Post-Installation And Diagnostics; Setting Up Local Networks; Operating System Information; Software Management Requirements - HP Cluster Platform Express v2010 Overview

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3.5 Post-Installation and Diagnostics

CPE BladeSystem with c7000 enclosure configurations use the Insight Management interface to
troubleshoot failures. See the HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Maintenance and Service Guide:
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00714237/c00714237.pdf
For more information on post-installation and diagnostics, see the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure
Troubleshooting Guide:
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01215727/c01215727.pdf
Also see the HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide:
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00300504/c00300504.pdf

3.6 Setting Up Local Networks

Connecting a CPE BladeSystem with c7000 enclosure to a local area network (LAN) depends on
availability and access to the site network. Site preparation and planning is the key to having
the necessary topology to accomplish LAN connectivity.
VLANs are commonly used to split up groups of network users into manageable broadcast
domains, to create logical segmentation of workgroups, and to enforce security policies among
logical segments. For information on how to configure VLANs for creating separate network
segments, including how to use VLAN tagging for devices that use multiple VLANs, see the HP
GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem Application Guide:
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00701973/c00701973.pdf

3.7 Operating System Information

CPE systems come with the operating system software factory installed. Software options include
Red Hat and SUSE Linux distributions, as well as HP's message passing library, HP-MPI. For
Windows environments, clusters are available with the Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster
Server. For a complete cluster environment, HP's XC software can provide cluster management
and job management, along with Linux and the MPI. HP Cluster Management Utility and Scali
Manage are also available for Linux cluster management, along with HP Insight Control Linux
Edition offered in BladeSystem configurations.
For more information about the supported software for CPE BladeSystems, see the HP Cluster
Platform Express QuickSpecs:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12324_div/12324_div.HTML

3.7.1 Software Management Requirements

To install software on your BladeSystem configuration, you might need access to a DVD-R or
RW drive. If your configuration includes an external control node, that node must be configured
with a DVD drive.The components necessary to access the server blade are shown in
and Figure 3-7.
3.5 Post-Installation and Diagnostics
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