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Update installation notes for the prod cluster 
 
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 | 2 | In the Dell PowerEdge SC1435 servers delivered July 2008, | 
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 | 3 | there are several BIOS settings that need to be frobbed on setup. | 
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 | 4 |  | 
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 | 5 | in the setup screen at F2: | 
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 | 6 | - CPU -> Virtualization Technology: on | 
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 | 7 | - Boot Sequence: disable NIC | 
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 | 8 | - Integrated Devices -> Embedded Gb NIC: turn off PXE | 
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 | 9 |  | 
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 | 10 | in the setup screen for remote management, at Ctrl-E: | 
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 | 11 | - IP is (main IP) =~ s/18.181.0/10.5.128/ | 
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 | 12 |   e.g. 10.5.128.221 for citadel-station == 18.181.0.221 | 
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| [925] | 13 | - netmask is 255.255.0.0 | 
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| [928] | 14 | - Set the password to the XVM root | 
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| [803] | 15 |  | 
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| [928] | 16 | All of these settings are reflected on all 4 servers in the production | 
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 | 17 | cluster. | 
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| [926] | 18 |  | 
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 | 19 |  | 
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 | 20 | In the debian installer: | 
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 | 21 |  - 500M for /boot in raid1 of sda1, sdb1 | 
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 | 22 |  - rest for LVM in raid1 of sda2, sdb2 | 
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 | 23 |   - 50G / | 
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 | 24 |   - 25G swap | 
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 | 25 |  - install a vanilla kernel, not xen; | 
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 | 26 |    will install xen hypervisor from backports in our later custom install. | 
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 | 27 |  | 
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