Service Manual

Installation Guide 25
Installing the iSCSI Provider Software
NOTE: iSCSI provider software is provided by the storage vendor.
1 Download the iSCSI provider software from the storage vendor’s website.
2 Double-click the downloaded setup.exe and install iSCSI provider software
on the master node. Ensure that the
HPC Cluster Manager is closed
before installing the provider software.
Adding iSCSI Target Arrays
1 Open the HPC Cluster Manager and click iSCSI Deployment in the
Configuration menu.
2 Navigate to Required iSCSI Deployment Tasks  Head node
configuration
and click Add iSCSI storage arrays .
The
iSCSI Storage Array is displayed.
3 Add the Target Portal name and IP address.
4 Click Validate iSCSI Storage Array to verify the storage array connectivity.
5 Click Save .
Adding a Base Node
1 To add a base node, create an XML file with the node name and MAC
address of the compute nodes as described in the example XML file below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Nodes xmlns:xsi=
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns=
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/HpcNodeConfiguratio
nFile/2007/12">
<Node
Name="compute00">
<MacAddress>0024E855022E </MacAddress>
</Node>
</Nodes>
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