HP XC System Software Installation Guide Version 3.2.1

Install the software now before the system is configured so that the software is transparently
propagated to all nodes during the initial image synchronization.
The remainder of this section provides information about installing additional software products
on an HP XC system. The following topics are addressed:
• “Install Additional HP Software Products” (page 79)
• “Install Third-Party Software Products” (page 81)
• “Install Compilers” (page 81)
3.7.7.1 Install Additional HP Software Products
This section lists prominent HP software products that you can integrate into an HP XC system.
You might require some of these products depending upon how you plan to configure the HP
XC system software environment. You must purchase and license these products from HP.
This section does not contain product-specific installation information for other HP software
products; see the product documentation for product-specific installation instructions.
• “HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share” (page 79)
• “HP Serviceguard” (page 79)
• “HP Remote Graphics Software” (page 81)
3.7.7.1.1 HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share
The HP XC System Software enables Lustre
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client services for high-performance and
high-availability file I/O. These Lustre client services require the separate installation of Lustre
client software, which is provided by the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share (SFS) product.
You can configure HP SFS to operate with an HP XC system to provide scalable storage that is
easy to use and easy to administer.
In addition to providing scalable storage, locating the clusterwide /hptc_cluster file system
on an HP SFS server enables fail over of that file system. If you want to enable improved
availability of this file system, install the HP SFS client software now so that you can mount the
file system on the SFS server instead of installing it on a local disk.
The HP SFS client software is distributed on the HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share Client
Software CD (the SFS software is not provided on the HP XC System Software DVD). Contact
your HP representative if you do not have a copy of the HP SFS CD.
Instructions for installing HP SFS client RPMs and configuration instructions specific to HP XC
are located in the SFS documentation, specifically the SFS Client Installation and User Guide. Follow
those installation instructions to install SFS now.
The SFS documentation is available on the documentation CD that was delivered with the SFS
product. It is also available at the following website:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/linuxhpc.html
3.7.7.1.2 HP Serviceguard
HP Serviceguard is the service availability tool recommended for use on an HP XC system.
If you intend to use Serviceguard as the availability tool, you must have in your possession the
Serviceguard license, the distribution media, and the product documentation. Use the Serviceguard
documentation to install the product now. The documentation is available from the following
website:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/ha.html
The HP XC System Software has been tested with the following Serviceguard for Linux RPMs.
You must use the rpm -ivh command to install the RPMs in the following order:
1. Lustre® technology developed by Cluster File Systems, Inc.
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