Turn on, reset, or reboot the SMN. The power on button is on the right of the SMN, as shown in Figure 1-2.

Figure 1-2. System Management Node Power On Button and DVD Drive

Insert the SLES 11 Service Pack 1 DVD in the DVD drive on the left of the SMN as shown in Figure 1-2.

Once installation of software on the system management node is complete, remove the DVD from the DVD drive.

After the reboot completes, you will eventually see the YaST2 - firstboot@Linux Welcome screen, as shown in Figure 1-3. Select the Next button to continue.

Figure 1-3. YaST2 - firstboot@Linux Welcome Screen

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Note: The YaST2 Installation Tool has a main menu with sub-menus. You will be redirected back to the main menu, at various times, as you follow the steps in this procedure.

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From the Hostname and Domain Name screen, as shown in Figure 1-4, enter the hostname and domain name of your system in the appropriate fields. Make sure that Change Hostname via DHCP is not selected (no x should appear in the box). Note that the hostname is saved to /etc/hosts in step 10, below. Click the Next button to continue.

Figure 1-4. Hostname and Domain Name Screen

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Note: The mostly used keys are Tab and Shift + Tab to move forward and backward in modules, the arrow keys to move up and down or left and right in lists, the shortcuts (press Alt + highlighted letter) and Enter to execute the selected action or activate a menu item. You can use Ctrl L to refresh the YaST screen as necessary.

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The Network Configuration II screen appears, as shown in Figure 1-5. Select Change and a small window pops up that lets you choose Network Interfaces... or Reset to Defaults. Choose Network Interfaces.

Figure 1-5. Network Configuration II Screen

From the Network Settings screen, as shown in Figure 1-6, configure the first card under Name to establish the public network (sometimes called the house network) connection to your SGI Altix UV system. To do this, highlight the first card and select Edit.

Figure 1-6. Network Settings Screen

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Note: In SLES11, this screen is also where we will come back to in order to set up things like the default route and DNS. You can see all of those menu choices just to the right of Overview in Figure 1-6.

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The Network Card Setup screen appears, as shown in Figure 1-7. SGI suggests using static IP addresses and not DHCP for admin nodes. Select Statically assigned IP Address. Once selected, you can enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Hostname.

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Note: You must use a fully qualified hostname (host + domain), such as, mysystem-admin.domainname .mycompany.com.

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These are the settings for your admin node's house/public network interface. You will enter the default route, if needed, in a different step. Select Next to continue.

Figure 1-7. Network Card Setup Screen

At this point, you are back at the Network Settings screen as shown in Figure 1-8. At this time, select Hostname/DNS. In this screen, you should enter your house/public network hostname and fully qualified domain names. In addition, any name servers for your house/public network should be supplied. Please select (ensure an x is in the box) for Write hostname to /etc/hosts. Do not select OK yet.

Figure 1-8. Network Settings Screen

Select Routing shown in Figure 1-9 and enter your house/public network default router information there. Now you can select OK.

Figure 1-9. Network Settings Routing Screen

You are now back at the Network Configuration II screen, Click Next.

In the Clock and Time Zone screen, you can enter the appropriate details. Select Next to continue.

In the Password for the System Administrator "root"' screen, enter the password you wish to use. This password will be used throughout the cluster, not just the admin node. Select Next to continue.

In the User Authentication Method screen, most customers will want to stick with the default (Local). Select Next to continue.

In the New Local User screen, you can just select Next (and say Yes to the Empty User Login warning). Select Next to continue.

In Installation Completed, select Finish.

After you have completed the YaST first boot installation instructions, login into the system admin controller. You can use YaST2 to confirm or correct any configuration settings.