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3.3.3 Switch Port Connections.........................................................................................................47
3.3.3.1 Switch Connections and HP Workstations.....................................................................49
3.3.4 Super Root Switch...................................................................................................................49
3.3.5 Root Administration Switch....................................................................................................50
3.3.6 Root Console Switches............................................................................................................51
3.3.6.1 ProCurve 2650 Switch.....................................................................................................52
3.3.6.2 ProCurve 2610-48 Switch................................................................................................52
3.3.6.3 ProCurve 2626 Switch.....................................................................................................53
3.3.6.4 ProCurve 2610-24 Switch................................................................................................54
3.3.7 Branch Administration Switches.............................................................................................54
3.3.8 Branch Console Switches.........................................................................................................55
3.4 Interconnect Connections................................................................................................................56
3.4.1 QsNet Interconnect Connections............................................................................................57
3.4.2 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect Connections............................................................................57
3.4.3 Administration Network Interconnect Connections..............................................................57
3.4.4 Myrinet Interconnect Connections..........................................................................................58
3.4.5 InfiniBand Interconnect Connections......................................................................................58
4 Preparing Individual Nodes........................................................................................59
4.1 Firmware Requirements and Dependencies...................................................................................59
4.2 Ethernet Port Connections on the Head Node................................................................................61
4.3 General Hardware Preparations for All Cluster Platforms............................................................61
4.4 Setting the Onboard Administrator Password................................................................................62
4.5 Preparing the Hardware for CP3000 (Intel Xeon with EM64T) Systems........................................63
4.5.1 Preparing HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and G3 Nodes...................................................................63
4.5.2 Preparing HP ProLiant DL160 G5 Nodes...............................................................................66
4.5.3 Preparing HP ProLiant DL360 G4 Nodes...............................................................................68
4.5.4 Preparing HP ProLiant DL360 G5 Nodes...............................................................................70
4.5.5 Preparing HP ProLiant DL380 G4 and G5 Nodes...................................................................72
4.5.6 Preparing HP ProLiant DL580 G4 Nodes...............................................................................75
4.5.7 Preparing HP ProLiant DL580 G5 Nodes...............................................................................78
4.5.8 Preparing HP xw8200 and xw8400 Workstations...................................................................80
4.5.9 Preparing HP xw8600 Workstations.......................................................................................82
4.6 Preparing the Hardware for CP3000BL Systems............................................................................84
4.7 Preparing the Hardware for CP4000 (AMD Opteron) Systems......................................................87
4.7.1 Preparing HP ProLiant DL145 Nodes.....................................................................................87
4.7.2 Preparing HP ProLiant DL145 G2 and DL145 G3 Nodes.......................................................89
4.7.3 Preparing HP ProLiant DL165 G5 Nodes...............................................................................93
4.7.4 Preparing HP ProLiant DL365 Nodes.....................................................................................94
4.7.5 Preparing HP ProLiant DL365 G5 Nodes...............................................................................97
4.7.6 Preparing HP ProLiant DL385 and DL385 G2 Nodes...........................................................100
4.7.7 Preparing HP ProLiant DL385 G5 Nodes.............................................................................104
4.7.8 Preparing HP ProLiant DL585 and DL585 G2 Nodes...........................................................106
4.7.9 Preparing HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Nodes.............................................................................110
4.7.10 Preparing HP ProLiant DL785 G5 Nodes............................................................................113
4.7.11 Preparing HP xw9300 and xw9400 Workstations...............................................................116
4.8 Preparing the Hardware for CP4000BL Systems..........................................................................119
4.9 Preparing the Hardware for CP6000 (Intel Itanium) Systems......................................................122
4.9.1 Setting Static IP Addresses on Integrity Servers...................................................................122
4.9.2 Preparing HP Integrity rx1620 and rx2600 Nodes................................................................122
4.9.3 Preparing HP Integrity rx2620 Nodes...................................................................................125
4.9.4 Preparing HP Integrity rx2660 Nodes...................................................................................127
4.9.5 Preparing HP Integrity rx4640 Nodes...................................................................................129
4.9.6 Preparing HP Integrity rx8620 Nodes...................................................................................131
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