HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.1

Table A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist (continued)
ReferenceDescription
19. Perform the following tasks to define and set up the system environment before
the golden image is created:
• Put the XC.lic license key file in the /opt/hptc/etc/license directory
(required).
• Configure interconnect switch line monitoring cards (required).
• Configure sendmail (required).
• Customize the Nagios environment (required).
• Set the BMC/IPMI password on HP Integrity servers (required).
• Install additional HP or third-party software over the network (optional).
• Create and mount the /hptc_cluster file system if it is not located on a
partition on the system disk (optional).
• Modify workstation model names in the database (optional).
• Enable software RAID-0 or RAID-1 (optional).
• Create local user accounts (optional).
• Override the default user and group IDs (optional).
• Customize client node disk partitions (optional).
• Create the configuration file for MCS devices (optional).
“Task 7: Run the cluster_config Utility to
Configure the System” (page 65)
20. Run the cluster_config utility.
“Task 8: Configure Availability Sets”
(page 66)
21. Configure availability sets (optional).
“Task 9: Assign Node Roles” (page 68)22. Modify the default role assignments.
“Task 10: Respond to Configuration
Questions” (page 70)
23. Supply configuration information requested by the cluster_config command.
“Task 11: Run the startsys Utility to Start the
System and Propagate the Golden Image”
(page 80)
24. Boot and image all nodes and propagate the golden image to all client nodes.
“Task 12: Perform Postconfiguration Tasks
for the InfiniBand Interconnect” (page 83)
25. Perform postconfiguration tasks for the InfiniBand interconnect (optional).
“Task 13: Create a Lock LUN Device File”
(page 83)
26. Create a lock LUN device for quorum (optional).
“Task 14: Start Availability Tools” (page 83)27. Start availability tools (optional).
“Task 15: Configure SNMP Trap Destination
for Enclosures” (page 85)
28. Configure SNMP trap destinations for enclosures (optional).
“Task 16: Configure SNMP Trap Destination
for Modular Cooling System Devices”
(page 85)
29. Configure SNMP trap destinations for MCS devices (optional).
“Task 17: Finalize the Configuration of
Compute Resources” (page 86)
30. Confirm proper operation of compute resources: verify SLURM and LSF.
Verifying the System
“Task 1: Verify the LSF Configuration”
(page 89)
31. Verify proper operation of LSF.
“Task 2: Verify Availability Tools” (page 90)32. Verify proper operation of availability tools (optional).
“Task 3: Run the OVP to Verify Software and
Hardware Components” (page 91)
33. Run the operation verification program (OVP).
“Task 4: Use Nagios to View System Health”
(page 93)
34. Run Nagios to verify system health.
“Task 5: Take a Snapshot of the Database”
(page 93)
35. Create a snapshot of the configuration and management database for future use.
“Task 6: Create a Baseline Report of the
System Configuration” (page 93)
36. Run the sys_check utility to create a baseline report of the system configuration.
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