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About This Document.........................................................................................................7
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7
Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................7
HP XC and Related HP Products Information.......................................................................................8
Related Information................................................................................................................................9
Manpages..............................................................................................................................................12
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................13
1 New and Changed Features......................................................................................15
1.1 Base Distribution and Kernel..........................................................................................................15
1.2 Support for Additional Hardware Models.....................................................................................15
1.3 OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution for InfiniBand......................................................................15
1.4 HP Scalable Visualization Array.....................................................................................................15
1.5 Partition Size Limits on Installation Disk........................................................................................16
1.6 More Flexibility in Customizing Client Node Disk Partitions........................................................16
1.7 Enhancements to the discover Command.......................................................................................16
1.8 Enhancements to the cluster_config Utility....................................................................................16
1.9 System Management and Monitoring Enhancements....................................................................17
1.10 Enhancements to the OVP.............................................................................................................17
1.11 Installing and Upgrading HP XC System Software On Red Hat Enterprise Linux......................17
1.12 Support For HP Unified Parallel C................................................................................................17
1.13 Documentation Changes...............................................................................................................18
2 Important Release Information....................................................................................19
2.1 Firmware Versions...........................................................................................................................19
2.2 Patches.............................................................................................................................................19
3 Hardware Preparation.................................................................................................21
3.1 Upgrading BMC Firmware On HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and DL145 G2 Nodes..............................21
4 Software Installation On The Head Node.................................................................23
4.1 Manual Installation Required For NC510F Driver..........................................................................23
5 System Discovery, Configuration, and Imaging........................................................25
5.1 Notes That Apply Before You Invoke The cluster_prep Utility......................................................25
5.1.1 Required Task for Some NIC Adapter Models: Verify Correct NIC Device Driver
Mapping..........................................................................................................................................25
5.2 Notes That Apply To The Discover Process....................................................................................26
5.2.1 Discovery of HP ProLiant DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 Nodes Fails When Graphics Cards Are
Present.............................................................................................................................................26
5.3 Notes That Apply Before You Invoke The cluster_config Utility...................................................26
5.3.1 Adhere To Role Assignment Guidelines for Improved Availability.......................................26
5.4 Benign Message From C52xcgraph During cluster_config.............................................................26
5.5 Processing Time For cluster_config Might Take Longer On A Head Node With Improved
Availability............................................................................................................................................27
5.6 Notes That Apply To Imaging.........................................................................................................27
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