Tell CSM About the Physical Location of Nodes

Set the $locAttr attribute of nodes, so they can be displayed in their rack location.  This can be done using one of a few different algorithms below.  If there are a few exceptions in the way your nodes are arranged, these can be adjusted afterwards in the Node Properties page available from the main page.

Algorithm Values Description
Based on Node Hostname Assumes a node number scheme in the hostname (e.g. n001) and uniform rack-optimized nodes.  This will assign a specified number of nodes to each rack, in order, from the bottom up.
U's per Node: How big (high) each node is.  Default is 1.
Nodes per Rack: How many nodes in each rack.  The default is to fill each rack.
Node Range for a Rack Assigns specific rack-optimized nodes to a specific rack.
Rack Number: The rack to put these nodes in.
Node Range: Which nodes to put in the rack.
U's per Node: How big (high) each node is.  Default is 1.
BladeCenter Chassis by Hostname Assigns BladeCenter management module devices to racks, based on the hostnames of the management modules (e.g. mm01).  You must 1st define your management modules to CSM as non-node devices.  Once you have done that and assigned the MMs to racks here, then your blades will automatically be placed correctly in the racks.
Chassis per Rack: How many chassis should be in each rack.  The default is to fill each rack.
Starting Rack Num: The first rack to start assigning chassis to.  Default is 1.
Chassis Range: A device range that specifies which management modules should be assigned to racks.  Default is all devices with DeviceType=MM.

Tip:  The lsnode and chnode commands that can be used to display and change these values are described in CSM Command and Technical Reference.