HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2

Table 1 Installation Types (continued)
Documented InDescriptionInstallation Type
Chapter 7 (page 137)Installs and configures Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Enterprise Version RHEL4 U4 on the head node, and
then installs the HP XC System Software Version 3.2
as a layered product.
HP XC System Software
installation on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
Chapter 8 (page 143)Upgrades HP XC System Software Version 3.1 on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux to HP XC System Software
Version 3.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
HP XC System Software
upgrade on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
To avoid duplication of information, from time to time you are instructed to refer to information
in the other documents in the HP XC System Software Documentation Set.
To reduce the size of screen displays and command output in this document, a three- or four-node
system was used to generate most of the sample command output shown in this document.
Naming Conventions Used in This Document
This document uses the naming conventions and sample IP addresses listed in Table 2. You are
free to select your own names.
Table 2 Naming Conventions
ValueItem
penguin
System host name (also known as the cluster alias or Linux
Virtual Server (LVS) alias)
n16 (n[maximum number of nodes])
Head node host name
nh (this alias is used for the head node in all HP XC
systems and cannot be changed)
Head node alias
penguin1, penguin2, penguin3, and so on
Host names of nodes with connections to the external
network through an Ethernet port
Internal node names are assigned using the default node
naming prefix, the letter n
Node name prefix
southpole.com
Fully qualified domain name
192.0.2.0
External IP address of the system
192.0.2.1
External IP address of the head node
192.0.2.3, 192.0.2.4, 192.0.2.5, and so on.
IP addresses of nodes with connections to an external
network
New and Changed Information in This Edition
The following is a list of the new and changed information in this edition:
• A new procedure that enables more flexibility in changing partition sizes on client node
disks.
• An integrated procedure to install HP Scalable Visualization Array (SVA) software.
• A new chapter that describes how to layer HP XC System Software Version 3.2 on a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux operating system.
• A new chapter that describes how to upgrade HP XC System Software Version 3.1 on a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux operating system to HP XC System Software Version 3.2.
• A new chapter that describes how to add visualization nodes to an existing HP XC system.
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