HP XC System Software 3.2.1 4 Preparing Individual Nodes

3.3.3 Switch Port Connections.........................................................................................................	47
3.3.3.1 Switch Connections and HP Workstations.....................................................................	49
3.3.4 Super Root Switch...................................................................................................................	49
3.3.5 Root Administration Switch....................................................................................................	50
3.3.6 Root Console Switches............................................................................................................	51
3.3.6.1 ProCurve 2650 Switch.....................................................................................................	52
3.3.6.2 ProCurve 2610-48 Switch................................................................................................	52
3.3.6.3 ProCurve 2626 Switch.....................................................................................................	53
3.3.6.4 ProCurve 2610-24 Switch................................................................................................	54
3.3.7 Branch Administration Switches.............................................................................................	54
3.3.8 Branch Console Switches.........................................................................................................	55
3.4 Interconnect Connections................................................................................................................	56
3.4.1 QsNet Interconnect Connections............................................................................................	57
3.4.2 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Connections............................................................................	57
3.4.3 Administration Network Interconnect Connections..............................................................	57
3.4.4 Myrinet Interconnect Connections..........................................................................................	58
3.4.5 InfiniBand Interconnect Connections......................................................................................	58
4 Preparing Individual Nodes........................................................................................	59
4.1 Firmware Requirements and Dependencies...................................................................................	59
4.2 Ethernet Port Connections on the Head Node................................................................................	61
4.3 General Hardware Preparations for All Cluster Platforms............................................................	61
4.4 Setting the Onboard Administrator Password................................................................................	62
4.5 Preparing the Hardware for CP3000 (Intel Xeon with EM64T) Systems........................................	63
4.5.1 Preparing HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and G3 Nodes...................................................................	63
4.5.2 Preparing HP ProLiant DL160 G5 Nodes...............................................................................	66
4.5.3 Preparing HP ProLiant DL360 G4 Nodes...............................................................................	68
4.5.4 Preparing HP ProLiant DL360 G5 Nodes...............................................................................	70
4.5.5 Preparing HP ProLiant DL380 G4 and G5 Nodes...................................................................	72
4.5.6 Preparing HP ProLiant DL580 G4 Nodes...............................................................................	75
4.5.7 Preparing HP ProLiant DL580 G5 Nodes...............................................................................	78
4.5.8 Preparing HP xw8200 and xw8400 Workstations...................................................................	80
4.5.9 Preparing HP xw8600 Workstations.......................................................................................	82
4.6 Preparing the Hardware for CP3000BL Systems............................................................................	84
4.7 Preparing the Hardware for CP4000 (AMD Opteron) Systems......................................................	87
4.7.1 Preparing HP ProLiant DL145 Nodes.....................................................................................	87
4.7.2 Preparing HP ProLiant DL145 G2 and DL145 G3 Nodes.......................................................	89
4.7.3 Preparing HP ProLiant DL165 G5 Nodes...............................................................................	93
4.7.4 Preparing HP ProLiant DL365 Nodes.....................................................................................	94
4.7.5 Preparing HP ProLiant DL365 G5 Nodes...............................................................................	97
4.7.6 Preparing HP ProLiant DL385 and DL385 G2 Nodes...........................................................	100
4.7.7 Preparing HP ProLiant DL385 G5 Nodes.............................................................................	104
4.7.8 Preparing HP ProLiant DL585 and DL585 G2 Nodes...........................................................	106
4.7.9 Preparing HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Nodes.............................................................................	110
4.7.10 Preparing HP ProLiant DL785 G5 Nodes............................................................................	113
4.7.11 Preparing HP xw9300 and xw9400 Workstations...............................................................	116
4.8 Preparing the Hardware for CP4000BL Systems..........................................................................	119
4.9 Preparing the Hardware for CP6000 (Intel Itanium) Systems......................................................	122
4.9.1 Setting Static IP Addresses on Integrity Servers...................................................................	122
4.9.2 Preparing HP Integrity rx1620 and rx2600 Nodes................................................................	122
4.9.3 Preparing HP Integrity rx2620 Nodes...................................................................................	125
4.9.4 Preparing HP Integrity rx2660 Nodes...................................................................................	127
4.9.5 Preparing HP Integrity rx4640 Nodes...................................................................................	129
4.9.6 Preparing HP Integrity rx8620 Nodes...................................................................................	131

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