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 4-1lists the firmware dependencies of individual hardware components in an HP XC system.

Table 4-1 Firmware Dependencies

Hardware Component

Firmware Dependency

CP3000

 

HP ProLiant DL140 G2

Lights-out 100i management (LO-100i), system BIOS

HP ProLiant DL140 G3

LO-100i, system BIOS

HP ProLiant DL160 G5

LO-100i, system BIOS

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

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