Installation

How this book is organized

This book is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, Introducing PE 3.2 is an overview of PE, describing how its various software components work together. This introduction also describes some installation considerations based on your system's configuration.
• Chapter 2, Planning to Install the PE Software contains the planning information you need to consider before installing PE. Topics include the hardware and software requirements, as well as information on node resources, file systems, and user ID administration.
• Chapter 3, Migrating to PE 3.2 contains specific information on some differences between earlier releases that you need to consider prior to installing or using PE 3.1.
• Chapter 4, Installing the PE Software contains the step-by-step procedure you need to follow to install PE. This chapter also lists, and describes, the product directories created and the links established by the installation process.
• Chapter 5, Performing Installation-Related Procedures describes additional procedures (such as removing an installation image and customizing the message catalog) that are related to installing PE.
• Chapter 6, Understanding How Installation of PE Alters Your System describes how your system is altered when you install the various PE software filesets.
• Chapter 7, Understanding File Formats describes the format of PE configuration files that are created and modified by the system administrator.
• Appendix A, Syntax of Commands for Running Installation and Deinstallation Scripts explains the syntax of the commands for running the installation and deinstallation scripts provided with PE.
• Appendix B, Installation Verification Program summary explains how the POE Installation Verification Program (IVP) works.
• Appendix C, Using Additional POE Sample Applications describes some sample applications.