HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 2.1
3.1.3 Kickstart File
The ks.cfg Kickstart file is supplied on the HP XC System Software DVD, and it contains
HP-supplied default va lues to redu ce the number of answers you have to provid e during the
installation session. The Kickstart file differs depending on y our cluster platform architecture,
and the appropriate versio n of the file i s included on your distribution media.
3.1.4 Default File System Layout and Disk Partition Sizes
Table 3-2 lists the default file system layout that is applied to the head node system disk. Because
total disk size may vary, partition sizes are sho wn as a percentage o f total disk size. The HP XC
System Software Administration Guide describes the purpose and content of each file system.
Table 3-2: Default Disk Par tition Layout
File System Name Partition Size
3 swap partitions Each swap partition is 2 GB in size, for a total of 6 GB of swap
space.
6 GB is subtracted from the total disk space, and space for the
file systems i s calculated from the remaining disk space.
/boot
(AMD Opteron™ and Intel®
Xeon™ syste ms )
or
/boot/efi
(Itanium® systems)
1 percent of remaining disk space
/ (root) 50 percent of remaining disk space
/var
29 percent of remaining disk space
/hptc_cluster (on head node
only)
20 percent of remaining disk space
3.2 Before You Begin
• Ensure that you have performed all preinstallation tasks described in Chapter 2, especially
the hardware preparation tasks.
• Know the processor architecture for yo ur HP Cluster Platform , which is listed in Table 3-3.
Table 3-3: Processor Architecture by Cluster Platform
Cluster P latform (CP) Model Processor Architecture XC System Name
Cluster Platform 3000 Intel Xeon with EM64T
XC3000
Cl
uster Platform 4000
AMD Opteron XC4000
Cluster Platform 6000 Intel Itanium 2
XC6000
• Ensure that you have in yo ur possession the DVD distribution media shown in Table 3-4
that is appropr iate for your cluster platform . The XC System Software and the open sourc e
software sou rce cod e D VDs are included in the architecture-specific media kits that were
shipped to you.
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