HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 2.1

Table 1-1: N aming Conventions
Item Value
System host name (also known as the cluster alias
or LVS alias)
penguin
Head node host name n16 (n[maximum number of nodes])
Head node alias
nh
Host names of nodes with connections to the
external network through an Ethernet port
penguin1, penguin2, penguin3, and so on.
Node name prefix Internal node names are assigned using the default
node naming prefix, the letter n.
Fully qualified domain name
southpole.com
External IP address of the system
192.168.0.1
External IP address of the head node
192.168.0.2
IP addresses of nodes with connections to an
external network
192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.4,
192.168.0.5, and so on.
To reduce the size of screen displays and command output, a three-node system is sho w n in
most examples in this book.
1-2 Overview