HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 4.0

12.4.1 Download the Maui Scheduler Kit......................................................................................167
12.4.2 Compile the Maui Scheduler from Its Source Distribution.................................................167
12.4.3 Update the Maui Scheduler Configuration File..................................................................167
12.4.4 Edit the SLURM Configuration File....................................................................................168
12.4.5 Configure the Maui Scheduler............................................................................................168
12.5 Verifying the Successful Installation of the Maui Scheduler.......................................................168
13 Adding Visualization Nodes to an Existing HP XC System.................................171
13.1 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................171
13.2 Installation Scenarios...................................................................................................................171
13.2.1 New Visualization Nodes Exceed the Maximum Number of Nodes Supplied to the
cluster_prep Command...........................................................................................................171
13.2.2 New Visualization Nodes Do Not Exceed the Maximum Number of Nodes Supplied to
the cluster_prep Command.....................................................................................................172
13.2.3 Graphics Cards Have Been Added to Existing Nodes........................................................172
14 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................173
14.1 Troubleshooting the Discovery Process.......................................................................................173
14.1.1 Discovery Process Hangs While Discovering Console Ports..............................................174
14.1.2 ProCurve Switches Do Not Obtain Their IP Addresses......................................................174
14.1.3 ProCurve Switches Can Take Time to Get IP Addresses....................................................174
14.1.4 Not All Console Ports Are Discovered................................................................................174
14.1.5 Some Console Ports Have Not Obtained Their IP Addresses.............................................175
14.1.6 Not All Nodes Are Discovered............................................................................................175
14.2 Troubleshooting the Cluster Configuration Process...................................................................176
14.2.1 lsadmin limrestart Command Fails.....................................................................................177
14.2.2 Cannot Connect to Database During Configuration...........................................................177
14.3 Troubleshooting the Imaging Process.........................................................................................178
14.3.1 /hptc_cluster File System Does Not Mount.........................................................................179
14.3.2 Client Node or Nodes Do Not Network Boot.....................................................................179
14.3.3 How To Monitor An Imaging Session.................................................................................180
14.4 Troubleshooting LSF and Licensing............................................................................................180
14.5 Troubleshooting the OVP............................................................................................................180
14.5.1 OVP network_bidirectional Test Might Report False Error on HP Server Blades..............182
14.5.2 OVP qsnet_database Test May Fail Due to Benign Errors Returned By the qsctrl Utility...183
14.6 Troubleshooting SLURM.............................................................................................................183
14.6.1 SLURM Reconfiguration Errors..........................................................................................184
14.7 Troubleshooting the Software Upgrade Procedure.....................................................................184
14.7.1 The upgradesys Utility Might Fail While Backing Up the Database..................................185
14.7.2 The hptc-ire-serverlog Service Might Not Start..................................................................185
14.7.3 External Ethernet Connection Fails To Come Up................................................................186
A Installation and Configuration Checklist.................................................................187
B Host Name and Password Guidelines.....................................................................191
B.1 Host Name Guidelines..................................................................................................................191
B.2 Password Guidelines.....................................................................................................................191
C Enabling telnet on iLO and iLO2 Devices...............................................................193
C.1 iLO Devices...................................................................................................................................193
C.2 iLO2 Devices.................................................................................................................................194
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