HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2.1

10.5 Troubleshooting the OVP............................................................................................................162
10.5.1 OVP network_bidirectional Test Might Report False Error on HP Server Blades..............164
10.5.2 OVP Reports Benign Nagios Warnings...............................................................................165
10.5.3 OVP qsnet_database Test May Fail Due to Benign Errors Returned By the qsctrl Utility...165
10.6 Troubleshooting SLURM.............................................................................................................166
10.6.1 SLURM Reconfiguration Errors..........................................................................................167
10.7 Troubleshooting the Software Upgrade Procedure.....................................................................167
10.7.1 The upgradesys Utility Might Fail While Backing Up the Database..................................168
10.7.2 The hptc-ire-serverlog Service Might Not Start..................................................................168
10.7.3 External Ethernet Connection Fails To Come Up................................................................169
A Installation and Configuration Checklist.................................................................171
B Host Name and Password Guidelines.....................................................................175
B.1 Host Name Guidelines..................................................................................................................175
B.2 Password Guidelines.....................................................................................................................175
C Enabling telnet on iLO and iLO2 Devices...............................................................177
C.1 iLO Devices...................................................................................................................................177
C.2 iLO2 Devices.................................................................................................................................178
D Configuring Interconnect Switch Monitoring Cards...............................................181
D.1 Configure Quadrics Switch Controller Cards..............................................................................181
D.2 Configure Myrinet Switch Monitoring Line Cards......................................................................184
D.3 Configure InfiniBand Switch Controller Cards............................................................................185
D.3.1 Configure Voltaire InfiniBand Switches...............................................................................186
D.3.2 Configure Cisco InfiniBand Switches...................................................................................188
E Customizing Client Node Disks................................................................................189
E.1 Overview of Client Node Disk Imaging.......................................................................................189
E.2 Dynamically Configuring Client Node Disks...............................................................................189
E.2.1 Component Files Required for Dynamic Configuration of Client Node Disks...................190
E.2.2 Example 1: Modifying Partitions Using Fixed Sizes and Defining an Additional
Partition..........................................................................................................................................191
E.2.3 Example 2: Changing Default Partition Sizes and Swap Space for All Client Nodes..........192
E.2.4 Example 3: Customizing Partition Sizes on a Group of Client Nodes.................................193
E.2.5 Example 4: Customizing Partition Sizes to Maximize File System Performance.................194
E.3 Statically Configuring Client Node Disks ....................................................................................195
E.3.1 Enable Static Disk Configuration..........................................................................................196
E.3.2 Customize Client Disk Configuration..................................................................................196
E.3.2.1 Example 1: Changing an Existing .conf File.................................................................196
E.3.2.2 Example 2: Creating a New .conf File and Associated Master Autoinstallation
Script.........................................................................................................................................197
F Description of Node Roles, Services, and the Default Configuration...................199
F.1 Default Node Role Assignments...................................................................................................199
F.2 Special Considerations for Modifying Node Role Assignments...................................................199
F.2.1 General Considerations.........................................................................................................199
F.2.2 Special Considerations for Hardware Configurations with 63 or Fewer Nodes..................200
F.2.3 Special Considerations for Hardware Configurations with 64 or More Nodes....................200
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