HP XC System Software Hardware Preparation Guide Version 3.2

4 Preparing Individual Nodes
This chapter describes how to prepare individual nodes in the HP XC hardware configuration.
The following topics are addressed:
• “Firmware Requirements and Dependencies” (page 47)
• “Ethernet Port Connections on the Head Node” (page 48)
• “General Hardware Preparations for All Cluster Platforms” (page 49)
• “Setting the Onboard Administrator Password” (page 50)
• “Preparing the Hardware for CP3000 (Intel Xeon with EM64T) Systems” (page 51)
• “Preparing the Hardware for CP3000BL Systems” (page 67)
• “Preparing the Hardware for CP4000 (AMD Opteron) Systems” (page 70)
• “Preparing the Hardware for CP4000BL Systems” (page 87)
• “Preparing the Hardware for CP6000 (Intel Itanium) Systems” (page 90)
• “Preparing the Hardware for CP6000BL Systems” (page 104)
4.1 Firmware Requirements and Dependencies
Before installing the HP XC System Software, verify that all hardware components are installed
with the minimum firmware versions listed in the master firmware list. You can find this list
from the following Web page:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/linuxhpc.html
Look in the associated hardware documentation for instructions about how to verify or upgrade
the firmware for each component.
Table 4-1 lists the firmware dependencies of individual hardware components in an HP XC
system.
Table 4-1 Firmware Dependencies
Firmware DependencyHardware Component
CP3000
Lights-out 100i management (LO-100i), system BIOSHP ProLiant DL140 G2
LO-100i, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL140 G3
Integrated lights out (iLO), system BIOSHP ProLiant DL360 G4
iLO, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL360 G4p
iLO2, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL360 G5
iLO, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL380 G4
iLO2, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL380 G5
iLO2, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL580 G4
CP3000BL
iLO2, system BIOS, Onboard Administrator (OA)HP ProLiant BL460c Server Blade
iLO2, system BIOS, OAHP ProLiant BL480c Server Blade
CP4000
LO-100i, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL145 G1
LO-100i, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL145 G2
LO-100i, system BIOSHP ProLiant DL145 G3
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