HP Cluster Platform Introduction v2010 Installation Manual page 36

Click Next.
a. Select the appropriate ethernet network adapter for the public connection. Click Next.
b. Select the appropriate ethernet network adapter for the private connection. Click Next.
c. You are prompted to provide private network IP configuration parameters. You can
select your own IP ranges, but HP recommends that you accept the defaults. HP also
recommends that you select NAT and DHCP. If you do not select DHCP, you will not
be able to provision your compute nodes. If you restrict your IP range to what is allocated
to DHCP, make sure you allow for more IP addresses than compute nodes. Typical IP
settings are as follows:
Click Next.
d. Select the appropriate network adapter for the application connection. This should be
your InfiniBand adapter. Click Next.
e. You will be asked to provide application network IP configuration parameters. You
can select your own IP ranges, but HP recommends that you accept the defaults.
For the application network, you do not need to select NAT, and you can choose to
DHCP the application network addresses. If you do not select DHCP, you need to
individually configure the IB network adapter for each compute node. Typical IP settings
are as follows:
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