XCAT_Linux_Cluster_on_HP_Hardware

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Follow the instructions in [XCAT_iDataPlex_Cluster_Quick_Start], but use the adaptations below.

The 1350 templates referred to in the above document likely won't apply to this environment, although they could be adapted. Or you can define the attributes explicitly as described in
XCAT_iDataPlex_Advanced_Setup/#manually-setup-the-node-attributes-instead-of-using-the-templates-or-switch-discovery.

USING HP BL BLADES WITH XCAT2

1. To add a BL server nodes to the database, for example node01 to node04, and create (or add them to) a group called "blservers":

   nodeadd node[01-04] groups=all,compute,blservers
   

2. Specify the management and netboot attributes at a group level:

   chdef -t group blservers mgt=ipmi netboot=xnba
   

Note: For BL blades with iLO version 2, the attribute 'mgt' shall be specified as 'hpilo'.

1. Tell xCAT to use the user name "admin" with the password "admPass" to access the BL blades:

   chtab key=ipmi passwd.username=admin passwd.password=admPass
   

2. Configure IP address for each node:

   for i in {1..4}; do chdef node0$i ip=10.0.0.$i; done
   makehosts node
   makedns node
   

3. Specify the mac address of the installation NIC for each node manually:

   chdef node01 mac=f0:92:1c:00:0b:48
   

4. Start OS provisioning:

   nodeset node01 osimage=rhels5.8-x86_64-install-compute
   rsetboot node01 net
   rpower node01 on
   

USING HP BLADES WITH XCAT2

1. To add an HP enclosure Onboard Administrator, say "hpoa1," and create (or add it to) a group called "hpoa" to the database:

   nodeadd hpoa1 groups=hpoa
   chtab node=hpoa nodehm.mgt=hpblade
   

2. To add 4 Blade nodes to the database, say hpbl001 through hpbl004, and create (or add them to) a group called "hpblades":

   nodeadd hpbl001-hpbl004 groups=all,compute,hpblades
   

3. Add the HP Blades to the hardware management table:

   chtab node=hpblades nodehm.cons=hpblade nodehm.mgt=hpblade
   

4. Tell xCAT to use the user name "admin" with the password "admPass" to access all members of the "hpoa" group

   chtab mpa=hpoa mpa.username=admin mpa.password=admPass
   

5. Set up the management processor tables, with Blades 1 and 2 in device bays 1 and 2, and Blades 3 and 4 in device bays 9 and 10

   chtab node=hpbl001 mp.mpa=hpoa mp.id=1
   chtab node=hpbl002 mp.mpa=hpoa mp.id=2
   chtab node=hpbl003 mp.mpa=hpoa mp.id=9
   chtab node=hpbl004 mp.mpa=hpoa mp.id=10
   

6. Set up the console server to add the blades

   makeconservercf
   service conserver stop
   service conserver start
   

7. Use "getmacs" to identify the new nodes:

   getmacs hpbl001-hpbl004
   

USING HP DL SERVERS WITH XCAT2

1. To add 4 DL server nodes to the database, say node1 to node4, and create (or add them to) a group called "dlservers":

   nodeadd node1-node4 groups=all,compute,dlservers
   

2. Add the servers to the hardware management table:

   chtab node=dlservers nodehm.cons=hpilo nodehm.mgt=hpilo
   

3. Tell xCAT to use the user name "admin" with the password "admPass" to access all members of the "dlservers" group:

   chtab mpa=dlservers mpa.username=admin mpa.password=admPass
   

4. Set up the console server to add the blades

   makeconservercf
   service conserver stop
   service conserver start
   

5. Use "getmacs" to identify the new nodes:

   getmacs node1-node4