HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 4.0
2.4 Installing Additional RPMs from the HP XC DVD.........................................................................47
2.4.1 Enable HP XC to Run Serviceguard (Optional)......................................................................47
2.4.2 Install SVA (Optional).............................................................................................................48
2.4.3 Install Additional Linux RPMs (Optional)..............................................................................49
2.5 You Are Done..................................................................................................................................49
3 Preparing to Configure the System.............................................................................51
3.1 System Configuration and Imaging Overview...............................................................................51
3.1.1 System Configuration Process.................................................................................................51
3.1.2 Internal Node Naming............................................................................................................51
3.1.2.1 Head Node Naming........................................................................................................53
3.1.3 System Imaging Process..........................................................................................................53
3.1.4 System Configuration and Imaging Log Files........................................................................53
3.2 Preparing to Answer cluster_prep Questions...........................................................................54
3.3 Changing the Default IP Address Base (Optional).........................................................................55
3.4 Running the cluster_prep Command to Prepare the System...................................................57
3.5 Installing Patches or RPM Updates.................................................................................................59
3.5.1 Download and Install Patches.................................................................................................60
3.6 Creating or Mounting the /hptc_cluster File System (Optional).............................................61
3.6.1 Mounting the /hptc_cluster File System on an SFS Server..............................................61
3.6.2 Creating and Mounting the /hptc_cluster File System Locally.......................................61
3.6.3 Creating an LVM Volume and Mounting the /hptc_cluster File System on Shared
Storage.............................................................................................................................................61
3.7 Changing MP Settings on Console Switches (Optional).................................................................62
3.8 You Are Done Preparing the System...............................................................................................62
4 Discovering Hardware Components..........................................................................63
4.1 Preparing to Answer Discovery Questions.....................................................................................63
4.2 Discovering Non-Blade Server Hardware Configurations.............................................................64
4.3 Discovering Hardware Configurations with Server Blades and More Than One Enclosure.........68
4.3.1 Discovering Switches..............................................................................................................69
4.3.2 Setting the OA Password and Make BIOS Settings................................................................70
4.3.3 Discovering All Nodes and Enclosures...................................................................................70
4.4 Discovering Hardware Configurations with Server Blades and a Single Enclosure......................72
4.5 Discovering Hardware Configurations to Plan for Future Compute Node Expansion.................73
4.6 Modifying the Default Password for HP ProLiant DL140 and DL145 Hardware Models.............74
4.7 Changing the IP Address on MPs...................................................................................................75
4.8 You Are Done with Discovery Tasks...............................................................................................76
5 Setting Up the Environment.........................................................................................77
5.1 Positioning the License Key File in the Correct Location (Required).............................................77
5.2 Configuring Interconnect Switch Monitoring Line Cards (Required)............................................78
5.3 Configuring sendmail (Required)...................................................................................................78
5.4 Customizing the Nagios Environment (Required).........................................................................79
5.5 Configuring Access to the Console Port on the Head Node (Required)........................................79
5.6 Setting the BMC Password on HP Integrity Systems (Required)...................................................79
5.7 Installing Additional HP Software Products (Optional).................................................................79
5.7.1 HP Scalable File Share.............................................................................................................80
5.7.1.1 Obtaining SFS Client Kits................................................................................................80
5.7.1.2 Installing SFS 2.3 Clients on HP XC Version 4.0.............................................................81
5.7.1.3 Installing SFS G3.0-0 Clients on HP XC Version 4.0.......................................................81
5.7.1.3.1 Step 1: Install the SFS G3.0-0 Web-Enabler-Tool.....................................................81
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