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Quick Start Guide: HPE Apollo 4200

1. The document provides instructions for imaging nodes and creating a Qumulo cluster. 2. To image a node, boot from a USB drive containing the Qumulo installer and select options to wipe the drive and image the node. Repeat this process for each node. 3. After imaging, log into the node and run a command to format the data drives and prepare the node for the cluster. Repeat this on each node. 4. Once all nodes are imaged and formatted, select at least 4 nodes to create the cluster, set the admin password, and confirm settings to complete setup and access the Qumulo Core UI.

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Quick Start Guide: HPE Apollo 4200

1. The document provides instructions for imaging nodes and creating a Qumulo cluster. 2. To image a node, boot from a USB drive containing the Qumulo installer and select options to wipe the drive and image the node. Repeat this process for each node. 3. After imaging, log into the node and run a command to format the data drives and prepare the node for the cluster. Repeat this on each node. 4. Once all nodes are imaged and formatted, select at least 4 nodes to create the cluster, set the admin password, and confirm settings to complete setup and access the Qumulo Core UI.

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1. Image the nodes 2.

Create a cluster
1 Preparation 1 To start, read and accept the End User License Agreement.

a. Power down the node and connect it to a display, 2 To create a cluster, select at least 4 nodes and set the
keyboard, and mouse. admin password. Click ‘Create’ to continue.
b. Plug in USB key containing the installer.
c. Turn the node on.
HPE Apollo 4200
2 Imaging
Quick Start Guide a. Wait for the machine’s boot screen to come up, and then
press F11 to bring up the boot menu.

b. Select “Legacy BIOS One-Time Boot Menu”.

c. Press “Enter” to enter Legacy BIOS One-Time Boot


Menu.

d. Press “2” to boot from the USB DriveKey.

e. When you see “This tool will wipe all data on the boot
drive. Are you sure you want to proceed?”, answer “y”.

f. If you see “WARNING: /dev/sda is already partitioned.


Proceeding will destroy all data on this disk.”, answer “y”.
Before you start g. Imagining process ends with a system reboot. You can
3 Once the cluster is created, you’ll see the cluster dashboard.
Confirm settings on the right-hand panel to finish setting up.
remove the USB key once the system starts booting. See more info about settings http://install.qumulo.com
• Check if you have the USB key
from Qumulo. 3 Formatting the data drives
• See more HPE platform info from a. After booting, you will see a blank screen. Press
HPE Apollo User Guide in HPE Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the login screen.
Support Center. b. At the “qkiosk login:” prompt, type the username
“admin” and password “admin”.
• See more Qumulo Core
installation info at: c. At the prompt, type “sudo /opt/qumulo/hard_
reformat_node.py”.
http://install.qumulo.com
d. Use “admin” as the password.
• If you have any questions, please
email [email protected] e. At the prompt: “Type DESTROY to destroy this node”,
type “DESTROY”.
f. Once this process is complete, the End User License
Agreement screen will appear.

g. Disconnect the display, keyboard, and mouse from Confirm Settings


this node.
4 You can access the Qumulo Core UI by connecting to any
4 Repeat Steps 1-3 on the rest of the nodes. node’s IP address via a web browser.

In the end, attach network cables to nodes, see details at 5 See more info about creating shares, software upgrade,
etc. http://install.qumulo.com
http://install.qumulo.com

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