HP XC System Software Hardware Preparation Guide Version 3.0

3 Preparing Individual Nodes

This chapter contains information about preparing the nodes in your HP Cluster Platform to prepare for the

HP XC software installation. The following topics are addressed:

• Firmware Requirements and Dependencies (page 31)

• Ethernet Port Connections on the Head Node (page 32)

• General Hardware Preparations (page 32)

• Preparing the Hardware for CP3000 Systems (page 33)

• Preparing the Hardware for CP4000 Systems (page 39)

• Preparing the Hardware for CP6000 Systems (page 48)

Firmware Requirements and Dependencies

Individual hardware components in an HP XC System Software have firmware dependencies. These

dependencies are listed in Table 3-1.

Before installing the HP XC System Software, verify the device firmware against the latest validated firmware

revisions listed at:

http://www.hp.com/techservers/clusters/xc_clusters.html

Your hardware components must meet the minimum firmware revision levels shown on this Web site.

Procedures describing how to verify or upgrade the firmware for each component are found in the associated

hardware documentation.

Table 3-1 Firmware Dependencies

DependenciesHardware Device

Lights-out 100i management (LO–100i), system BIOSHP ProLiant DL140 G2 server

Integrated lights out (iLO), system BIOSHP ProLiant DL360 G4 server

iLO, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL380 G4 server

LO–100i, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL145 server

LO-100i, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL145 G2 server

iLO, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL385 server

iLO, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL585 server

Management Processor (MP), BMC, Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI),

system

HP Integrity rx1620 server

MP, BMC, EFI, systemHP Integrity rx2600 server

MP, BMC, EFI, systemHP Integrity rx2620 server

MP, BMC, EFI, systemHP Integrity rx4640 server

Firmware revisionProCurve 2824 switch

Firmware revisionProCurve 2848 switch

Firmware revisionProCurve 2650 switch

Firmware revisionProCurve 2626 switch

Firmware revisionMyrinet interconnect

Interface card revisionMyrinet interface card

Firmware revisionQsNet

interconnect

Firmware revisionInfiniBand interconnect

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