4.9 Preparing the Hardware for CP6000 (Intel Itanium) Systems

Follow the procedures in this section to prepare HP Integrity servers before installing and configuring the HP XC System Software. The following topics, including setup information for specific hardware models, are discussed:

•“Setting Static IP Addresses on Integrity Servers” (page 122)

•“Preparing HP Integrity rx1620 and rx2600 Nodes” (page 122)

•“Preparing HP Integrity rx2620 Nodes” (page 125)

•“Preparing HP Integrity rx2660 Nodes” (page 127)

•“Preparing HP Integrity rx4640 Nodes” (page 129)

•“Preparing HP Integrity rx8620 Nodes” (page 131)

About the EFI Boot Manager User Interface:

Two user interfaces for the EFI Boot Manager utility are available: the Enhanced and Legacy interfaces. The setup instructions described here are based on the Enhanced interface. To change the user interface on the system, use the Set User Interface menu option.

4.9.1 Setting Static IP Addresses on Integrity Servers

IMPORTANT: Integrity nodes are configured with static addresses, not DHCP. On an HP XC system with one or more such nodes, you must configure the Management Processor (MP) on all nodes for static IP addresses rather than DHCP.

You configure IP addresses from the Command Menu of the Management Processor (MP). The LC command configures the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway address for the HP Integrity MP interfaces; do not configure an IP address for the slave MP.

You must plan the IP addresses ahead of time. The following example illustrates how to plan IP addresses. The information required for a 16–node cluster rx8620 server is as follows:

•Gateway address is 172.21.0.16 (default based on 16 nodes).

•Subnet mask address is 255.0.0.0.

•IP addresses are listed in Table 4-46.

Table 4-46 Setting Static IP Addresses for MP Power Management Devices

Node

IP Address

26xx ProCurve Port

First node after the head node is n15

172.21.0.15

 

Second node after the head node is n14

172.21.0.14

 

Third node after the head node is n13

172.21.0.13

 

(. . .)

(. . .)

 

First rx8620 master MP

172.21.0.x

n

First rx8620 slave MP

N/A

n-1

Second rx8620 master MP

172.21.0.x-2

n-2

Second rx8620 slave MP

N/A

n-3

 

 

 

4.9.2 Preparing HP Integrity rx1620 and rx2600 Nodes

Figure 4-26shows a rear view of the HP Integrity rx1620 server and the appropriate port assignments for an HP XC system.

122 Preparing Individual Nodes