HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.1

Example 3-1 Sample mcs.ini File
# mcs.ini file for cluster penguin
[global]
mcs_units=mcs1,mcs2,mcs3,mcs4,mcs5
mcs_server_units=mcs5
[mcs1]
name=mcs1
ipaddr=172.23.0.1
location=Cab CBB1
nodes=n[1-36]
status=offline
[mcs2]
name=mcs2
ipaddr=172.23.0.2
location=Cab CBB2
nodes=n[37-72]
status=offline
[mcs3]
name=mcs3
ipaddr=172.23.0.3
location=Cab CBB3
nodes=n[73-108]
status=offline
[mcs4]
name=mcs4
ipaddr=172.23.0.4
location=Cab CBB4
nodes=n[109-144]
status=offline
[mcs5]
name=mcs5
ipaddr=172.23.0.5
location=Cab CBB5
nodes=n[145-180]
status=offline
3.8 Task 7: Run the cluster_config Utility to Configure the System
The next step in the process is to configure the system. In this task, use the cluster_config utility to
review default role assignments and modify the role assignments on all nodes in the system based on the
size of the system (and other considerations, such as improved availability).
Depending upon the role assignments, the cluster_config utility prompts you to configure services
(such as NAT, NIS, LVS) and prompts you to configure software components such as LSF (either LSF-HPC
with SLURM or standard LSF), SLURM, and Nagios.
When you indicate that you are satisfied with the node role assignments and your configuration choices,
the cluster_config utility builds the configuration and management database, starts all services on
the head node and other service nodes, and creates the golden image from which all other nodes are
replicated.
Follow this procedure to configure the system:
1. Start a script to capture command output into a file; this step is optional, but HP recommends it:
3.8 Task 7: Run the cluster_config Utility to Configure the System 65