Ice Setup
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ice details
- Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server
- 8 Dual-Core 2.6GHz Opteron CPU's, 16 CPU Cores in total
- 32GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
- Separate queue from merlot's
Installation
- Service processor MAC Address determined using BIOS (F2 during boot, Advanced->IPMI 2.0 Configuration->Set LAN Configuration->MAC Address)
- grape: Added MAC address to /etc/dhcpd.conf alongside other SP's:
host starspice { hardware ethernet 0:14:4f:39:f1:4f; fixed-address 192.168.1.124; }
- grape: Ran /etc/init.d/dhcpd restart
- Logged into Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager SP Web GUI (https://192.168.1.124/), read md.net0 MAC Address, also added to grape's /etc/dhcpd.conf alongside merlot* hosts:
host ice { hardware ethernet 0:14:4f:45:3b:5a; fixed-address 192.168.1.247; }
- grape: Added lines to /etc/hosts
192.168.1.247 ice
192.168.1.124 starspice
Fedore Core 6
- Most basic install possible, refer to Fedora Core 6 installation for some of the options (including /etc/fstab additions)
Installation
Partitioning
- /boot 200MB (Primary, /dev/sda1)
- / 30000MB (Primary, /dev/sda2)
- (free space left on /dev/sda, /dev/sdb for the moment)
System time
- NTP: 192.168.0.40
User Accounts (Create User)
- Enable NIS: grape-cluster, 192.168.0.40
Firewall
- Enabled:
- SSH Permitted
Extra packages
rpm -i gcc*.rpm, etc.
First Login (as root)
- /etc/hosts:
192.168.1.247 ice
On grape
- added ice to /etc/hosts
- added ice to /etc/exports (nfs), ran /usr/sbin/exportfs -r
Interesting information
- CPU frequency changes with load (between 1-2.6 GHz): sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/