HP XC System Software 3.2.1 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Hardware Preparation Guide

  1
• Table of Contents

  3
• About This Document

  11
  • Intended Audience

    11
  • New and Changed Information in This Edition

    11
  • Typographic Conventions

    11
  • HP XC and Related HP Products Information

    12
  • Related Information

    14
  • Manpages

    17
  • HP Encourages Your Comments

    17
• 1 Hardware and Network Overview

  19
  • 1.1 Supported Cluster Platforms

    19
    • 1.1.1 Supported Processor Architectures and Hardware Models

      19
    • 1.1.2 Supported Server Blade Combinations

      21
  • 1.2 Server Blade Enclosure Components

    22
    • 1.2.1 HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure

      22
    • 1.2.2 HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure

      25
    • 1.2.3 HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator

      27
    • 1.2.4 Insight Display

      28
  • 1.3 Server Blade Mezzanine Cards

    28
  • 1.4 Server Blade Interconnect Modules

    28
  • 1.5 Supported Console Management Devices

    29
  • 1.6 Administration Network Overview

    30
  • 1.7 Administration Network: Console Branch

    31
  • 1.8 Interconnect Network

    31
  • 1.9 Large-Scale Systems

    32
• 2 Cabling Server Blades

  33
  • 2.1 Blade Enclosure Overview

    33
  • 2.2 Network Overview

    33
  • 2.3 Cabling for the Administration Network

    37
  • 2.4 Cabling for the Console Network

    38
  • 2.5 Cabling for the Interconnect Network

    39
    • 2.5.1 Configuring a Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect

      39
    • 2.5.2 Configuring an InfiniBand Interconnect

      40
    • 2.5.3 Configuring the Interconnect Network Over the Administration Network

      41
  • 2.6 Cabling for the External Network

    41
    • 2.6.1 Configuring the External Network: Option 1

      41
    • 2.6.2 Configuring the External Network: Option 2

      42
    • 2.6.3 Configuring the External Network: Option 3 - Non Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Clusters

      43
    • 2.6.4 Creating VLANs

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• 3 Making Node and Switch Connections

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  • 3.1 Cabinets

    45
  • 3.2 Trunking and Switch Choices

    45
  • 3.3 Switches

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    • 3.3.1 Specialized Switch Use

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    • 3.3.2 Administrator Passwords on ProCurve Switches

      47
    • 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

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  • 3.4 Interconnect Connections

    56
    • 3.4.1 QsNet Interconnect Connections

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    • 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

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• 4 Preparing Individual Nodes

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  • 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

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    • 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
  • 4.10 Preparing the Hardware for CP6000BL Systems

    136
• 5 Troubleshooting

  139
  • 5.1 iLO2 Devices

    139
    • 5.1.1 iLO2 Devices Can Become Unresponsive

      139
• A Establishing a Connection Through a Serial Port

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• B Server Blade Configuration Examples

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  • B.1 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect With Half-Height Server Blades

    143
  • B.2 InfiniBand Interconnect With Full-Height Server Blades

    143
  • B.3 InfiniBand Interconnect With Mixed Height Server Blades

    144
• Glossary

  147
• Index

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