HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 2.1
• If all boot labels are consistently named Netboot, there is no need to change
anything, proceed to step 4,
• If the boot label nam es for all nodes are not consistently name d Netboot,
proceed to step 3c to change the label fo r all nodes that do not have the label
Netboot.
c. En ter a com mand similar to the following to remove the incon si stent or inco rrect
boot labels. The following command removes the boot entries for Boot0001 on
nodes n2 and n3:
# cexec -w n[2,3] "efibootmgr -b 1 -B"
In the previous command line, -b 1 represents the Boot0001 output line. If y ou
are changing the Boot0002 output line, specify -b 2 instead.
d. Create new boot labels for nodes n2 and n3 with the value Netboot:
# cexec -w n[2,3] "efibootmgr -c -i eth1 -H 222f0 -U 100 -L Netboot
e. Verify that the label for all nodes has been set to Netboot:
# cexec -a -f 1 "efibootmgr"
n1: BootCurrent: 0000
n1: BootOrder: 0000,0001
n1: Boot0000* Linux
n1: Boot0001* Netboot <---
n2: BootCurrent: 0000
n2: BootOrder: 0000,0001
n2: Boot0000* Linux
n2: Boot0001* Netboot <---
n3: BootCurrent: 0000
n3: BootOrder: 0000,0001
n3: Boot0000* Linux
n3: Boot0001* Netboot <---
4. Prepare all client nodes to network bo ot rather than b oot from local disk:
# setnode --resync --all
_______________________ Note _______________________
If you did not follo w t he instructions in step 3 to set Netboot as the common
network boot l abel, you canno t use the setnode command to set all nodes to
network boot. You must u se the following comma nd instead:
# setnetboot --all --boot always --string "boot_string"
In the previous command, boot_string represents the user-defined boot
stringyoufoundbyusingefibootmgr command.
5. Shut down all client nodes:
# stopsys
6. Insert the XC Version 2.1 DVD distribution media into the DVD tray on the h ead node.
7. Reboot the head node to start the Kickstart installation:
# reboot
8. Follow the instructions in this manual, beginning with Chapter 3, to complete the
installation process.
K.2.2 Reinstalling One or More Nodes
Follow this procedure t o prepare one or more Itanium-based client nodes to be automatically
reinstalled from the latest golden image on the image server. This procedure sets the specified
Reinstalling An XC System with Versio n 2.1 K-3