HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2

Table A-1 Installation and Configuration Checklist (continued)
ReferenceTask and Description
18. Perform the following tasks to define and set up the system environment
before the golden image is created:
• Put the XC.lic license key file in the /opt/hptc/etc/license
directory (required).
• Configure interconnect switch line monitoring cards (required).
• Configure sendmail (required).
• Customize the Nagios environment (required).
• Configure access to the console port on the head node (required).
• Set the BMC/IPMI password on HP Integrity servers (required).
• Install additional HP or third-party software.
• Create and mount the /hptc_cluster file system if it is not located
on a partition on the system disk (optional).
• Modify workstation model names in the database (optional).
• Enable software RAID-0 or RAID-1 (optional).
• Create local user accounts (optional).
• Override the default user and group IDs (optional).
• Customize client node disk partitions (optional).
• Create the configuration file for MCS devices (optional).
• Mount network file systems (optional).
• Update initrd files with required hardware (optional).
“Task 6: Set Up the System
Environment” (page 74)
“Task 7: Run the cluster_config Utility
to Configure the System” (page 85)
19. Run the cluster_config utility.
“Task 8: Configure Availability Sets”
(page 86)
20. Configure availability sets if you want to configure improved availability
of services.
“Task 9: Modify and Assign Node
Roles” (page 88)
21. Modify the default role assignments.
“Task 10: Respond to Configuration
Questions” (page 90)
22. Supply configuration information requested by the cluster_config
command.
“Task 11: Edit the /etc/dhcpd.conf File”
(page 100)
23. Edit the /etc/dhcpd.conf file (only for Myrinet interconnect).
“Task 12: Run the startsys Utility to
Start the System and Propagate the
Golden Image” (page 100)
24. Boot and image all nodes and propagate the golden image to all client
nodes.
“Task 13: Perform Postconfiguration
Tasks for the InfiniBand Interconnect”
(page 104)
25. Perform postconfiguration tasks for the InfiniBand interconnect (not
required for Myrinet or QsNet
II
).
“Task 14: Create a Lock LUN Device
File” (page 104)
26. Create a lock LUN device for quorum if HP Serviceguard is the
availability tool (optional).
“Task 15: Start Availability Tools”
(page 105)
27. Start availability tools if you configured services for improved availability
(optional).
“Task 16: Configure SNMP Trap
Destination for Enclosures” (page 106)
28. Configure SNMP trap destinations for enclosures (optional).
“Task 17: Configure SNMP Trap
Destination for Modular Cooling System
Devices” (page 106)
29. Configure SNMP trap destinations for MCS devices (optional).
“Task 18: Finalize the Configuration of
Compute Resources” (page 107)
30. Confirm proper operation of compute resources: verify SLURM and
LSF.
“Task 19: Generate an SVA Site
Configuration File” (page 109)
31. Create an SVA configuration file if you installed SVA.
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