HP XC System Software Release Notes for Version 3.1

Table of Contents
About This Document.......................................................................................................11
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................11
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................11
HP XC and Related HP Products Information.....................................................................................12
Related information..............................................................................................................................13
Manpages..............................................................................................................................................16
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................17
1 New and Changed Features......................................................................................19
1.1 Base Distribution and Kernel..........................................................................................................19
1.2 New Hardware Support..................................................................................................................19
1.3 Installing HP XC as a Layered Product on Red Hat Linux.............................................................19
1.4 Improved Availability.....................................................................................................................19
1.5 Support for Software RAID-0 and RAID-1.....................................................................................20
1.6 Support for IPv6 Addresses............................................................................................................21
1.7 Support for Jumbo Frames..............................................................................................................21
1.8 Changes to Node Roles and Services..............................................................................................21
1.9 Enhancements to the discover Command.......................................................................................21
1.10 Changes to Internal Node Naming Conventions..........................................................................21
1.11 Enhancements to the cluster_config Utility..................................................................................22
1.12 New Software Upgrade Types.......................................................................................................22
1.13 System Management and Monitoring Enhancements..................................................................23
1.14 Job Management: LSF and SLURM...............................................................................................24
1.15 Enhancements to the OVP.............................................................................................................24
1.16 HP Job Performance Analyzer.......................................................................................................24
1.17 Documentation Changes...............................................................................................................25
2 Important Release Information....................................................................................27
2.1 Firmware Versions...........................................................................................................................27
2.2 Patches.............................................................................................................................................27
3 Hardware Preparation.................................................................................................29
3.1 Preparing HP Server Blades and Enclosures..................................................................................29
3.2 Upgrading BMC Firmware on HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and DL145 G2 Nodes...............................29
3.3 Additional Information About Preparation Tasks for the HP ProLiant DL140 G3........................29
3.4 Preparing HP ProLiant DL385 G2 Nodes.......................................................................................30
3.5 Preparing HP ProLiant DL585 G2 Nodes.......................................................................................31
3.6 Preparing HP Integrity rx2660 Nodes.............................................................................................33
3.7 Minimum Firmware Versions for InfiniBand HCA .......................................................................35
4 Head Node Installation...............................................................................................37
4.1 Notes to Read Before the Kickstart Installation Session.................................................................37
4.1.1 Additional Kickstart Boot Command Options For Some Hardware Models.........................37
4.2 Reusing Partitions Does Not Work on All HP Integrity Systems...................................................37
4.3 MySQL Database Daemon Does Not Start.....................................................................................37
5 System Configuration...................................................................................................39
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