HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2.1

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. Any
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses.
You are free to select your own host 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 new and changed information in this edition includes the following:
• Section 3.6.4 (page 74) contains a new procedure that describes how to prepare and discover
hardware configurations with compute nodes that you plan to add in the future.
• Appendix F (page 199) describes two new node roles: cisco_hsm and voltaire_hsm.
• The chapter that described how to layer the HP XC System Software on a Red Hat Enterprise
Linux operating system has been removed.
• The chapter that described how to upgrade the HP XC System Software on a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux operating system has been removed.
Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
%, $, or #
A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar
sign represents the system prompt for the Korn, POSIX, and
Bourne shells. A number sign represents the superuser prompt.
audit(5) A manpage. The manpage name is audit, and it is located in
Section 5.
Command
A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer output
Text displayed by the computer.
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