HP XC System Software 3.2.1 manual Preparing HP Integrity rx8620 Nodes

e.Press the Enter key for no boot options.

f.When prompted, save the entry to NVRAM.

For more information about how to work with these menus, see the documentation that came with the HP Integrity server.

13.Perform this step on all nodes except the head node. From the Boot Configuration menu, select the Edit OS Boot Order option.

Do the following:

a.Use the navigation instructions on the screen to move the Netboot entry you just defined to the top of the boot order.

b.If prompted, press the Enter key to select the position.

c.Enter x to return to the Boot Configuration menu.

14.Perform this step on all nodes, including the head node. Select the Console Configuration option, and do the following:

a.Enable the P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP 0A03,0)/Pci(11) Vt100+ 9600 option on HP Integrity rx4640 servers.

b.When prompted, save the entry to NVRAM.

c.Enter x to return to the previous menu.

15.Turn off power to the node:

a.Press Ctrl-Bto exit the console mode.

b.Enter CM to display the Command Menu.

c.Enter PC and enter off to turn off power to the node.

4.9.6Preparing HP Integrity rx8620 Nodes

Follow this procedure to prepare each HP Integrity rx8620 node.

IMPORTANT: Integrity rx8620 Nodes are configured with static addresses, not DHCP. On an HP XC system with one or more Integrity rx8620 nodes, you must configure the Management Processor (MP) on all nodes for static IP addresses rather than DHCP.

General Hardware Preparation

The connection of nodes to ProCurve switch ports is important for the automatic discovery process.

1.Connect the Gigabit Ethernet ports on the HP Integrity rx8620 Core IO boards into the ProCurve 28xx switch at the next available ports. Use one Gigabit Ethernet port for each partition, for a total of two ports for one HP Integrity rx8620 node.

On each HP Integrity rx8620 node, connect partition 0 to the highest-numbered available open port, and connect partition 1 to the next lower-numbered port. Repeat this step for the next HP Integrity rx8620, and so on.

See Table 4-46for more information.

2.Connect the Quadrics boards in the HP Integrity rx8620 partitions to the Quadrics switch using the same pattern as the Gigabit Ethernet connections to the ProCurve 28xx switches.

Connect partition 0 of the first HP Integrity rx8620 server to the highest available Quadrics switch port, which is followed by partition 1 to the next highest available switch port, which is followed by partition 0 of the second HP Integrity rx8620 server, and so on.

Figure 4-31shows the HP Integrity rx8620 Core IO board and the appropriate connections to the administration network and console network.

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