HP XC System Software Layering HP XC System Software on Red Hat Enterprise Linux HowTo Version 1.
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Table of Contents Layering HP XC System Software on Red Hat Enterprise Linux HowTo........................9 1 Requirements..........................................................................................................................................9 2 Caveats...................................................................................................................................................9 3 Before You Begin..........................................................................
List of Figures 1 Red Hat Linux Configuration Requirements.....................................................................................
List of Tables 1 2 3 Requirements.......................................................................................................................................9 Recommended Disk Partition Sizes...................................................................................................10 Determining the Appropriate Support Contact.................................................................................
Layering HP XC System Software on Red Hat Enterprise Linux HowTo This document describes how to install the HP XC System Software on a Red Hat Linux operating system.
3 Before You Begin • Determine which node will be the head node of the HP XC system. The head node in an HP XC system is always the node connected to the highest port number of any node on the Root Administration Switch and the Root Console Switch. For more information, see the HP XC System Software Hardware Preparation Guide. • Plan for the installation parameters. You will be prompted for the values of the following parameters during the Red Hat installation and again by the HP cluster_prep utility.
swap swap swap /boot / /var /hptc_cluster = 2.0 GB = 2.0 GB = 2.0 GB = 1.5 GB = 75.0 GB = 43.5 GB = 30.0 GB Consider using the Red Hat Disk Druid disk partitioning tool to partition the disk. 4 Applying the HowTo The following sections describe the procedures for applying this HowTo: 1. 2. 3. 4. “Installing the Red Hat Software” (page 11) “Installing Additional RPMs” (page 12) “Installing the HP XC System Software” (page 13) “Configuring and Imaging the HP XC System” (page 14) 4.
Figure 1 Red Hat Linux Configuration Requirements Proceed to “Installing Additional RPMs.” 4.2 Installing Additional RPMs You may be required to install additional software before installing the HP XC System Software: InfiniBand Interconnect The InfiniBand interconnect switch requires drivers and the stack provided by the vendor. Install ibhost-biz-*.rpm before installing the HP XC System Software. This rpm is provided by the vendor.
If dependency issues arise, perform the following commands to copy the squid software package to the /tmp directory and resolve the dependencies: # cp RedHat/RPMS/squid-*.rpm /tmp/ # system-install-packages /tmp/squid-*.rpm Proceed to “Installing the HP XC System Software.” 4.3 Installing the HP XC System Software Follow this procedure to install the HP XC System Software on the head node: 1. Log in to the head node as superuser (root).
alias scsi_hostadapter4 mptscsih alias scsi_hostadapter5 sata_nv Adding these entries ensures that a compute node with a configuration that is different from the head node does not panic, preventing the compute node from booting after it is imaged. 10. Proceed to “Configuring and Imaging the HP XC System.” 4.4 Configuring and Imaging the HP XC System Follow the procedures in the HP XC Installation Guide, starting at Section 2.
Table 3 Determining the Appropriate Support Contact Problem Contact If you encounter a problem with the Red Hat software: If you purchased the Red Hat software from Red Hat directly, contact Red Hat Support. If you purchased the Red Hat software from HP directly, contact HP Support. If you encounter a problem with the HP XC System Software and you have a support contract: Contact HP Support. Be sure to specify HP XC System Software Layered on a Red Hat Base.
