Verifying The Installation Of The Linux Cluster Installation Tool - IBM eserver Cluster 1350 Installation And Service Manual

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6. Make sure that all Cat 5 and fibre channel connections have a green link LED.
7. Make sure that each Remote Supervisor Adapter has power. A green LED on

Verifying the installation of the Linux Cluster Installation Tool

A startable CD is included with your Linux Cluster Installation Tool (LCIT) installation
materials. With your 1350 Cluster, you also receive tab files that list the rack
hardware configuration. To make sure that you install the cluster components
correctly, run LCITto generate a new set of tab files. Compare the new tab files to
the tab files that come with your cluster to make sure that the two sets of tab files
are identical. If the tab files are not identica,l recheck your component installation.
You can also use LCIT to help you locate Remote Supervisor Adapters or nodes
that do not start as expected. Complete the following steps to verify the installation
of LCIT:
1. Turn the power on the management node and insert the startable LCIT CD into
2. Anywhere in the open Workspace 1 window, right-click and click LCIT 3.1. The
3. Click Enable for each interface, then click Next to start the Discovery wizard.
4. Click Cluster View and click Refresh View. This updates your network
5. Click a Remote Supervisor Adapter and click Power Off, then click Power On
6. Click Tab Files and click Write Tab Files to update the tab files in the /LCIT/bin
does not, press F1 to start the Configuration/Setup utility program and add
Network as a third boot option. After the node has started, the No operating
system icon is displayed correct. If any yellow warning LEDs on the
management node are lit, fix the underlying condition before continuing. You
must turn on the peripheral devices and bring them online before you turn on
the storage nodes so that the storage nodes can detect them.
the adapter faceplate is lit to indicate that power is applied to the adapter.
Connect your mobile computer to the Cisco 10/100 switch and configure it to
use IP address 172.22.30.20 with a net mask of 255.255.0.0. Log in to each
Remote Supervisor Adapter using the Web interface and make sure that each
adapter is present. Ping each communication device (Cisco switches, In-Reach
LX-4000 (32-port, 48-port) terminal server, power management module, and
KVM switch).
the CD-ROM drive. Workspace 1 opens as a gray screen.
Linux Cluster Installation Tool (LCIT) window opens.
The Discovery wizard polls all devices configured in the applicable search
ranges and populates the LCIT IP Addresses tab with all device IP and MAC
addresses found in the cluster.
configuration with all discovered devices.
to restart all the nodes in the selected Remote Supervisor Adapter. Repeat this
step for each Remote Supervisor Adapter.
directory.
Chapter 5. Checking the Cluster 1350 cabling process
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