3.1 Hardware, firmware, and the software stack3.2 OPAL firmware and the ASM interface3.2.1 Power off3.2.2 Set firmware type3.2.3 Reset the FSP3.3 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)3.4 xCAT overview3.4.1 xCAT cluster: Nodes and networks3.4.2 xCAT database: Tables and objects3.4.3 xCAT node booting3.4.4 xCAT node discovery3.4.5 xCAT FSP discovery3.4.6 xCAT operating system installation types: Disks and state3.4.7 xCAT network adapters: Primary and secondary or additional3.4.8 xCAT Software Kits3.4.9 xCAT version3.4.10 xCAT cluster scenario: Networks, IP addresses, and hostnames3.5 xCAT management node3.5.1 Obtain super-user privileges3.5.2 Install xCAT packages3.5.3 Configure the xCAT networks3.5.4 Configure the xCAT management node host name3.5.5 Configure the xCAT DNS server3.5.6 Configure the xCAT DHCP server3.5.7 Configure the xCAT IPMI password3.5.8 Configure the xCAT console server3.6 xCAT node discovery3.6.1 Define the xCAT nodes3.6.2 Generate the boot image for node discovery3.6.3 Configure bootloader for node discovery and booting3.6.4 Configure the FSP network for node discovery3.6.5 Configure the xCAT FSP nodes and compute nodes for node discovery3.6.6 Perform the node discovery process3.7 xCAT compute nodes: Operating system3.7.1 Set node attributes for operating system network installation3.7.2 Set the root password for nodes3.7.3 Create the operating system image object definitions3.7.4 Download the netboot files3.7.5 Create a package repository for installer modules that are compatible with the netboot files3.7.6 Set the operating system image of the nodes3.7.7 Start the operating system provisioning3.8 xCAT compute nodes: Software stack3.8.1 Configure nodes for access to the Internet3.8.2 Check for errors in package updates3.8.3 Mellanox InfiniBand3.8.4 XL C/C++ compiler3.8.5 XL Fortran compiler3.8.6 Parallel Environment Runtime Edition (PE RTE)3.8.7 Parallel Environment Developer Edition (PE DE)3.8.8 Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (ESSL)3.8.9 Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library (PESSL)3.8.10 SDK, Java Technology Edition (IBM Java)3.8.11 IBM Platform Load Sharing Facility (LSF)3.8.12 IBM Spectrum Scale (formerly GPFS)3.9 Software and firmware updates3.9.1 Software updates: Operating system packages3.9.2 Software updates: Other packages3.9.3 Software updates: Package updates in Ubuntu server3.9.4 Software updates: Problems in package updates3.9.5 Software updates: Kernel package updates3.9.6 Software updates: Early package updates3.9.7 Firmware updates3.10 System tuning3.10.1 CPU frequency scaling