HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.0

• Enter S to perform customized services configuration. This option is intended for experienced XC
administrators who want to customize role services. Intervention like this is typically not required
for HP XC systems. HP recommends that you enter p to continue with the system configuration
process and proceed to step 10.
Note
If you are an experienced XC administrator, refer to Using the Configuration Menu (page 117) for
more information about customizing the services configuration.
• Enter P to continue with the system configuration process.
When the system configuration process begins, the database is not consistent and complete again
until after cluster_config processing is complete. Therefore, do not press Ctrl+c during this
time.
• Enter Q to exit from the system configuration process.
Proceed to “Task 7: Respond to Configuration Questions” to respond to the remainder of the system
configuration questions.
Task 7: Respond to Configuration Questions
Output from the cluster_config utility is shown in this section. Depending upon how you want your
system configured, respond to the following questions as services are configured on the head node:
1. When you are prompted to enter the number of NFS daemons required on your system; accept the
default value.
Configuring system wide functions / policies / behaviors
Executing C02ssh_config sconfigure
Executing C10cluster_fstab sconfigure
Executing C20sysparams sconfigure
NFS daemon tuning:
Given that there are 6 nodes in this cluster, enter the number of
NFS daemons that shall be configured to support them [8] : Enter
The default number scales according to the number of nodes in the system. The default represent the
number of NFS daemons required on the head node to adequately support serving the /hptc_cluster
file system. Table 4-5 lists the default values.
Table 4-5 Number of NFS Daemons Based on System Size
Number of NFS DaemonsNumber of Nodes
88
16128
32256
64512
96768
1281024 or more
2. Specify the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. The head node is automatically configured as the
system's NTP server if another server is not specified, but you have the option to provide up to four
external NTP servers instead.
If your HP XC system will be integrated with HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share (HP SFS), the XC
and HP SFS systems must be synchronized to a common time server. Therefore, do not take the default
response; instead, enter the same external time server that will be used for the HP SFS system.
Executing C75mpiic sconfigure
Configuring service specific functions
Executing C05pdsh gconfigure
Executing C08ntp gconfigure
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