HP HOWTO

Utilisation and Configuration Guide of HP Products under Linux (Version 0.92)

Bruno Cornec

Hewlett Packard

Bruno@HyPer-Linux.org

Copyright © 1997-2000 by Bruno Cornec

Copyright © 2000 by Bruno Cornec

This document describes the use of products available in the Hewlett-Packard (HP) catalog with Linux and some free software. It gives the state of the support for hardware, software to use, answers to some frequently asked questions and gives elements of sizing. The goals are to offer a general view of free software functions and their use at best with HP products; as well as to make new users of HP products rapidly operational and also to allow others to choose their products knowing facts.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Presentation
1.2. Aknowledgements
2. Presentation of Linux and Free Software
2.1. Some definitions
2.2. Free software concepts
2.3. Linux and other operating systems
3. Linux and HP products
3.1. Informations on HP products and Linux
3.2. HP hardware supported by Linux
3.3. HP software and free software
3.4. Support of HP solutions under Linux
3.5. Training on HP Linux solutions
3.6. HP as an Open Source Software user and contributor
4. Solutions and Sizing
4.1. Linux as file and print server
4.2. Internet/Intranet Linux server
4.3. Linux as computing server
4.4. Linux as an office server
5. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
6. References
7. Contributors
8. Future versions
List of Tables
2-1. Performances of Free Software
3-1. Brio and Linux
3-2. Vectra and Linux
3-3. e-Vectra and Linux
3-4. Kayak and Linux
3-5. Visualize and Linux
3-6. Desktop computer accessories
3-7. OmniBook and Linux
3-8. Portable accessories
3-9. NetServers and Linux
3-10. NetServers accessories
3-11. HP Monitors and Linux
3-12. HP IA-64 Servers and Linux
3-13. Scanners and Linux
4-1. Sizing of a file server
4-2. Sizing of a print server
4-3. Sizing of a static Web server
4-4. Sizing of a dynamic Web server
4-5. Sizing of an e-mail server
4-6. Sizing of a Firewall/Proxy/Web-Cache server
4-7. Sizing of a LDAP server
4-8. Sizing of an office server
6-1. Web sites ofMedasys and HP
6-2. Other fundamental sites on Linux and Open Source Software
List of Figures
2-1. Server operating system repartition in 1998 (IDC).
2-2. Server operating system repartition in 1999 (IDC).
2-3. Web server software by Netcraft between 1995 and 2000.
2-4. Repartition of Internet servers by IOS Counter in April 1999.
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