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Next, use mkhpss and select the Configuration option and then Other Services option to configure the
IEEE address for HPSS. This will create the /var/hpss/etc/ieee_802_addr file. This is only used by
HPSS and will not affect other services on this system. Without performing this option the HPSS
RPC mechanisms will fail. Note that an error may occur about not finding the SSM server
configuration, and this is expected and should be ignored because the SSM server metadata has not
been converted yet. For an example, see the screen shot below:
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