HP Cluster Platform Introduction v2010 Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Insta - Page 3

Table of Contents About This Document...7 Intended Audience...7 How to Read This Document...7 Typographic Conventions...7 Related Information...8 Structure of This Document...8 Documentation Updates...9 HP Encourages Your Comments...9 1 What's in This Version 11 1.1 About This Product...11 1.2 Benefits and Features...11 2 Supported Configurations 13 2.1 Configuration Constraints...13 2.1.1 Maximum System Limits...13 2.2 Hardware Requirements...13 2.2.1 Supported Servers...13 2.3 Supported Topologies...13 2.4 Host Channel Adapters and Firmware 17 3 Cabling Your HP Cluster Platform for HPCS 19 3.1 Certificate of Authenticity (COA 20 4 Installing HPCS on a Compute Cluster 21 4.1 Cluster Installation Overview...21 4.2 Installation Procedure When HPCS is Preinstalled on HP Cluster Platform and HP Cluster Platform Express...21 4.3 Installing HPCS from CD...30 5 Post-Installation Tasks 53 5.1 Altering Regional Settings...53 5.2 Installing the HP Management Agents 53 5.3 Configuring Array Controllers...54 5.4 Configuring the Disk Drives...54 5.5 Installing the Network Teaming and Configuration Utility 55 5.6 Configuring Network Protocols...55 5.7 Using Management Agents...55 5.8 Installing Java Virtual Machine...55 6 HP-MPI for Windows...57 7 Upgrading...59 7.1 Upgrading or Modifying Clusters 59 Table of Contents 3