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HP XC System Software : Release Notes
Version 3.2.1

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HP Part Number: A-XCRN3-21B

Published: March 2008

© Copyright 2007, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Abstract

This document contains release notes that apply to HP XC System Software Version 3.2.1 and its accompanying documentation set.

Table of Contents

About This Document

Intended Audience
Typographic Conventions
HP XC and Related HP Products Information
Related Information
Manpages
HP Encourages Your Comments

1 New and Changed Features

Base Distribution and Kernel
Support for Additional Hardware
OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution for InfiniBand Version 1.2.5
NIC Bonding
New discover Command Options
Documentation Changes

2 Important Release Information

Firmware Versions
Patches

3 Hardware Preparation

Upgrading BMC Firmware On HP ProLiant DL140 G2 and DL145 G2 Nodes

4 Software Installation On The Head Node

Manual Installation Required For NC510F Driver

5 System Discovery, Configuration, and Imaging

Notes That Apply Before You Invoke The cluster_prep Utility

Required Task for Some NIC Adapter Models: Verify Correct NIC Device Driver Mapping

Notes That Apply To The Discover Process

Discovery of HP ProLiant DL145 G3 Nodes Fails When Graphics Cards Are Present

Notes That Apply Before You Invoke The cluster_config Utility

Scalable File Share Mount Problems With Mixed HCAs
Benign Message From C52xcgraph
Benign RRDtool Message On c3000 Enclosures With a Nortel switch

Notes That Apply To Imaging

HP ProLiant DL145 G3 Node Imaging Fails When Graphics Cards Are Present

6 Software Upgrades

Ignore Error Reported By the upgraderpms Command
Upgrade Process Installs The OFED InfiniBand Software Stack By Default

7 System Administration, Management, and Monitoring

Perform A Dry Run Before Using The si_updateclient Utility To Update Nodes

8 Load Sharing Facility and Job Management

Load Sharing Facility

9 Programming and User Environment

InfiniBand Multiple Rail Support

10 Cluster Platform 3000

11 Cluster Platform 4000

12 Cluster Platform 6000

Network Boot Operation and Imaging Failures on HP Integrity rx2600 Systems

Notes That Apply To The Management Processor

Required Task: Change MP Settings on Console Switches
MP Disables DHCP Automatically
Finding the IP Address of an MP

13 Interconnects

InfiniBand Interconnect

enable Password Problem With Voltaire Switch Version 4.1
Benign Messages With Cisco InfiniBand Switches

Myrinet Interconnect

Myrinet Monitoring Line Card Can Become Unresponsive
The clear_counters Command Does Not Work On The 256 Port Switch

QsNet^II Interconnect

Possible Conflict With Use of SIGUSR2
The qsnet Database Might Contain Entries To Nonexistent Switch Modules

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