HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.1
When you contact your network administrator about assigning IP addresses, you must also provide the
host names for any system that will have a connection to an external network. Therefore, consider the
following:
• If you assign a login role to one or more nodes, what name will you use as the cluster alias? This
name is the host name by which users will log in to the system.
• What name will you use as the host name for any node that has a connection to the external network?
See Section B.1 (page 117) if you want to read about HP XC host naming guidelines; HP XC host naming
guidelines adhere to standard Linux host naming conventions.
1.7 Task 7: Have the License Key File Ready
Several XC software components require licensing, and depending upon the system configuration, one
or more HP XC license key files were sent to you in e-mail messages. If you have not received the license
key information, contact your HP representative.
Follow this procedure to save the license information into one file:
1. On another machine, save the contents of the e-mail messages into one file named XC.lic.
2. Remove all ^M characters (Ctrl+M) from this file if the file was sent to you through DOS.
3. Save your changes and exit the file.
4. Record the location of the file, because you need to know where it is later during the system
configuration process.
During the system configuration process, you will copy this file to the appropriate directory on the
HP XC system, as described in “Put the License Key File in the Correct Location (Required)” (page 59).
The sample XC.lic shown in Example 1-1 is included in this document for illustrative purposes only; it
is not intended for use and is not valid for the system.
Example 1-1 Sample XC.lic File
Hewlett Packard Company -- This message in its entirety may be placed into
your license file. Use an ASCII Text Editor to avoid introducing characters
which will invalidate the license file. If you have any problems installing
this license key, contact the parties listed on the associated license
documentation or web site.
SERVER this_host ANY
VENDOR Compaq
USE_SERVER
INCREMENT XC Compaq 9999.9999 09-apr-2005 uncounted 64814E2055F3 \
HOSTID=ANY NOTICE="Authorization = BM04WHITMORE21474097 - \
TEMPORARY - HP XC System Software - BASE License"
INCREMENT lsf_xc Compaq 6.0 09-apr-2005 uncounted B08CDED7ABE5 \
HOSTID=ANY NOTICE="Authorization = BM04WHITMORE21474097 - \
TEMPORARY - HP XC System Software - LSF License"
INCREMENT XC-PROCESSORS Compaq 9999.9999 09-apr-2005 4096 F7CF21B1D1FD \
HOSTID=ANY NOTICE="Authorization = BM04WHITMORE21474097 - \
TEMPORARY - HP XC System Software - CPU License"
Your site might have specific licensing requirements that require you to modify the license key file. For
example, your site might be using an external license server. In that case, you need to modify the
USE_SERVER attribute.
HP XC license management is provided by the industry-standard FLEXlm license management utility
provided by Macrovision. See the FLEXlm documentation for information about how to modify a license
key file. Use the search feature on the following Web site to search for the FLEXlm End User's Guide:
http://www.macrovision.com
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