HP XC System Software Hardware Preparation Guide Version 3.2

3.3.3.1 Switch Connections and HP Workstations.....................................................................39
3.3.4 Super Root Switch...................................................................................................................39
3.3.5 Root Administration Switch....................................................................................................40
3.3.6 Root Console Switches............................................................................................................41
3.3.6.1 ProCurve 2650 Switch.....................................................................................................41
3.3.6.2 ProCurve 2626 Switch.....................................................................................................42
3.3.7 Branch Administration Switches.............................................................................................43
3.3.8 Branch Console Switches.........................................................................................................44
3.4 Interconnect Connections................................................................................................................44
3.4.1 QsNet Interconnect Connections............................................................................................45
3.4.2 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Connections............................................................................45
3.4.3 Administration Network Interconnect Connections..............................................................46
3.4.4 Myrinet Interconnect Connections..........................................................................................46
3.4.5 InfiniBand Interconnect Connections......................................................................................46
4 Preparing Individual Nodes........................................................................................47
4.1 Firmware Requirements and Dependencies...................................................................................47
4.2 Ethernet Port Connections on the Head Node................................................................................48
4.3 General Hardware Preparations for All Cluster Platforms............................................................49
4.4 Setting the Onboard Administrator Password................................................................................50
4.5 Preparing the Hardware for CP3000 (Intel Xeon with EM64T) Systems........................................51
4.5.1 Preparing HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and G3 Nodes...................................................................51
4.5.2 Preparing HP ProLiant DL360 G4 and G5 Nodes...................................................................54
4.5.3 Preparing HP ProLiant DL380 G4 and G5 Nodes...................................................................57
4.5.4 Preparing HP ProLiant DL580 G4 Nodes...............................................................................61
4.5.5 Preparing HP xw8200 and xw8400 Workstations...................................................................64
4.6 Preparing the Hardware for CP3000BL Systems............................................................................67
4.7 Preparing the Hardware for CP4000 (AMD Opteron) Systems......................................................70
4.7.1 Preparing HP ProLiant DL145 G1 Nodes...............................................................................70
4.7.2 Preparing HP ProLiant DL145 G2 and DL145 G3 Nodes.......................................................72
4.7.3 Preparing HP ProLiant DL385 G1 and DL385 G2 Nodes.......................................................76
4.7.4 Preparing HP ProLiant DL585 G1 and DL585 G2 Nodes.......................................................80
4.7.5 Preparing HP xw9300 and xw9400 Workstations...................................................................84
4.8 Preparing the Hardware for CP4000BL Systems............................................................................87
4.9 Preparing the Hardware for CP6000 (Intel Itanium) Systems........................................................90
4.9.1 Setting Static IP Addresses on Integrity Servers.....................................................................90
4.9.2 Preparing HP Integrity rx1620 and rx2600 Nodes..................................................................90
4.9.3 Preparing HP Integrity rx2620 Nodes.....................................................................................93
4.9.4 Preparing HP Integrity rx2660 Nodes.....................................................................................95
4.9.5 Preparing HP Integrity rx4640 Nodes.....................................................................................97
4.9.6 Preparing HP Integrity rx8620 Nodes.....................................................................................99
4.10 Preparing the Hardware for CP6000BL Systems.........................................................................104
5 Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................107
5.1 iLO2 Devices..................................................................................................................................107
5.1.1 iLO2 Devices Can Become Unresponsive.............................................................................107
A Establishing a Connection Through a Serial Port...................................................109
B Server Blade Configuration Examples.....................................................................111
B.1 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect With Half-Height Server Blades...................................................111
B.2 InfiniBand Interconnect With Full-Height Server Blades.............................................................111
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