This is the only book on the market that covers Linux on HP Itanium systems.HP plans to replace all of their high end, precision architecture systems withItanium systems within the next two years. According to IDC, HP continues tomaintain its long-standing No. 1 position in the rapidly growing Linux servermarket across all server platforms with 31.7 percent customer revenue shareworldwide.This book is divided into two parts. Part 1, Linux System Administration,begins with extensive coverage of booting HP Itanium-based systems. This iscrucial as these systems can run Linux, HP-UX, and Windows Server 2003simultaneously, and because the boot process is substantially different than onprevious systems. Poniatowski also covers the HP Enablement Kit for Linux, aset of tools that provides a framework for installing, configuring, andrecovering a Linux distribution on HP Itanium 2 systems. Finally, Part 1 coversmany additional system administration topics such as startup, backup,networking, kernel, and so on.For those coming to Linux on Itanium from a non-UNIX background (such asWindows, MPE, and VMS sysadmins), Part 2 provides coverage of Linux tools,the Bash shell, shell programming, and many others. This section provides allof the basics on using Linux for those who don't have Linux experience.
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The Expert Guide to Installing and Running Linux on HP Integrity Itanium® Systems
Companies are increasingly turning to Linux on HP Integrity systems for high-performance computing, large enterprise and database applications, and 64-bit application development. However, Linux administration in the HP Integrity's Itanium® 2-based environment is significantly different than on conventional IA-32 platforms. Now, there's a comprehensive guide to administering HP Integrity systems running Linux. HP Solution Architect and Linux/Unix expert Marty Poniatowski walks you through every essential tool and technique, from installation and bootup, compiling kernels to building clusters. Coverage includes:
- A primer on basic Linux system administration for those migrating from other environments
- The HP Integrity boot process: EFI, POSSE, and the Management Processor
- Using the HP Enablement Kit for Linux to install, configure, and recover Linux on HP Itanium 2 systems
- Using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) and LILO
- Working with the GNOME and KDE user interfaces
- Adding and partitioning SCSI disks on HP Integrity Servers
- Maintaining file systems with fsck, e2fsck, inodes, and Superblock
- Compiling and tuning Linux kernels
- Linux system startup and shutdown scripts for HP Integrity systems
- Understanding, configuring, and using Linux networking
- Working with netstat, route, ipconfig, iptables, nslookup, and other key commands
- Managing users, groups, processes, backup/restore, and other basic system administration tasks
- Running Samba to deliver Windows file and print services
- Running Linux, HP-UX and Windows Server 2003 concurrently on the same HP Integrity system
- Shell programming with the Linux bash shell
HP co-developed the Itanium architecture, and HP Labs scientists maintain the Itanium Linux kernel. This is the only book to leverage HP's unique knowledge about administering Linux on Itanium platforms. It will be indispensable for every sysadmin running Linux on HP Integrity or other Itanium systems -- regardless of their experience with Linux, HP-UX, or other UNIX systems.
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MARTY PONIATOWSKI has been a Solution Architect at Hewlett-Packard for fourteen years. He has worked with hundreds of HP customers ranging from leaders in financial services and manufacturing to Internet startups. Poniatowski’s 13 books include HP-UX11i System Administration Handbook and Toolkit, Second Edition and HP-UX Virtual Partitions.
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Marty Poniatowski is the Chief Technology Officer managing all pre-sales and consulting technical experts at Computer Design and Integration LLC. Marty leads the Professional Services Group that includes numerous practices that perform project-related consulting as well as staff augmentation. The pre-sales team of experts craft complex solutions for customers using the latest available technologies.
Marty is responsible not only for the teams he manages but also keeping abreast of all industry trends and technologies. Foundations of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center was written in conjunction with many members of Marty's technical staff. This book covers all key technologies that CDI implements in client environments, including many key assessments that result in a quick ROI.
Prior to joining CDI, Marty was a Principal Solution Architect and a published author with Hewlett-Packard Company for 20 years in the New York area. He has worked with hundreds of Hewlett-Packard customers in many industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, health care, media and entertainment, consulting services, Internet startups, and manufacturing.
Marty began his career as an Electrical Design Engineer on military computer systems at United Technologies Corporation. He performed numerous designs in this position, including his first chip-level design.
Before joining HP, Marty was the manager of a design group at startup Canaan Computer Corporation. Marty performed chip and board level computer design and managed the design group in this position.
Marty has been widely published in computer industry trade publications, including over 50 articles on various computer-related topics. He is also the author of 16 Prentice-Hall and one self-published book on computer-related topics.
Marty holds an M.S. in Information Systems from New York University (NYU) Polytechnic Institute (NY, NY), an M.S. in Management from the University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT), and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI).
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Marty is responsible not only for the teams he manages but also keeping abreast of all industry trends and technologies. Foundations of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center was written in conjunction with many members of Marty's technical staff. This book covers all key technologies that CDI implements in client environments, including many key assessments that result in a quick ROI.
Prior to joining CDI, Marty was a Principal Solution Architect and a published author with Hewlett-Packard Company for 20 years in the New York area. He has worked with hundreds of Hewlett-Packard customers in many industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, health care, media and entertainment, consulting services, Internet startups, and manufacturing.
Marty began his career as an Electrical Design Engineer on military computer systems at United Technologies Corporation. He performed numerous designs in this position, including his first chip-level design.
Before joining HP, Marty was the manager of a design group at startup Canaan Computer Corporation. Marty performed chip and board level computer design and managed the design group in this position.
Marty has been widely published in computer industry trade publications, including over 50 articles on various computer-related topics. He is also the author of 16 Prentice-Hall and one self-published book on computer-related topics.
Marty holds an M.S. in Information Systems from New York University (NYU) Polytechnic Institute (NY, NY), an M.S. in Management from the University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT), and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI).
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This review is from: Linux on HP Integrity Servers: A System Administrator's Guide (Paperback)
As author of this title, I would like to respond to the posted review which refers to the printing error. Unfortunately a portion of the first printing of my book included manufacturing errors. This has since been corrected and I can assure you currently all of the examples are readable. If you have a first printing of the book and think it may have errors, please return it to your reseller or contact the publisher at ptr_feedback@phptr.com for a corrected copy of the title. The publisher and I apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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This review is from: Linux on HP Integrity Servers: A System Administrator's Guide (Paperback)
Its a printing error. For anyone who has the same problem, go to the following URL:http://www.phptr.com/title/0131400002 It will tell you what you need to do to resolve the problem. I recommend that, if you see the book in a book store, check it carefully before purchasing.
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"Linux on HP Integrity Servers" hits the mark!!!,
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This review is from: Linux on HP Integrity Servers: A System Administrator's Guide (Paperback)
I have read this book and think it's great! As someone who has been working with HP Integrity (Itanium) servers from the beginning, this book will be next to me, on my desk at work. Prior to finding this book, I relied most on my own collection of notes from various sources on the web. Marty has put many of those topics in one location. This is a great reference book! Leaving much of the basic "fluff" behind, which administrators already are all too familiar, Marty cuts to the "administrator's meat" leaving other basic Linux books behind. He hits the mark in chapters detailing EFI, kernel tuning and customizing, startup and shutdown scripts, and networking are discussed. Not at the high level, for those who always wanted to be admin, and are not, but in depth, practical, working knowledge with web references, too. Marty, we need more books like this on leading edge technologies. Are you taking any new requests?
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