terms, the long list of parameters can be divided into two categories:

You can configure many of the X station's parameters from the configuration screens, or you can use a combination of standard boot protocols (BOOTP or DHCP) and the terminal's remote configuration file to download the parameters from a host computer.

Note: If you plan to use remote configuration to supply the X station parameters, you should first customize the sample.cfg file so that your parameter values will become the new defaults for each new X station added. For more information about editing the remote configuration file, refer to Using Remote Configuration. For details on specific remote configuration parameters, see Remote Configuration Parameter Reference.

If you have many HP X terminals to configure, you may want to purchase the ENWARE X Terminal Manager (HP Part Number B3670BA) to ease the task of administering your network.

ENWARE X Terminal Manager presents all configuration parameters in a familiar spreadsheet display. For example:

If you have purchased the ENWARE X Terminal Manager, refer to its documentation instead of this chapter.

Adding an X Station to HP-UX or Sun Systems

To add an X station to an HP-UX or Sun system, refer to the following sections:

Adding the X Station

To add an X station, do the following:

  1. Invoke the administration scripts, as described in Running the X Station Administration Scripts.

  2. Choose Add an X station from the main menu.

The X station is automatically added to the required places, depending on the conditions below:

It also:

Once you have added the X station to the system files, you can:

Creating Users' Startup Scripts

To create startup scripts for your users, do the following:

  1. Invoke the administration scripts, as described in Running the X Station Administration Scripts.

  2. Choose XDM Administration from the main menu.

  3. Choose Create .xsession script in user's home directory from the XDM administration menu.

  4. Follow the instructions provided.

Adding an X Station to IBM AIX Systems

To add an X station to an IBM AIX system, refer to the following sections:

Adding a Device to the Network

You need to add all of your X stations to /etc/hosts to have them recognized as devices on your network. You can edit /etc/hosts directly, or you can use smit as follows:

  1. As superuser, type: smit mkhostent

  2. Fill in the INTERNET ADDRESS (the IP address of your X station) and the HOST NAME (the terminal name of your X station) in the screen that appears.

  3. To save the entry, click on [Do].

  4. When you are done, click on [Cancel].

Enabling the X Station to Use NFS

If you want your X stations to boot using NFS, you need to add them to /etc/exports. You can edit /etc/exports directly, or you can use smit as follows:

  1. As superuser, type: smit mknfsexp

  2. Fill in the PATHNAME and any other fields appropriate for your network (for example, /usr).

  3. To save the entry, click on [Do].

  4. When you are done, click on [Cancel].

Using a DNS Name Server

If your system uses a DNS name server, you need to update the BIND database on the name server.

Adding the X Station to the System Files

To add your X station to the appropriate system files:

  1. Run smit as superuser.
  2. Choose: Devices
  3. Choose: HP X Station Configuration
  4. Choose: Add an HP X Station

The Add an HP X Station script available on the HP X Station Configuration menu automatically does the following:

Once you have added the X stations to the system files, you can start up each X station and ensure that it boots successfully. Refer to Starting Up the X Station.

Adding an X Station to SCO UNIX Systems

To add an X station, do the following:

  1. Invoke the administration scripts, as described in Running the X Station Administration Scripts.

  2. Choose Add an X station from the main menu.

This selection automatically does the following:

Once you have added the X stations to the system files, you can start up each X station and ensure that it boots successfully. Refer to Starting Up the X Station.

Starting Up the X Station

After you have added the X stations to the system files, you can start up each X station and ensure that it boots successfully. Topics in this section include:

Switching On the X Station

The power button is located on the front of the base unit. After you press the power button the X station beeps and, after several seconds, the boot screen appears. (If the boot screen doesn't appear, you may have to set your monitor type as described in Setting Your Monitor Type).

If you are booting using the recommended configuration (that is, using BOOTP to download network configuration data and an X session manager (for example XDM, vuelogin, dtlogin or scologin) to open an X Window session) your X station follows the bootup sequence described in Understanding the Bootup Sequence.

If you are supplying network configuration data manually or using TELNET, additional configuration of the X station is necessary. You can find the information you need in Using TELNET.

Understanding the Bootup Sequence

When the X station is switched on:

When you are satisfied that the X station boots successfully, you can log out as described in Logging Out from XDM.

Logging Out from XDM

There are two ways to log out from XDM:

  1. Log out or exit from your window manager in the usual way. For example, HP VUE users can click on the Exit icon on the control panel.

  2. You can close the last task in the .xsession startup script (the foreground task). If the foreground task is a terminal emulator, type: exit

    This method terminates only those clients started by the .xsession script. However, clients not under the control of XDM will still be notified when you log out from XDM and will usually terminate. 

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