HP XC System Software 3.2.1 manual About This Document, Intended Audience, Typographic Conventions

About This Document

This document describes how to prepare the nodes in your HP cluster platform before installing HP XC System Software.

An HP XC system is integrated with several open source software components. Some open source software components are being used for underlying technology, and their deployment is transparent. Some open source software components require user-level documentation specific to HP XC systems, and that kind of information is included in this document when required.

HP relies on the documentation provided by the open source developers to supply the information you need to use their product. For links to open source software documentation for products that are integrated with the HP XC system, see “Supplementary Software Products” (page 14).

Documentation for third-party hardware and software components that are supported on the HP XC system is supplied by the third-party vendor. However, information about the operation of third-party software is included in this document if the functionality of the third-party component differs from standard behavior when used in the XC environment. In this case, HP XC documentation supersedes information supplied by the third-party vendor. For links to related third-party Web sites, see “Supplementary Software Products” (page 14).

Standard Linux® administrative tasks or the functions provided by standard Linux tools and commands are documented in commercially available Linux reference manuals and on various Web sites. For more information about obtaining documentation for standard Linux administrative tasks and associated topics, see the list of Web sites and additional publications provided in “Related Software Products and Additional Publications” (page 15).

Intended Audience

The information in this document is written for technicians or administrators who have the task of preparing the hardware on which the HP XC System Software will be installed.

Before beginning, you must meet the following requirements:

•You are familiar with accessing BIOS and consoles with either Ethernet or serial port connections and terminal emulators.

•You have access to and have read the HP Cluster Platform documentation.

•You have access to and have read the HP server blade documentation if the hardware configuration contains HP server blade models.

•You have previous experience with a Linux operating system.

New and Changed Information in This Edition

•This document was updated to include the following servers:

— CP3000BL platform:

◦ HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 server blade

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the following typographical conventions:

%, $, or #	A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar
	sign represents the system prompt for the Korn, POSIX, and
	Bourne shells. A number sign represents the superuser prompt.
audit(5)	A manpage. The manpage name is audit, and it is located in
	Section 5.
Command	A command name or qualified command phrase.
Computer output	Text displayed by the computer.

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