HP Cluster Platform Introduction v2010 Installation Manual page 28

The cluster compute nodes should be listed in a provisioning state. If they are in an unknown
state:
• Select Add nodes on the right.
• Select Deploy compute nodes from bare metal using an Operating System Image,
and click Next.
• Select Select all, and click Deploy
• Select Respond to PXE requests that only come from existing compute nodes,
and click Finish.
28. Power on the compute nodes. The compute nodes start to provision. This might take one to
three hours to complete, depending on the size of the cluster. You can watch the progress
by selecting Node Management and highlighting the individual compute node. The node
information will be at the bottom of the console window. To check progress, see the
Provisioning Log.
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