HP XC System Software Release Notes for Version 3.0

5 Configuration Notes....................................................................................................31
5.1 Tasks to Perform Before Running the cluster_prep Utility.............................................................31
5.1.1 Required Task for Some NIC Adapter Models: Correct NIC Device Driver Mapping..........31
5.2 Node Name Prefix Cannot Contain a Hyphen...............................................................................31
5.3 Database Administrators Password Cannot Contain an Equals Sign.............................................32
5.4 Notes About the Discovery Process................................................................................................32
5.5 Tasks To Perform Before Running the cluster_config Utility..........................................................32
5.5.1 Required Task: Install Software Patches..................................................................................32
5.5.2 Required Task: Configure the BMC Password On Itanium Systems......................................32
5.5.2.1 Setting the BMC/IPMI Password When There is an External Connection to the Head
Node Management Port.............................................................................................................33
5.5.2.2 Setting the BMC/IPMI Password When There is an Internal Connection to the Head
Node Management Port.............................................................................................................33
5.5.3 Save the Contents of the /etc/dhcpd.conf File.........................................................................33
5.5.4 Required Task on HP xw9300 Client Nodes: Remove acpi=off..............................................34
5.6 Tasks to Perform After Running the cluster_config Utility.............................................................34
5.6.1 Increase the Imaging Time Out Limit on Systems With Large Disks.....................................34
5.6.2 Edit the /etc/dhcpd.conf File...................................................................................................34
5.7 Tasks to Perform After the System is Imaged.................................................................................34
5.7.1 Required Task: Restart the LSF LIM Daemon.........................................................................35
5.8 OVP Might Return LSF Errors........................................................................................................35
5.9 OVP Reports Benign Nagios Errors................................................................................................35
5.10 OVP qsnet_database Test May Fail Due to Benign Errors Returned By The qsctrl Utility...........36
6 Software Upgrade Notes............................................................................................39
6.1 Installation and Configuration Release Notes Also Apply To An Upgrade...................................39
6.2 Required Task: Determine MAC Addresses For Client Nodes With External Devices..................39
6.3 Required Task: Delete crash RPM on Opteron-based Systems.......................................................39
6.4 Upgrade Boot Command Line Options Based on Hardware Model..............................................39
6.5 Required Task: Remove Nagios Symbolic Links.............................................................................40
6.6 Required Task: Edit the /etc/logrotate.d/syslog File Before Running the cluster_config Utility....40
6.7 Required Task: Set External MAC Addresses Before Running the cluster_config Utility..............40
6.8 Required Task: Remove SystemImager Override Symbolic Links Before Running the
cluster_config Utility.............................................................................................................................40
6.9 Run the cluster_config Utility From the Console............................................................................40
6.10 Required Task on HP Integrity Head Nodes: Edit the elilo.conf File...........................................41
6.11 HP Integrity System Does Not Boot After an Upgrade................................................................41
7 System Administration and Management Notes......................................................43
7.1 Multiple %EXPR% Expressions Are Not Accepted In the nagios_vars.ini File..............................43
7.2 The collectl Utility Does Not Correctly Handle the Change to Daylight Savings Time ................43
7.3 startsys Option Does Not Work Correctly......................................................................................43
7.4 Possible Performance Problems on NAT Clients Using TCP/IP.....................................................43
7.5 Re-edit the /etc/dhcpd.conf File Any Time cluster_config or discover is Rerun............................44
7.6 pdsh Prints Out Non-Zero Return Status.......................................................................................44
7.7 Benign pdsh Messages....................................................................................................................45
7.8 Cannot Connect to MySQL Database During Configuration.........................................................45
7.9 Consider Disabling Attribute Caching on Large-Scale Systems.....................................................45
7.10 Notes About sendmail...................................................................................................................45
7.11 Possible Problem with ext3 File Systems on SAN Storage............................................................46
7.12 Nagios Critical Alert......................................................................................................................46
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