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Next execute the following commands customized for your blade workstation

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2. The blade workstation is required to have a hostname. Execute the following command to see if a hostname has been assigned by your DHCP/DNS services: hostname -i If the response is "Unknown host" or 127.0.0.1, manually assign a hostname by editing the /etc/hosts file (see Figure 5-34). Figure 5-34 Adding a hostname to the /etc/hosts file Next execute the following commands (customized for your blade workstation): hostname blc77.fct.hp.com hostname -i The latter command should display the IP address-in this case, 10.10.54.77. 3. Verify that both the ATI video controller and the NVIDIA graphics adapter are enabled by executing: lspci | grep -i vga This should display the results shown in Figure 5-35-both adapters are visible to Linux. Figure 5-35 The ATI video controller and NVIDIA graphics adapter should both be displayed. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 5 42

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2.
The blade workstation is required to have a hostname. Execute the following command to see if a hostname
has been assigned by your DHCP/DNS services:
hostname -i
If the response is “
Unknown host” or 127.0.0.1
, manually assign a hostname by editing the
/etc/hosts
file (see Figure 5-34).
Figure 5-34
Adding a hostname to the
/etc/hosts
file
Next execute the following commands (customized for your blade workstation):
hostname blc77.fct.hp.com
hostname -i
The latter command should display the IP address—in this case, 10.10.54.77.
3.
Verify that both the ATI video controller and the NVIDIA graphics adapter are enabled by executing:
lspci | grep -i vga
This should display the results shown in Figure 5-35—both adapters are visible to Linux.
Figure 5-35
The ATI video controller and NVIDIA graphics adapter should both be displayed.