HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 4.0

D Configuring Interconnect Switch Monitoring Cards...............................................197
D.1 Configuring Quadrics Switch Controller Cards...........................................................................197
D.2 Configuring Myrinet Switch Monitoring Line Cards..................................................................200
D.3 Configuring InfiniBand Switch Controller Cards........................................................................201
D.3.1 Configure Voltaire InfiniBand Switches...............................................................................202
D.3.2 Configure Cisco InfiniBand Switches...................................................................................204
E Customizing Client Node Disks................................................................................205
E.1 Overview of Client Node Disk Imaging.......................................................................................205
E.2 Dynamically Configuring Client Node Disks...............................................................................205
E.2.1 Component Files Required for Dynamic Configuration of Client Node Disks...................206
E.2.2 Example 1: Modifying Partitions Using Fixed Sizes and Defining an Additional
Partition..........................................................................................................................................207
E.2.3 Example 2: Changing Default Partition Sizes and Swap Space for All Client Nodes..........208
E.2.4 Example 3: Customizing Partition Sizes on a Group of Client Nodes.................................209
E.2.5 Example 4: Customizing Partition Sizes to Maximize File System Performance.................210
E.3 Statically Configuring Client Node Disks ....................................................................................211
E.3.1 Enable Static Disk Configuration..........................................................................................212
E.3.2 Customize Client Disk Configuration..................................................................................212
E.3.2.1 Example 1: Changing an Existing .conf File.................................................................212
E.3.2.2 Example 2: Creating a New .conf File and Associated Master Autoinstallation
Script.........................................................................................................................................213
F Node Roles, Services, and the Default Configuration............................................215
F.1 Default Node Role Assignments...................................................................................................215
F.2 Special Considerations for Modifying Node Role Assignments...................................................215
F.2.1 General Considerations.........................................................................................................215
F.2.2 Special Considerations for Hardware Configurations with 63 or Fewer Nodes..................216
F.2.3 Special Considerations for Hardware Configurations with 64 or More Nodes....................216
F.2.4 Special Considerations for Improved Availability................................................................216
F.3 Role Definitions.............................................................................................................................216
F.3.1 Availability Role....................................................................................................................217
F.3.2 Avail_node_management Role..............................................................................................217
F.3.3 Cisco_hsm Role......................................................................................................................218
F.3.4 Common Role........................................................................................................................218
F.3.5 Compute Role........................................................................................................................218
F.3.6 Console_network Role...........................................................................................................218
F.3.7 Disk_io Role...........................................................................................................................219
F.3.8 External Role..........................................................................................................................219
F.3.9 Ldap_server Role...................................................................................................................219
F.3.10 Login Role............................................................................................................................219
F.3.11 Management Hub Role........................................................................................................219
F.3.12 Management Server Role.....................................................................................................220
F.3.13 NIS Server Role....................................................................................................................220
F.3.14 Node Management Role......................................................................................................220
F.3.15 Resource Management Role................................................................................................221
F.3.16 Voltaire_hsm Role................................................................................................................221
G Using the cluster_config Command-Line Menu...........................................223
G.1 Overview of the cluster_config Command-Line Menu.......................................................223
G.2 Displaying Node Configuration Information..............................................................................223
G.3 Modifying a Node........................................................................................................................224
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