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0.Powering Up a New SGI
®
Octane
™
III Deskside Cluster Server
Powering up a new SGI Octane III deskside cluster server requires powering up the headnode and the compute nodes. The
process to do this depends on the configuration that was purchased. This document describes the default configurations of
newly shipped SGI Octane III deskside clusters and provides procedures for powering up a new system.
Possible Configurations
SGI Octane III deskside clusters ship from SGI manufacturing with one of the configurations shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Possible Configurations
Configuration Description
No OS installed and no factory integration
performed
The cluster hardware has been configured and tested. No operating system or
cluster manager is installed on the headnode or compute nodes.
You must install an operating system, cluster management software, and compute
node images to make the system an operational cluster.
You cannot power up the compute nodes and remotely manage them until you
install an operating system on the headnode. If the selected operating includes
IPMI support, you can use it to perform compute node power up and remote
management.
Linux® OS installed but no factory integration
performed
The cluster hardware has been configured and tested. The Linux operating system
has been installed on the headnode. Nothing is installed on the compute nodes.
You must install your own cluster management software and load your own
compute node images to make the system an operational cluster.
Use IPMI to power up and perform remote management of the compute nodes
(ipmitool is installed on the headnode).
Linux OS installed and factory integration
performed (SGI Management Center*)
* The SGI Management Center was formerly called the SGI ISLE™ Cluster Manager.
The cluster hardware has been configured and tested. The requested Linux
operating system and SGI Management Center cluster management software has
been installed and configured for all nodes in the purchased configuration.
Use the SGI Management Center graphical user interface, the SGI Management
Center command-line interface, or IPMI to power up and perform remote
management of the compute nodes (ipmitool is installed on the nodes).
Microsoft® Windows® HPC OS installed but no
factory integration performed
The cluster hardware has been configured and tested. The operating system is
installed on the headnode. You must run the HPCGettingStarted executable
to install and configure the compute nodes.
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