The installation of the Cray System Management (CSM) product requires knowledge of the various nodes and switches for the HPE Cray EX system. The procedures in this section should be referenced during the CSM install for additional information on system hardware, troubleshooting, and administrative tasks related to CSM.
Reset root Password on LiveCD
If the root password on the LiveCD needs to be changed, then this procedure does the reset.
Reinstall LiveCD
If a reinstall of the PIT node is needed, the data from the PIT node can be saved to the LiveCD USB and the LiveCD USB can be rebuilt.
See Reinstall LiveCD
PXE Boot Troubleshooting
If a reinstall of the PIT node is needed, the data from the PIT node can be saved to the LiveCD USB and the LiveCD USB can be rebuilt.
Wipe NCN Disks for Reinstallation
If it has been determined an NCN did not properly configure its storage while trying to Deploy Management Nodes during the install, then the storage should be wiped so the node can be redeployed.
Restart Network Services and Interfaces on NCNs
If an NCN shows any of these problems, the network services and interfaces on that node might need to be restarted.
Utility Storage Node Installation Troubleshooting
If there is a failure in the creation of Ceph storage on the utility storage nodes for one of these scenarios, the Ceph storage might need to be reinitialized.
Ceph CSI Troubleshooting
If there has been a failure to initialize all Ceph CSI components on ncn-s001, then the storage node
cloud-init may need to be rerun.
Safeguards for CSM NCN Upgrades
If a reinstall or upgrade is being done, there might be a reason to use one of these safeguards.