HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2

NOTE: The following procedure assumes that all enclosures have been physically set up and
populated with nodes, all components have been cabled together as described in the HP XC
Hardware Preparation Guide, you have prepared the head node and the non-blade server nodes
according to the instructions in the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide, and the server blade head
node is installed with HP XC System Software.
1. Begin this procedure as the root user on the head node.
2. Start a script to capture command output into a file. This step is optional, but HP recommends
doing so.
# script your_filename
3. Change to the following directory:
# cd /opt/hptc/config/sbin
4. Discover the switches:
# ./discover --enclosurebased --network [--ic=AdminNet] --verbose
NOTE: The [--ic=AdminNet] option is required only if you are configuring the
interconnect on the administration network.
Command output looks similar to the following:
Discovery - XC Cluster version HP XC V3.1 RC2 20061022
Enter the MAC address of the switch the head node plugs into
in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx : your_MAC_address
Please enter the Procurve switch Administrator password : your_password
Please re-enter password: your_password
Discovering Switches...
Restarting dhcpd
Waiting for IP addresses to stabilize .................... done
discoverSwitches: IP: 172.31.32.1 name: blc1nxcsw000000000000-0
model: 2824 MaxPorts: 24
Checking switch 172.31.32.1 for neighboring switches ... done
discoverSwitches: IP: 172.31.63.252 name: blc1nxcsw001708ad3740-24
model: 2626 MaxPorts: 26
Checking switch 172.31.63.252 for neighboring switches ... done
found switch blc1nxcsw000000000000-0 in both database and switch Hash,
ignoring
Restarting dhcpd waiting for network component at 172.31.32.2 to
become available.
........
switchName blc1nxcsw001708ad3740-24 switchIP 172.31.32.2 type 2626
switchName blc1nxcsw000000000000-0 switchIP 172.31.32.1 type 2824
Proceed to “Set the Onboard Administrator Password and Make BIOS Settings”.
3.6.2.2 Set the Onboard Administrator Password and Make BIOS Settings
Discovering the switches activated the administration network, so you can now log in to the
Onboard Administrator on every enclosure and set a common user name and password and
make the appropriate BIOS settings on all server blade nodes. These tasks are documented in
the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide (BIOS settings depend upon the hardware model type).
Return here when you have finished with those tasks and proceed to “Discover All Nodes and
Enclosures”.
3.6 Task 5: Run the discover Command to Discover Hardware Components 71