HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 2.1

Table 4-1: Configuration Questions and Answers (cont.)
Question Description and User Action
Number of nodes that are
workstations
Enter the number of nodes that are workstations, that is, nodes that do not
have console ports.
There is no default response. Enter 0 (zero) if your system does not
contain workstations.
You can include the ws= keyword on the discover command line to
bypass this question during the discovery process.
MAC address of the root
administration switch
Look on the back panel of the ProCurve Root Administration Switch near
the 9–pin console port and write down the MAC address. Use the switch
management serial console if you cannot read the MAC address.
Refer to Section E.2.1, which describes how you can identify which switch
is the Root Administration Switch.
You can include the switchmac= keyword on the discover command
line to bypass this question during the discovery process.
Administrator password
for the ProCurve switch
Enter the previously-defined administrator password for the Root
Administration Switch. Press the Enter key if you did not set t his password
when you prepared the hardware.
All switches on the system should have been configured with the same
password.
You can include the switchpw= keyword and value on the discover
command line to bypass this question during the discovery process.
User name and password
for the console port
devices
Enter the previously-defined common user name and password that was
set for the console management devices (that is, the MP, iLO and LO-100i
devices) when you prepared the hardware.
All console management ports on the system should have been configured
withthesameusernameandpassword.
You can include the cpuser= and consolepw= keywords and v alues
on the discover command line to bypass these questions during the
discovery process.
Number of nodes
plugged into t he root
administration switch
For Itanium-based systems only, you are asked to supply the number of
nodes that are plugged into the Root Administration Sw itch.
Number of nodes plugged
into the application
cabinet
For Itanium-based systems only, you are asked to supply the number of
nodes plugged into the application cabinet.
Information requested by the cluster_config command
Node role assignments
and Ethernet c onnections
A text-based menu is displayed which provides the option for you to
change the default node role assignments and to add or remove an external
Ethernet connection to any node other than the head node.
See Appendix I for node role definitions and for more information about
using the menu.
NTP server configuration There is one node in an XC system that acts as an NTP server for all other
nodes. By default, this is the head node. A ll other nodes are NTP clients of
this server, which is known as the internal NTP server.
You have the option to specify up to three external NTP servers or to use
the default NTP server on the head node.
QsNet
II
network type For systems with QsNet
II
interconnects, you are asked to supply the type
of network. The network type describes the topology of your system, and
it is used to create the qsnet diagnostics database. See Appendix J for
information a bout how to determine the QsNet
II
network type.
Configuring and Imaging the System 4-3