HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2

Table A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist
ReferenceTask and Description
Preparing for the Installation
“Task 1: Read Related Documentation”
(page 25)
1. Read related documents, especially the HP XC System Software Release
Notes.
If the hardware configuration contains HP blade servers and enclosures,
download and print the HP XC Systems With HP Server Blades and
Enclosures HowTo.
“Task 2: Plan for Future HP XC
Releases” (page 25)
2. Plan for future releases.
“Task 3: Prepare Existing HP XC
Systems” (page 26)
3. Back up user data and accounts on systems installed with an older
version of the HP XC System Software.
“Task 4: Prepare the Hardware”
(page 26)
4. Prepare the hardware according to the instructions in the HP XC
Hardware Preparation Guide.
“Task 5: Verify Firmware Versions”
(page 26)
5. Verify firmware versions, especially the firmware on the console
management devices (iLO, LO-100i, or MP).
“Task 6: Arrange for IP Address
Assignments and Host Names”
(page 27)
6. Arrange for IP address assignments and external host names with your
site network administrator.
“Task 7: Have the License Key File
Ready” (page 27)
7. Have the license key file ready.
“Task 8: Purchase Additional Software
from HP and Third-Party Vendors”
(page 28)
8. Purchase and license additional required software from HP and
third-party vendors.
“Task 9: Plan a Service Availability
Strategy” (page 28)
9. Plan a strategy for improved availability of services.
Installing Software on the Head Node
“Task 1: Gather Information Required
for the Installation” (page 41)
10. Gather information that is needed during the installation process.
“Task 2: Start the Installation Process”
(page 44)
11. Boot from the DVD to start the HP XC software installation process.
“Task 3: Install Additional RPMs from
the HP XC DVD” (page 49)
12. Install additional RPMs for HP Serviceguard and SVA from the HP XC
DVD (optional).
Configuring and Imaging the System
“Task 1: Prepare for the System
Configuration” (page 55)
13. Gather information that is needed during the system configuration
process.
“Task 2: Change the Default IP Address
Base (Optional)” (page 61)
14. Change the default address base for the HP XC internal networks
(optional).
“Task 3: Run the cluster_prep
Command to Prepare the System”
(page 63)
15. Run the cluster_prep command to prepare the system.
“Task 4: Install Patches or RPM
Updates” (page 65)
16. Download and install software patches and updated RPMS from the
ITRC if they are available for this release.
“Task 5: Run the discover Command to
Discover Hardware Components”
(page 66)
17. Run the discover command to discover network components.
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