| IMPORTANT: The only exception to preparing hardware in advance
of the installation is if the hardware configuration contains HP server
blades and enclosures. Setting the Onboard Administrator password
and making BIOS settings on the client server blade nodes cannot be
done until the switches have been discovered, a task that is documented
as part of the installation process. The installation instructions in this document
assumes that all enclosures have been physically set up and populated
with nodes, all components have been cabled together as described
in the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide, and you have prepared the head node and the
non-blade server nodes according to the instructions in the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide. You are instructed at the appropriate place in
this document to go to the HP XC Hardware Preparation Guide and set the Onboard Administrator
password and make BIOS settings on the server blade nodes. | 
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