4 Preparing Individual Nodes
This chapter describes how to prepare individual nodes in the HP XC hardware configuration. The following topics are addressed:
•“Firmware Requirements and Dependencies” (page 59)
•“Ethernet Port Connections on the Head Node” (page 61)
•“General Hardware Preparations for All Cluster Platforms” (page 61)
•“Setting the Onboard Administrator Password” (page 62)
•“Preparing the Hardware for CP3000 (Intel Xeon with EM64T) Systems” (page 63)
•“Preparing the Hardware for CP3000BL Systems” (page 84)
•“Preparing the Hardware for CP4000 (AMD Opteron) Systems” (page 87)
•“Preparing the Hardware for CP4000BL Systems” (page 119)
•“Preparing the Hardware for CP6000 (Intel Itanium) Systems” (page 122)
•“Preparing the Hardware for CP6000BL Systems” (page 136)
4.1Firmware Requirements and Dependencies
Before installing the HP XC System Software, verify that all hardware components are installed with the minimum firmware versions listed in the master firmware list. You can find this list from the following Web page:
http://docs.hp.com/en/linuxhpc.html
Look in the associated hardware documentation for instructions about how to verify or upgrade the firmware for each component.
Table
Table 4-1 Firmware Dependencies
Hardware Component | Firmware Dependency |
CP3000 |
|
HP ProLiant DL140 G2 | |
HP ProLiant DL140 G3 | |
HP ProLiant DL160 G5 | |
HP ProLiant DL360 G4 | Integrated lights out (iLO), system BIOS |
HP ProLiant DL360 G4p | iLO, system BIOS |
HP ProLiant DL360 G5 | iLO2, system BIOS |
HP ProLiant DL380 G4 | iLO, system BIOS |
HP ProLiant DL380 G5 | iLO2, system BIOS |
HP ProLiant DL580 G4 | iLO2, system BIOS |
HP ProLiant DL580 G5 | iLO2, system BIOS |
CP3000BL |
|
HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 | iLO2, system BIOS, Onboard Administrator (OA) |
HP ProLiant BL260c G5 | iLO2, system BIOS, Onboard Administrator (OA) |
HP ProLiant BL460c | iLO2, system BIOS, Onboard Administrator (OA) |
HP ProLiant BL480c | iLO2, system BIOS, OA |
4.1 Firmware Requirements and Dependencies | 59 |
