HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.1

Table 3-4 System Environment Setup Tasks
Optional TasksRequired Tasks
“Install Additional Software over the Network” (page 61)“Put the License Key File in the Correct Location (Required)”
(page 59)
“Create the /hptc_cluster File System ” (page 61)“Configure Interconnect Switch Monitoring Line Cards
(Required)” (page 59)
“Modify Workstation Model Names in the Database” (page 62)“Configure sendmail (Required)” (page 59)
“Enable Software RAID-0 or RAID-1 on Client Nodes” (page 62)“Customize the Nagios Environment (Required)” (page 61)
“Create Local User Accounts ” (page 63)“Set the BMC/IPMI Password on HP Integrity Systems
(Required)” (page 61)
“Override Default User and Group Account IDs” (page 63)
“Customize Client Node Disk Partitioning” (page 63)
“Create the HP Modular Cooling System Configuration File”
(page 64)
When you have finished setting up the system environment, proceed to “Task 7: Run the cluster_config
Utility to Configure the System” (page 65) to begin the system configuration process.
3.7.1 Put the License Key File in the Correct Location (Required)
The HP XC license key file was e-mailed to you, and “Task 7: Have the License Key File Ready” (page 25)
instructed you to save the license key information into a file named XC.lic on another machine. If you
have not received the license key file, contact your HP representative.
Follow this procedure to put the license key file in the correct location:
1. Begin this procedure as the root user on the head node.
2. Use the file copy utility of your choice (such as scp) to copy the XC.lic file to the
/opt/hptc/etc/license directory on the head node.
3. Make sure the file permissions are set to allow only the user root to have read and write access:
# chmod 600 /opt/hptc/etc/license/XC.lic
# ls -l /opt/hptc/etc/license/XC.lic
-rw------- 1 root root 941 Oct 20 10:34 XC.lic
The discovery process looks for and reads the XC.lic file in the /opt/hptc/etc/license directory,
and there is nothing else you have to do to install an HP XC license.
3.7.2 Configure Interconnect Switch Monitoring Line Cards (Required)
You must configure Quadrics switch controller cards, InfiniBand switch controller cards, and Myrinet
monitoring line cards on the interconnect to diagnose and debug problems with the interconnect. These
cards must be configured to pass the operation verification program (OVP), which is used to verify the
proper operation of the system after it has been installed and configured.
Proceed to one of the following sections depending upon the type of interconnect in use; return to this
chapter when you are finished configuring the cards.
• “Configure Quadrics Switch Controller Cards” (page 123)
• “Configure Myrinet Switch Monitoring Line Cards” (page 125)
• “Configure InfiniBand Switch Controller Cards” (page 127)
3.7.3 Configure sendmail (Required)
LSF requires a mail program to send job output to users who submit jobs and to send administrative
messages to the LSF administrator.
By default, LSF uses the sendmail mail program. The sendmail service is installed by default on the
head node in /usr/lib/sendmail, but you must configure sendmail to meet your site requirements.
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