HP SVA V2.0 Software Installation Guide

1 Installing Software Components
1.1 Kit Summary
This section describes the current distribution and setup for the software components of the SVA.
1.1.1 Supported Platforms
The following platforms are supported with SVA:
Clustering Software HP XC System Software V3.1
Base Operating System HP XC System Software V3.1 is compatible with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Advanced Server V4.0 Update 2
1.1.2 Kit Options
Your system typically comes with HP XC System Software V3.1 and all the SVA software installed.
You received media consisting of an HP XC DVD and an SVA CD. These are typically all you
need to do a full installation.
1.1.3 Determining Installed HP SVA Software Version
To find out what HP SVA Software you currently have installed, run the following command:
% cat /etc/sva-release
For example, SVA V1.1 produces the following types of output:
HP SVA V1.1-0 200601231630
SVA V1.1 Patch Kit 1 produces the following output:
HP SVA V1.1.1 200604132111
Note that you can ignore the numerical date identifier (2006...), which varies with each build.
1.1.4 BIOS Requirements
The versions of the installed xw8200, xw8400, xw9300, and DL 140 G3 BIOS or higher are the
only supported versions.
For xw9300 systems, the minimum supported BIOS level is 2.05 or higher. Use of older versions
of the BIOS results in network problems that prevent the cluster from working properly.
If you need to upgrade for some reason (for example, HP Field Service recommendation), you
can find the latest BIOS versions on the HP web site.
1.1.5 Installing Online Documentation
You can wait until the cluster is up and running and view the online SVA Documentation Library
already installed on all the nodes. The documentation files are in the /var/www/html/sva
directory. The /var/www/html directory is where Apache stores HTML files on Red Hat systems.
The documentation can be accessed from any cluster node at https://nh/sva. (nh is the
default name for the head node as specified by HP XC.) If you are trying to access the
documentation from outside the cluster, you need to replace nh with the full IP name for the
head node. Open index.htm to view the Table of Contents, which displays all the online books.
Most documents are available in html and pdf.
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