All personnel with system administrator access (that is, with root login privileges on HP-UX systems, or Administrator or Admin equivalent on Windows systems and System Managers or Administrators on OpenVMS systems) to a PPU system should read and understand the contents of this document and the implications of managing a PPU system.

Administrators are expected to have knowledge of HP-UX, OpenVMS Integrity, or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system concepts, commands, and configuration.

This document is not a tutorial.