HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.1

3.7.4 Customize the Nagios Environment (Required)
Nagios is a highly customizeable system monitoring tool that you can tailor to specific installation and
monitoring requirements. HP recommends that you consider certain aspects of the Nagios environment
as part of the initial system setup to optimize the type of system events reported to you as well as the
frequency of alerts.
Consider the following items when customizing Nagios to suit your environment:
• Setting thresholds for load averages
• Setting up e-mail contacts
• Modifying alert rules files
• Setting up event logging
• Using event handler scripts to remove suspect nodes from the SLURMlsf partition
Because customizing and tuning the Nagios environment can be done at any time and as often as required,
the procedures are documented in the HP XC System Software Administration Guide. See that document and
return here when you have completed tuning the Nagios environment.
3.7.5 Set the BMC/IPMI Password on HP Integrity Systems (Required)
Setting the BMC/IPMI password is required on HP Integrity systems. This procedure is documented in
the HP XC System Software Administration Guide. Return to this document when you have completed the
task.
3.7.6 Install Additional Software over the Network
Perform this task only if you need to install HP software products, third-party software products, or other
software over the network.
Because you have run the cluster_prep utility, network connectivity is established on the head node.
If you need to install HP software products, third-party software products, or other software over the
network (either from a vendor Web site or other remote server) do so now so that the software is
transparently propagated to all nodes during the initial image synchronization.
Installation instructions for software products not contained on the HP XC System Software DVD are the
responsibility of the software provider and are not provided in this document.
HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share
The HP XC System Software enables Lustre
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client services for high-performance and high-availability
file I/O. These Lustre client services require the separate installation of Lustre client software, which is
provided by the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share (SFS) product. You can configure HP SFS to operate
with an HP XC system to provide scalable storage that is easy to use and easy to administer.
In addition to providing scalable storage, locating the clusterwide /hptc_cluster file system on an HP
SFS server enables fail over of that file system. If you want to enable improved availability of this file
system, install the HP SFS client software now so that you can mount the file system on the SFS server
instead of installing it on a local disk.
The HP SFS client software is distributed on the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share Client Software CD
(the SFS software is not provided on the HP XC System Software DVD). Contact your HP representative
if you do not have a copy of the HP SFS CD.
Instructions for installing HP SFS client RPMs and configuration instructions specific to HP XC are located
in the SFS documentation, specifically the SFS Client Installation and User Guide. Follow those installation
instructions to install SFS now.
The SFS documentation is available on the documentation CD that was delivered with the SFS product.
It is also available at the following Web site:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/highperfcomp.html
3.7.7 Create the /hptc_cluster File System
Do one of the following only if you chose to install the /hptc_cluster file system somewhere other
than on the installation disk on the head node.
1. Lustre® technology developed by Cluster File Systems, Inc.
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