Table 4-18 BIOS Settings for xw8400 Workstations

Menu Name

Submenu Name

Option Name

Set to This Value

Storage

Storage Options

SATA Emulation

Separate IDE Controller

 

 

 

After you make this setting, make sure the Primary

 

 

 

SATA Controller and Secondary SATA

 

 

 

Controller settings are set to Enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Order

Set the following boot order on all nodes except

 

 

 

the head node:

 

 

 

1.

Optical Drive

 

 

 

2.

USB device

 

 

 

3.

Broadcom Ethernet controller

 

 

 

4.

Hard Drive

 

 

 

5.

Intel Ethernet controller

On the head node, set the boot order so that the

Optical Drive is listed before the hard disk.

7.Select File→Save Changes & Exit to exit the Setup Utility.

8.Repeat this procedure for each workstation in the hardware configuration.

9.Turn off power to all nodes except the head node.

10.Follow the software installation instructions in the HP XC System Software Installation Guide to install the HP XC System Software.

4.5.9 Preparing HP xw8600 Workstations

You can integrate HP xw8600 workstations into an HP XC system as a head node, service node, or compute node.

Follow the procedures in this section to prepare each workstation before installing and configuring the HP XC System Software.

Figure 4-10shows a rear view of an HP xw8600 workstation and the appropriate port connections for an HP XC system.

Figure 4-10 HP xw8600 Workstation Rear View

The callouts in the figure enumerate the following:

1.This port is used for the connection to the administration network.

2.This port is used for connecting the workstation to an external network.

Setup Procedure

Use the Setup Utility to configure the appropriate settings for an HP XC system.

82 Preparing Individual Nodes