Kickstart Installation

You have the option to create a disk partition for the /hptc_cluster file system somewhere other than the installation disk (also known as the system disk) on the head node. For example, you may want to create a partition for this file system on an HP SFS server for failover capability or on another disk on the head node.

If the installation process detects an existing disk partition table on the head node installation disk that can be reused, you are prompted to reuse the existing partitions or apply the default disk partition table. Choosing the default disk partition table overwrites the installation disk.

In this release, the Kickstart installation will not prompt you to specify the external Ethernet device to use as the external network device on the head node. The cluster_prep command now prompts you for this information.

Because the external Ethernet connection is not configured during the Kickstart installation process, the head node does not have network connectivity until after the cluster_prep command is run.